Bessik Khamashuridze (geo: ბესიკ ხამაშურიძე; born 14 August 1977, in

Kutaisi Kutaisi (, ka, ქუთაისი ) is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and the third-most populous city in Georgia, traditionally, second in importance, after the capital city of Tbilisi. Situated west of Tbilis ...

) is a former Georgian rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a fullback. Khamashuridze played for Rugby Club Cannes Mandelieu, in

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. He had 59 caps for

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, from 1998 to 2011, scoring 14 tries, 70 points on aggregate. He was called for the

2003 Rugby World Cup The 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth Rugby World Cup. Originally planned to be hosted by India, all games were shifted to Australia following a contractual dispute over ground signage rights between the Indian Rugby Union and Rugby World Cup ...

, playing in all the four games, and for the

2007 Rugby World Cup The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 2 ...

, playing in three games. He never scored in his two presences at the major international rugby union competition. He played at the

2011 Rugby World Cup The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board (IRB) selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Af ...

qualifyings but was left outside the final squad.Besik Khamashuridze International Statistics
/ref> He is the current coach of RC AIA Kutaisi, in the Georgia Rugby Championship.

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* 1977 births Living people Rugby union players from Georgia (country) Expatriate rugby union players from Georgia (country) Expatriate rugby union players in France Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in France Georgia international rugby union players Rugby union coaches from Georgia (country) Rugby union fullbacks {{georgia-rugbyunion-bio-stub