David Khvichayevich Khurtsidze (russian: Давид Хвичаевич Хурцидзе; born 4 July 1993) is a Russian professional

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who plays as a

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for Alashkert.

Club career

In June 2013 Khurtsidze moved on a yearlong loan to Zenit Penza. He made his debut in the

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for

FC Zenit Penza FC Zenit Penza (russian: «Зенит» (Пенза)) is a Russian football team from Penza. It played professionally in 1948–1949, 1961–1973, 1990–1999, 2002–2008, 2010–2017 and from 2021. It played on the second-highest level in the ...

on 16 July 2013 in a game against FC Metallurg-Oskol Stary Oskol. In February 2016, Khurtsidze signed a contract with

FC Amkar Perm FC Amkar Perm (russian: link=no, Футбо́льный клуб "Амка́р" Пермь ) is a professional football club. Originally founded in 1994, it is based in the city of Perm. It was a participant in second-tier football from 1995 and ...

that began in the summer of 2016 (as he already played for two clubs in the 2015-16 season and was not eligible to be registered with Amkar in the winter). In May 2017 Khurtsidze left Amkar Perm, signing for

Torpedo Kutaisi FC Torpedo Kutaisi is a Georgian professional football club based in Kutaisi, Georgia's third largest city. 'Torpedo Kutaisi' was founded in 1946 and in just three years the club became the winner of the Football Championship of that time. Torp ...

in June of the same year. On 26 June 2019, Khurtsidze was one of 13 players to sign for

Ararat Yerevan Football Club Ararat Yerevan ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Արարատ Երևան), commonly known as Ararat Yerevan, is an Armenian football club based in Yerevan that plays in the Armenian Premier League. Since 1999, the club is ...

. At the end of the 2020–21 season, Ararat Yerevan announced that Khurtsidze had left the club after his contract had expired. On 30 August 2022, Khurtsidze left Alashkert after his contract was terminated by mutual consent, signing for

Urartu Urartu (; Assyrian: ',Eberhard Schrader, ''The Cuneiform inscriptions and the Old Testament'' (1885), p. 65. Babylonian: ''Urashtu'', he, אֲרָרָט ''Ararat'') is a geographical region and Iron Age kingdom also known as the Kingdom of Va ...

on 9 September 2022. On 19 June 2023, Urartu announced that Khurtsidze had left the club after his contract was terminated by mutual agreement. On 27 June 2023, Alashkert announced the return of Khurtsidze.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

Armenian Premier League The Armenian Premier League ( hy, VBET Հայաստանի Պրեմիեր Լիգա, known as the VBET Armenian Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the top association football, football competition in Armenia. From 1936 to 1991, the compet ...

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Armenian Cup The VBET Armenian Cup ( hy, Հայաստանի Անկախության Գավաթ) is the main football cup competition of Armenia. In its original form as the Armenian Cup, it started in 1939, when Armenia was a republic of the Soviet Union. It s ...

Alashkert *

Armenian Supercup The Armenian Supercup is a match that is played between the Armenian Premier League Champion and Armenian Cup The VBET Armenian Cup ( hy, Հայաստանի Անկախության Գավաթ) is the main football (soccer), football cup competitio ...

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* * 1993 births Living people People from Biysk Russian men's footballers Russia men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders Russian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Armenia Russian expatriate sportspeople in Armenia Expatriate men's footballers in Georgia (country) Russian expatriate sportspeople in Georgia (country) Ulisses FC players FC Torpedo Kutaisi players FC Armavir players FC Amkar Perm players Russian Premier League players PFC CSKA Moscow players FC Ararat Moscow players FC Ararat Yerevan players FC Alashkert players Armenian Premier League players Russian sportspeople of Georgian descent Sportspeople from Altai Krai {{Russia-footy-midfielder-1993-stub