Elguja Grigalashvili ( ka, ელგუჯა გრიგალაშვილი; born 30 December 1989), is a
Georgian
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* Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country)
** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group
** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians
**Georgian scripts, three scrip ...
footballer
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, who plays as a
playmaking midfielder for
Navbahor.
Born in the Georgian capital
Tbilisi
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, his first professional club was
FC Dinamo Batumi. He first came to international prominence with his performances for the
Georgian national team against
Kazakhstan
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in 2013.
He is the younger brother of
Shota, also footballer.
[ Wikipedia in Russian ]
Style of play
Elguja Grigalashvili's position is as a
playmaking midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
, typically playing further forward than the rest of the midfield. The main aim of the role is to create goalscoring chances, suiting a creative player like Elguja Grigalashvili.
Dribbling
In sports, dribbling is maneuvering a ball by one player while moving in a given direction, avoiding defenders' attempts to intercept the ball. A successful dribble will bring the ball past defenders legally and create opportunities to score.
A ...
ability was generally viewed as one of Elguja's strongest attributes and his jinking runs with the ball resulted in some spectacular goals.
Set piece
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ability is another of Elguja's strengths; he regularly takes corners and free kicks.
Honours
Club
;AGMK
*
Uzbekistan Cup
The O‘zbekiston Kubogi or ( uz, O‘zbekiston Kubogi, script=Latn or ) Uzbek Cup is the top knockout tournament in Uzbek football (soccer).
Previous champions
All champions as Uzbek SSR in Soviet times:
*1939: Dinamo Tashkent
*1940: Dinamo T ...
(1):
2019
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''(runner-up)''
*
Uzbekistan League Cup (1): 2019 ''(runner-up)''
;Chikhura
*
Georgian Cup
The Georgian Cup (, ''Sakartvelos tasi'') is the main cup competition in Georgia (country), Georgian football (soccer), football.
The competition is a knockout (single elimination) tournament.
Soviet era cup winners
Previous winners are:
* 194 ...
(1):
2013-2014 ''(runner-up)''
*
Georgian Super Cup (1): 2013–2014 ''(runner-up)''
References
External links
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1989 births
Living people
Men's footballers from Georgia (country)
Men's association football midfielders
Georgia (country) men's international footballers
Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country)
Erovnuli Liga players
Cypriot First Division players
Uzbekistan Super League players
FC Dinamo Batumi players
FC Merani Martvili players
FC Torpedo Kutaisi players
FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
FC Chikhura Sachkhere players
Othellos Athienou FC players
Pafos FC players
Ethnikos Achna FC players
FC AGMK players
Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
Expatriate men's footballers in Uzbekistan
Footballers from Tbilisi