Giorgi Merebashvili ( ka, გიორგი მერებაშვილი, tr, ; born 15 August 1986) is a Georgian professional

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who plays as a

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for Polish club

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's reserves team.

Club career

Born in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the Capital city, capital and the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia, lying on the ...

, Merebashvili began his professional career in 2005 with

Dinamo Tbilisi Dinamo Tbilisi is a sports club from Tbilisi, Georgia. It was founded in 1925. Among its highest honors, is the European trophy earned by its football team which won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1981, beating FC Carl Zeiss Jena of East Germany 2–1 ...

. He played there for five seasons, making 108 league appearances and scored 36 goals. During the 2008–09 season he was, along with team-mate

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, the club's top scorer in that season, with 13 goals, quite an achievement for a midfielder. In January 2010, he moved to Serbian club

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where he joined his compatriot Mikheil Khutsishvili. He immediately entered into the first team finishing the half season with 15 appearances, with Vojvodina finishing fifth in the league. In the

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they reached the

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final against

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. During the

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Merebashvili became the anchor of the team. He ended the season with 25 appearances and his scoring skills came out again, as he scored 7 goals in the league during the season. Vojvodina finished the season in 3rd place, and they lost the 2010–11 Serbian Cup final in a polemical match against

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in which his team left the pitch in the 80th minute because of dubious referee decisions. Merebashvili made an oral agreement with

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on 25 June 2015. On 8 July 2015 was judged as innocent for the fixed match case against

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and Merebashvili's contract was activated. Merebashvili debuted on 23 August 2015 against

PAS Giannina PAS Giannina Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα 1966), or with its full name Panepirotikos Athlitikos Syllogos Giannina ( el, Πανηπειρωτικός Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Γιάννινα, ''Panepirotic Athleti ...

as he came on from the bench as a substitute at minute sixty. Merebashvili's effort in an away 0–1 win against

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, at minute 90+2' earned Veria a penalty that

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converted to goal, giving

the victory.

International career

Merebashvili earned his first cap with the Georgian national team against

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on 31 May 2008. Since then, Merebashvili became a usual presence in the team by counting 15 appearances by end of 2010.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

Dinamo Tbilisi * Georgian League: 2007–08, 2012–13, 2013–14 *

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: 2008, 2014

Individual

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References

External links

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at Utakmica.rs * {{DEFAULTSORT:Merebashvili, Giorgi 1986 births Living people Footballers from Tbilisi Footballers from Georgia (country) Association football midfielders Georgia (country) international footballers FC Dinamo Tbilisi players FK Vojvodina players OFI Crete F.C. players Veria F.C. players Levadiakos F.C. players Wisła Płock players Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała players Sandecja Nowy Sącz players Serbian SuperLiga players Super League Greece players Ekstraklasa players I liga players Expatriate footballers from Georgia (country) Expatriate footballers in Serbia Expatriate footballers in Poland Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Poland Georgia (country) under-21 international footballers