Giorgi Tsitaishvili ( uk, Георгій Климентійович Цітаїшвілі, translit=Heorhii Klymentiiovych Tsitaishvili; ka, გიორგი წიტაიშვილი; born 18 November 2000) is a professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a winger for

Dynamo Kyiv Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Union, Soviet Dynamo Sports Club, Dynamo Sports Soc ...

. Born in Israel to Georgian parents and raised in Ukraine, he represents the Georgia national team.

Early life

Tsitaishvili, who is Georgian of Ukrainian descents through his grandmother, was born in

Rishon LeZion Rishon LeZion ( he, רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן , ''lit.'' First to Zion, Arabic: راشون لتسيون) is a city in Israel, located along the central Israeli coastal plain south of Tel Aviv. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan ar ...

, Israel, where his father

Klimenti Tsitaishvili Klimenti Tsitaishvili ( ka, კლიმენტი წიტაიშვილი; born 5 January 1979) is a retired Association football, football Forward (association football)#Striker, striker from Georgia (country), Georgia. He played fo ...

played as footballer. He is a product of the Dynamo Kyiv youth sportive school. His first coaches were Yuriy Yeskin and Oleksiy Drotsenko.

Club career

Dynamo Kyiv

Tsitaishvili made his debut for Dynamo in the 2018 Ukrainian Cup Final on 9 May 2018, playing in a match against

FC Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was ...

. The following season he made his European debut, when he came on as a substitute in Dynamo's 0–1 away loss to

FK Jablonec FK Jablonec () is a Czech professional football club based in Jablonec nad Nisou. The club has played in the top league of Czech football, Czech First League, since 1994. History Jablonec played its first season of top league football in the 197 ...

in the

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Loan spells in Ukraine

On 20 December 2020, the manager of

Vorskla Poltava FC Vorskla Poltava ( uk, ФК «Во́рскла» Полта́ва ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Poltava that competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the top flight of Ukrainian football. History Kolos Poltava The club ...

Yuriy Maksymov Yuriy Vilyovych Maksymov ( ua, Юрій Вільйович Максимов; born 8 December 1968) is a Ukrainian football coach and a former midfielder. His career achievements saw him inducted into the Viktor Leonenko Hall of Fame in March 2 ...

announced that Tsitaishvili would be joining his club on a temporary basis. In July 2021, he moved on loan to

Chornomorets Odesa FC Chornomorets Odesa ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Odesa. The club's home ground is the 34,164 capacity Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 as ...

. On 25 July 2021, he made his league debut for Chornomorets in a 3–0 away loss against

Desna Chernihiv Football Club Desna Chernihiv ( uk, ФК «Десна» Чернігів) is a Ukrainian football club based in Chernihiv. The original name of the club was "Avanhard" (FC Avanhard Chernihiv) during its first year of existence as part of a re ...

at the

Chernihiv Stadium Olympic sports training center "Chernihiv" (formerly Yuri Gagarin Stadium) ( uk, Олімпійський навчально-спортивний центр «Чернігів») is a multi-purpose stadium in Chernihiv, Ukraine. The stadium was ...

Loan spells in Poland

On 7 March 2022, following the start of the

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announced all the contracts of foreign players in Ukraine would be suspended until 30 June 2022 and they are allowed to sign with clubs outside Ukraine until 30 June 2022. On 6 April 2022, Tsitaishvili moved to Polish

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 cl ...

side

Wisła Kraków Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Wisła Kraków (), is a Polish professional football club based in Kraków. It currently competes in the I liga, the second level of Polish football league system. It ...

on a loan until the end of the season. He appeared in seven league games, scoring one goal, before leaving the relegated team on 7 June 2022. In late June, he left Dynamo's pre-season camp to return to Poland and join defending champions

Lech Poznań Kolejowy Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań S.A., commonly referred to as KKS Lech Poznań or simply Lech Poznań (), is a Polish professional association football, football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation' ...

on a one-year loan spell. On 9 July 2022, he made his competitive debut for Lech as a starter in a 0–2

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loss against

Raków Częstochowa Robotniczy Klub Sportowy Raków Częstochowa Spółka Akcyjna (commonly referred to as Raków Częstochowa, or simply Raków) is a Polish professional football club, based in Częstochowa, that competes in the Ekstraklasa, the top tier of na ...

International career

Tsitaishvili was part of the

Ukraine national under-20 football team The Ukraine national under-20 football team is primarily a special team that is formed for the FIFA U-20 World Cup after a successful performance of the Ukraine national under-19 football team. The team is also used as an immediate reserve of the ...

that won the

2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 22nd edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its inception in 1977 ...

. He played in five of his team's seven matches in the tournament, and scored a goal in the final against

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. For the senior level, he switched his allegiance to

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. He made his debut for the

Georgia national football team The Georgia national football team ( ka, საქართველოს ეროვნული საფეხბურთო ნაკრები, tr) represents the country of Georgia in men's international football matches, and it is c ...

on 2 September 2021 in a

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against

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

. He started and played a full match in a 0–1 home loss.

Career statistics

Club

¹ Includes

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matches.
² Includes

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and

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matches.
³ Includes

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and

matches.

International

International goals

Honours

Club

Dynamo Kyiv *

: 2019–20 *

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Dynamo Kyiv U19 * Under 19 Ukrainian Premier League: 2018–19, 2019–20,

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International

Ukraine U20 *

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Individual

* Top Golden talent: 2019 (U-19)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tsitaishvili, Giorgi 2000 births Living people Footballers from Rishon LeZion Men's footballers from Georgia (country) Georgia (country) men's international footballers Georgia (country) men's under-21 international footballers Ukrainian people of Georgian descent Georgian people of Ukrainian descent Ukrainian men's footballers Ukraine men's youth international footballers Ukraine men's under-21 international footballers Expatriates from Georgia (country) in Israel FC Dynamo Kyiv players FC Vorskla Poltava players FC Chornomorets Odesa players Wisła Kraków players Lech Poznań players Lech Poznań II players Ukrainian Premier League players Ekstraklasa players II liga players Men's association football midfielders Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Poland Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country)