Levan Tskitishvili (born 10 October 1976) is a

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * 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 ...

former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Born in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...

, Tskitishvili started playing for

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 ...

in 1994, and in 1998 he was transferred to

SC Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg e.V., commonly known as SC Freiburg () or just Freiburg, is a German football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. It plays in the Bundesliga, having been promoted as champions from the 2. Bund ...

, teaming up with other Georgian players. During his time with Freiburg the midfielder Tskitishvili played 111

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games. Following the relegation of SC Freiburg in 2005 he was on the verge of signing for

Metalurg Donetsk Football Club Metalurh Donetsk ( uk, Футбо́льний клуб «Металу́рг» Доне́цьк, ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Donetsk that went bankrupt in July 2015. History Club predecessor Football ...

, but instead he accepted a contract with

VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg () or Wolfsburg, is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of W ...

. He joined SV Wehen Wiesbaden on 1 February 2009, signed a contract until 30 June 2010, but left the club the 2008–09 season. He played 33 games in the

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International

Tskitishvili was capped 56 times and scored one goal for the Georgia national team. He captained the Georgia side in a 2–0 defeat by

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References

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Zkitishvili in Bundesliga
* * 1976 births Living people Footballers from Tbilisi Footballers from Georgia (country) Association football midfielders Georgia (country) international footballers FC Dinamo Tbilisi players SC Freiburg players VfL Wolfsburg players FC Metalurh Donetsk players Panionios F.C. players FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi players SV Wehen Wiesbaden players Bundesliga players Ukrainian Premier League players Super League Greece players Expatriate footballers from Georgia (country) Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Greece Expatriate footballers in Greece Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Ukraine Expatriate footballers in Ukraine {{Georgia-footy-bio-stub