Paliko Jimsheladze ( ka, პალიკო ჯიმშელაძე; born 8 July 1975 in Rustavi, Georgia) is a former Georgian

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player. He played as a

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. He twice won the

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, for Tbilissi Tbilisi, in 1994, and for Gumari Tbilisi, in 1996. He moved to

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, where he played for

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(1998–2000),

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(2000–01)

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(2001–04), AC Bobigny (2004–06) and

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(2006–07). He began playing for SO Chambéry in 2007. Jimsheladze had 57 caps for the

Georgia national rugby union team The Georgia national rugby union team (Georgian: საქართველოს მორაგბეთა ეროვნული ნაკრები), nicknamed The Borjgalosnebi (''The Men of the Borjgali'' i.e. the traditional Georgi ...

from 1995 to 2007, scoring 9 tries, 61 conversions, 48 penalties and 3 drop goals, 320 points in aggregate. He is the national top scorer for Georgia. Jimsheladze was selected to play for Georgia during the

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, playing in four games, where he scored 1 conversion, 6 penalties and 1 drop goal, 23 points in aggregate, and at the

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, playing in a single game, this time being scoreless.

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1975 births Living people Rugby union players from Georgia (country) Rugby union fly-halves Expatriate rugby union players from Georgia (country) in France Georgia international rugby union players People from Rustavi Sportspeople from Kvemo Kartli 2003 Rugby World Cup players 2007 Rugby World Cup players Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne players {{Georgia-rugbyunion-bio-stub