Giorgi Tsitaishvili

Giorgi Tsitaishvili (Ukrainian: Георгій Климентійович Цітаїшвілі, romanized: Heorhii Klymentiiovych Tsitaishvili; Georgian: გიორგი წიტაიშვილი; born 18 November 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Erovnuli Liga club Dinamo Batumi, on loan from Ukrainian Premier League club Dynamo Kyiv. Born in Israel, he plays for the Georgia national team.

Giorgi Tsitaishvili
Tsitaishvili with Lech Poznań in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-11-18) 18 November 2000
Place of birth Rishon LeZion, Israel
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Dynamo Kyiv
Youth career
2012–2018 Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Dynamo Kyiv 19 (0)
2021 → Vorskla Poltava (loan) 4 (1)
2021–2022 → Chornomorets Odesa (loan) 13 (1)
2022 → Wisła Kraków (loan) 7 (1)
2022–2023 → Lech Poznań (loan) 12 (1)
2022–2023 → Lech Poznań II (loan) 5 (0)
2023– → Dinamo Batumi (loan) 34 (5)
International career‡
2017 Ukraine U17 2 (0)
2018 Ukraine U18 2 (0)
2018–2019 Ukraine U19 12 (5)
2019 Ukraine U20 5 (1)
2019–2020 Ukraine U21 8 (2)
2023 Georgia U21 4 (1)
2021– Georgia 19 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Ukraine
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner2019 Poland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 June 2024

Early life

Tsitaishvili, who is Georgian of Ukrainian descent through his grandmother,[1] was born in Rishon LeZion, Israel. At the time, his father, Klimenti Tsitaishvili, was a footballer playing for Hapoel Rishon LeZion. He is a product of the Dynamo Kyiv youth sportive school.[2]

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 Shaktar Donetsk.[3] The following season he made his European debut, when he came on as a substitute in Dynamo's 1–0 away loss to FK Jablonec in the UEFA Europa League.

Loan spells in Ukraine

On 20 December 2020, the manager of Vorskla Poltava, Yuriy Maksymov, announced that Tsitaishvili would be joining his club on a temporary basis.[4]

In July 2021, he moved on loan to Chornomorets Odesa.[5] On 25 July 2021, he made his league debut for Chornomorets in a 3–0 away loss against Desna Chernihiv at the Chernihiv Stadium.[6]

Loan spells in Poland

On 7 March 2022, following the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIFA 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.[7] On 6 April 2022, Tsitaishvili moved to Polish Ekstraklasa side Wisła Kraków on a loan until the end of the season.[8] 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 on a one-year loan spell.[9] On 9 July 2022, he made his competitive debut for Lech as a starter in a 2–0 Polish Super Cup loss against Raków Częstochowa.[10]

Loan spell in Georgia

In early July 2023, Erovnuli Liga club Dinamo Batumi announced signing Tsitaishvili on a year-long loan deal.[11] He made a debut with Dinamo in a UEFA Europa Conference League game against Tirana on 13 July 2023.[12] Later the same year, the player won the league title with this club.

International career

Tsitaishvili was part of the Ukraine national under-20 football team that won the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He played in five of his team's seven matches in the tournament, and scored a goal in the final against South Korea.

At senior level, he switched his allegiance to Georgia. He made his debut for the Georgia national team on 2 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Kosovo, starting and playing the full match in a 1–0 home loss.[13]

Tsitaishvili participated in all four matches of the 2023 European U21 Championship, co-hosted by Georgia. He came off the bench and scored after six minutes against Belgium in a dramatic 2–2 draw.[14]

Tsitaishvili also took part in both of Georgia's UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying play-off, helping the team qualify for their first major competition. Two months later, he received a call-up for Georgia's squad for the final tournament.[15]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 27 May 2024[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental[lower-alpha 2] Other[lower-alpha 3] Total
LeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dynamo Kyiv 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League 0010000010
2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League 5000100060
2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League 100101010130
2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League 4000000040
Total 190202010240
Vorskla Poltava (loan) 2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League 4100—0041
Chornomorets Odesa (loan) 2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League 13120—00151
Wisła Kraków (loan) 2021–22 Ekstraklasa 7100—0071
Lech Poznań (loan) 2022–23 Ekstraklasa 1211010010241
Lech Poznań II (loan) 2022–23 II liga 5000—0050
Dinamo Batumi (loan) 2023 Erovnuli Liga 174212000215
2024 171000000171
Total 345212000386
Career total 949711402011710
  1. Includes Ukrainian Cup.
  2. Includes UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. Includes Ukrainian Super Cup, Polish Super Cup

International
As of match played 22 June 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Georgia 202120
2022111
202310
202450
Total191
Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tsitaishvili goal.
List of international goals scored by Giorgi Tsitaishvili
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
126 September 2022Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar Gibraltar2–02–12022–23 UEFA Nations League

Honours

Dynamo Kyiv

Dynamo Kyiv U19

Dinamo Batumi

Ukraine U20

Individual

References
  1. "Я нікого не зраджував". Цітаішвілі пояснив зміну громадянства (in Ukrainian). ua-football.com. 19 November 2021.
  2. ГЕОРГІЙ ЦИТАЇШВІЛІ (in Ukrainian). FC Dynamo Kyiv Official Site. 14 December 2018.
  3. КУБОК УКРАЇНИ-2018. «ШАХТАР» ПЕРЕМІГ «ДИНАМО» ТА ЗДОБУВ ТРОФЕЙ УДВАНАДЦЯТЕ (in Ukrainian). FFU Official Site. 14 December 2018. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  4. "Юрий Максимов: "Ворскла" арендует у "Динамо" Цитаишвили"" (in Ukrainian). 20 December 2020.
  5. "«Динамо» віддало групу гравців в оренду «Чорноморцю»" (in Ukrainian). 21 July 2021.
  6. "Desna - Chornomorets". Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  7. "FIFA adopts temporary employment and registration rules to address several issues in relation to war in Ukraine". FIFA. 7 March 2022.
  8. "Georgiy Tsitaishvili piłkarzem Wisły Kraków" (in Polish). Wisła Kraków. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  9. "Gio Tsitaishvili dołącza do Kolejorza" (in Polish). Lech Poznań. 1 July 2022.
  10. "Tsitaishvili i Sousa z debiutami" (in Polish). Lech Poznań. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  11. "ოფიციალურად: გიორგი წიტაიშვილი "დინამო ბათუმის" ფეხბურთელია". worldsport.ge (in Georgian). 4 July 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  12. "Tirana vs Dinamo Batumi". uefa.com. 13 July 2023.
  13. "Georgia v Kosovo game report". FIFA. 2 September 2021.
  14. "0:2-დან გადარჩენილი ქულა! საქართველო მეოთხედფინალთან ერთ ნაბიჯშია". worldsport.ge (in Georgian). 23 June 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  15. "საქართველოს ნაკრების შემადგენლობა Euro 2024-ზე ცნობილია". bm.ge. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  16. Giorgi Tsitaishvili at Soccerway
  17. "Spirited comeback earns Ukraine first U-20 title". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 June 2019. Archived from the original on 15 June 2019.
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