Giorgi Guliashvili

Giorgi Guliashvili
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-09-05) 5 September 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Second striker
Team information
Current team
Velež Mostar
Number 9
Youth career
0000–2019 Sabutarlo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2023 Saburtalo 79 (11)
2023– Sarajevo 11 (0)
2023–Velež Mostar (loan) 21 (7)
International career
2018–2020 Georgia U19 18 (11)
2020–2023 Georgia U21 20 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 July 2023

Giorgi Guliashvili (Georgian: გიორგი გულიაშვილი, romanized: giorgi guliashvili; born 5 September 2001) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a second striker for Bosnian Premier League club Velež Mostar on loan from Sarajevo. He has regularly played for the Georgian U21 national team.

Club career[edit]

Guliashvili started playing for Saburtalo after having advanced into the first team through the academy ranks. He made a debut in Erovnuli Liga on 28 May 2019 when at the age of 17 he came on the pitch as a substitute in a 3–0 win against WIT Georgia.[1] At the end of this season Guliashvili won two nominations at the annual awards ceremony organized by the Football Federation - Goal of the Season for the goal scored in a 2–0 win over Croatia U19s and the Alexander Chivadze Golden award for under-19 players.[2]

He gradually secured a place in the team, playing for Saburtalo as a regular squad member during the next three seasons. Guliashvili netted his first top-league goal on 24 July 2020 against Torpedo Kutaisi.[3]

He left the club in January 2023 and moved to Bosnian side Sarajevo for an undisclosed fee.[4][5]

International career[edit]

Guliashvili was a member of the Georgia national under-21 team. He took part in UEFA 2023 under 21 championship, scoring a leveller against Belgium.[6]

He has represented Georgia at all youth levels.[7]

Career statistics[edit]

As of match played 28 April 2024[8][9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Saburtalo Tbilisi 2018 Erovnuli Liga 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
2019 Erovnuli Liga 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2020 Erovnuli Liga 14 4 3 0 1[b] 1 18 5
2021 Erovnuli Liga 26 3 3 0 1[c] 0 30 3
2022 Erovnuli Liga 35 4 3 0 4[d] 0 42 4
Total 79 11 10 0 5 1 1 0 95 12
Sarajevo 2022–23 Bosnian Premier League 10 0 0 0 10 0
2023–24 Bosnian Premier League 1 0 0 0 1[d] 0 2 0
Total 11 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
Velež Mostar (loan) 2022–23 Bosnian Premier League 21 7 2 2 23 9
Career total 111 18 12 2 6 1 1 0 130 21
  1. ^ Includes Georgian Cup, Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in Georgian Super Cup
  4. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours[edit]

Team[edit]

Saburtalo Tbilisi

Individual[edit]

  • Goal of the Season: 2019
  • Best under-19 player: 2019

References[edit]

  1. ^ ""საბურთალოს" 17 წლის თავდამსხმელი: ეროვნულ ლიგაში თამაში ძალიან მაგარი შეგრძნება იყო". sportall.ge (in Georgian). 29 May 2019.
  2. ^ "GFF AWARDS 2019". europop.ge (in Georgian). 27 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Torpedo vs Saburtalo" (in Georgian). 24 July 2020.
  4. ^ "FK Sarajevo ozvaničio najzvučniji transfer u Premijer ligi ove zime!". Sportsport. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  5. ^ "საბურთალოდან ბოსნიაში - გიორგი გულიაშვილი სარაევოში ითამაშებს". europop.ge. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Georgia vs Belgium". uefa.com. 24 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Georgian youth team hosted Azerbaijan and defeated the rivals". fcsaburtalo.ge. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  8. ^ "G. Guliashvili". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Giorgi Guliashvili » Club matches". worldfootbal.net. Retrieved 7 April 2024.

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