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Davit Khocholava (Georgian: დავით ხოჭოლავა, romanized: davit khoch'olava, pronounced [dɑvitʰ χɔtʃʼɔlɑvɑ]; born 8 February 1993) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Copenhagen and the Georgia national team.

Davit Khocholava
დავით ხოჭოლავა

Khocholava playing for Shakhtar Donetsk in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	(1993-02-08) 8 February 1993 (age 29)
Place of birth	Tbilisi, Georgia
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Club information
Current team	Copenhagen
Number	5
Youth career
2004–2009	Saburtalo Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2011	Saburtalo Tbilisi	0	(0)
2010	→ Olimpi Rustavi (loan)	2	(0)
2011	→ Sioni Bolnisi (loan)	0	(0)
2011–2014	Dinamo Tbilisi	11	(0)
2014	→ Kolkheti Poti (loan)	6	(1)
2014–2015	Shukura Kobuleti	25	(1)
2015–2017	Chornomorets Odesa	42	(3)
2017–2021	Shakhtar Donetsk	56	(3)
2021–	Copenhagen	23	(2)
National team‡
2009–2010	Georgia U-17	13	(3)
2010–2011	Georgia U-19	5	(0)
2011–2012	Georgia U-21	5	(0)
2017–	Georgia	34	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 April 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 June 2022

Club career

Early years

Born in Tbilisi, Khocholava started his career in Saburtalo, where his first manager was Giorgi Devdariani.[1] Later some of the members of his team, including Valeri Kazaishvili, Giorgi Chanturia and Lasha Parunashvili, became Georgia internationals.[1] Khocholava was a striker during his youth career. However, Devdariani later offered him to play in defense and Khocholava accepted.[1]

Khocholava signed for Dinamo Tbilisi in 2011. He found it difficult to become a member of the starting line-up, having a six-month loan spell at Kolkheti Poti in order to get some more playing time.[2] In 2014, he decided to leave Tbilisi-based club and moved to Shukura Kobuleti.[3] He was offered to the club after the recommendation of famous Georgian footballer Revaz Chelebadze, who played for Dinamo Tbilisi in Soviet era. He was the sporting director of the club.[1]

Khocholava spent the 2014–15 season with the club before signing for Chornomorets Odesa in summer 2015.[4] He became the regular member of the starting line-up. He was named in the symbolic team of the Ukrainian Premier League in March 2017.[5]

Shakhtar Donetsk

In April 2017, Shakhtar Donetsk confirmed that Khocholava had signed a five-year deal with the club, joining them at the start of the following season.[6]

Copenhagen

On 6 July 2021, Danish Superliga side F.C. Copenhagen announced they had signed Khocholava on a four year deal.[7] On 8 August he scored his first goal for the club in a 4–2 victory in the Copenhagen Derby against rivals Brøndby IF. On 22 May 2022, with the club he won the Danish Superliga in the season 2021–22 and qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the season 2022–23.[8]

International career

Khocholava was named in the Georgia national team's senior squad for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Austria in September 2016.[9] He made his debut for Georgie on 23 January 2017 in a friendly against Uzbekistan.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of 4 May 2022[11]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Olimpi Rustavi (loan)	2010–11	Umaglesi Liga	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Dinamo Tbilisi	2011–12	Umaglesi Liga	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	2012–13		3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	2013–14		3	0	0	0	3[lower-alpha 1]	0	0	0	6	0
	Total		11	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	16	0
Kolkheti Poti (loan)	2013–14	Pirveli Liga	6	1	0	0	–		0	0	6	1
Shukura Kobuleti	2014–15	Umaglesi Liga	25	1	4	1	–		0	0	29	2
Chornomorets Odesa	2015–16	Ukrainian Premier League	18	1	2	0	–		0	0	20	1
	2016–17		24	2	0	0	–		0	0	24	2
	Total		42	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	44	3
Shakhtar Donetsk	2017–18	Ukrainian Premier League	14	1	4	0	4[lower-alpha 2]	0	0	0	22	1
	2018–19		25	2	3	0	5[lower-alpha 3]	0	0	0	33	2
	2019–20		10	0	1	0	4[lower-alpha 4]	0	1[lower-alpha 5]	0	16	0
	2020–21		3	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 2]	0	0	0	5	0
	Total		52	3	8	0	15	0	1	0	76	3
Copenhagen	2021–22	Danish Superliga	21	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	33	1
Career total			159	9	17	1	30	0	1	0	207	10

International

As of 2 June 2022

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Georgia	2017	9	0
	2018	7	0
	2019	5	0
	2020	4	0
	2021	7	0
	2022	2	0
Total		34	0

Honours

Olimpi Rustavi

• Georgian Super Cup: 2010

Dinamo Tbilisi

• Georgian League: 2012–13
• Georgian Cup: 2012–13

Shakhtar Donetsk

• Ukrainian Premier League: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
• Ukrainian Cup: 2017–18, 2018–19
• Ukrainian Super Cup: 2017

Copenhagen

• Danish Superliga: 2021–22[12]

References

External links

• Davit Khocholava at Soccerway
• Davit Khocholava at football.sport.ua
• Davit Khocholava at footballfacts.ru at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 July 2015)

На других языках

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[de] Dawit Chotscholawa

Dawit Chotscholawa (georgisch დავით ხოჭოლავა, FIFA-Schreibweise nach engl. Transkription: Davit Khocholava; * 8. Februar 1993 in Tiflis, Georgien) ist ein georgischer Fußballspieler, der beim ukrainischen Erstligisten Schachtar Donezk unter Vertrag steht. Der Innenverteidiger ist seit Januar 2017 georgischer Nationalspieler.

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- [en] Davit Khocholava

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[fr] Davit Khocholava

Davit Khocholava, né le 8 février 1993 à Tbilissi en Géorgie, est un footballeur international géorgien. Il joue au poste de défenseur central au FC Copenhague.

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[it] Davit Khocholava

Davit Khocholava (in georgiano: დავით ხოჭოლავა?; Tbilisi, 8 febbraio 1993) è un calciatore georgiano, difensore del Copenaghen.

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[ru] Хочолава, Давид

Дави́д Хочола́ва (груз. დავით ხოჭოლავა; 8 февраля 1993; Тбилиси[1], Грузия) — грузинский футболист, защитник клуба «Копенгаген» и национальной сборной Грузии.

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