Giorgi Tsitaishvili (Ukrainian: Георгій Климентійович Цітаїшвілі, Georgian: გიორგი წიტაიშვილი; born 18 November 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ekstraklasa side Lech Poznań, on loan from Dynamo Kyiv. Born in Israel to Georgian parents and raised in Ukraine, he represents the Georgia national team.
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Full name | Giorgi Tsitaishvili | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (2000-11-18) 18 November 2000 (age 21) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Rishon LeZion, Israel | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Winger | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team |
Lech Poznań (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) | |||||||||||||||
Number | 14 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
2012–2018 | Dynamo Kyiv | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2018– | Dynamo Kyiv | 19 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2021 | → Vorskla Poltava (loan) | 4 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2021 | → Chornomorets Odesa (loan) | 13 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2022 | → Wisła Kraków (loan) | 7 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2022– | → Lech Poznań (loan) | 9 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2022– | → Lech Poznań II (loan) | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
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 | 4 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2021– | Georgia | 12 | (1) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 September 2022 |
Tsitaishvili, who is Georgian of Ukrainian descents through his grandmother,[1] was born in Rishon LeZion, Israel, where his father Klimenti Tsitaishvili played as footballer. He is a product of the Dynamo Kyiv youth sportive school.[2] His first coaches were Yuriy Yeskin and Oleksiy Drotsenko.
Tsitaishvili made his debut for Dynamo in the 2018 Ukrainian Cup Final on 9 May 2018, playing in a match against FC Shakhtar Donetsk.[3] The following season he made his European debut, when he came on as a substitute in Dynamo's 0–1 away loss to FK Jablonec in the UEFA Europa League.
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 Chernomorets in a 3–0 away loss against Desna Chernihiv at the Chernihiv Stadium.[6]
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 0–2 Polish Super Cup loss against Raków Częstochowa.[10]
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.
For the senior level, he switched his allegiance to Georgia. He made his debut for the Georgia national football team on 2 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Kosovo. He started and played a full match in a 0–1 home loss.[11]
Club | Season | League | Cup1 | Continental2 | Other3 | Total | ||||||
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League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Dynamo Kyiv | 2017–18 | Ukrainian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2018–19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Total | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
Vorskla Poltava (loan) | 2020–21 | Ukrainian Premier League | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
Chornomorets Odesa (loan) | 2021–22 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||
Wisła Kraków (loan) | 2021–22 | Ekstraklasa | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
Lech Poznań (loan) | 2022–23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
Lech Poznań II (loan) | 2022–23 | II liga | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Career total | 51 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 3 |
1 Includes Ukrainian Cup matches.
2 Includes UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League matches.
3 Includes Ukrainian Super Cup and Polish Super Cup matches.
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Georgia | |||
2021 | 2 | 0 | |
2022 | 10 | 1 | |
Total | 12 | 1 |
Dynamo Kyiv
Dynamo Kyiv U19
Ukraine U20
Lech Poznań – current squad | |
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