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Luka Lochoshvili (Georgian: ლუკა ლოჩოშვილი; born 29 May 1998) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Cremonese.

Luka Lochoshvili

Lochoshvili in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth	(1998-05-29) 29 May 1998 (age 24)
Place of birth	Tbilisi, Georgia
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Club information
Current team	Cremonese
Number	44
Youth career
2014–2016	Dinamo Tbilisi
2017–2019	Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014	Dinamo Tbilisi B	1	(0)
2016–2017	Dinamo Tbilisi	22	(1)
2017–2019	Dynamo Kyiv	0	(0)
2018	→ Dinamo Tbilisi (loan)	21	(0)
2019	→ Žilina B (loan)	10	(1)
2019	→ Žilina (loan)	3	(0)
2020	Dinamo Tbilisi	10	(0)
2020–2022	Wolfsberger AC	52	(2)
2022–	Cremonese	7	(0)
National team‡
2014–2015	Georgia U17	6	(0)
2015–2016	Georgia U19	7	(0)
2017–2020	Georgia U21	15	(2)
2021–	Georgia	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:11, 11 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 September 2021

Club career

Luka Lochoshvili initially played in Dinamo Tbilisi youth teams before his promotion to the first team in 2016. He made a debut in a 4–0 win against Lokomotive Tbilisi on 18 November 2016.[1]

The next summer Lochoshvili signed a five-year deal with Dinamo Kyiv,[2] although in March 2018 was loaned back to his boyhood club and later, in February 2019, to Slovak side Zilina.[3]

Lochoshvili made his professional Fortuna Liga debut for Žilina against DAC Dunajská Streda on 6 April 2019.[4]

In early 2020 Dinamo Kyiv and Luka Lochoshvili terminated the existing contract. The player spent next several months at Dinamo Tbilisi and moved to Wolfsberger AC.[5] He opened his goal account in a 5–3 away win against Austria Wien on 21 March 2021.[6]

In February 2022, while playing for Wolfsberger AC against Austria in Vienna, Lochoshvili took out the tongue of Austria player Georg Teigl. Teigl collided with an opposition player and was lying unconscious, unable to breathe, as he had swallowed his own tongue.[7] Shortly afterwards Luka Lochoshvili was awarded with the Dignity Cross by the grateful Carinthia state governor.[8]

On 10 August 2022, Lochoshvili signed with Cremonese in Italy.[9] He made a first appearance for his new club against A.S.Roma on 22 August.[10]

International career

Lochoshvili made his debut for the Georgia national football team on 5 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Spain, a 4–0 away loss. He started the game and played the whole match.[11]

Honours

Individual

• Best young player of Georgia (2020)[12]

References

External links

• Luka Lochoshvili at Soccerway
• Futbalnet profile
• Fortuna Liga profile

На других языках

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[de] Luka Lotschoschwili

Luka Lotschoschwili (georgisch ლუკა ლოჩოშვილი; * 29. Mai 1998 in Tiflis) ist ein georgischer Fußballspieler.

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- [en] Luka Lochoshvili

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[es] Luka Lochoshvili

Luka Lochoshvili (georgiano: ლუკა ლოჩოშვილი; 29 de mayo de 1998, Georgia) es un futbolista profesional georgiano que juega como defensa en el Wolfsberger AC.

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[it] Luka Lochoshvili

Luka Lochoshvili (in georgiano: ლუკა ლოჩოშვილი?; Tbilisi, 29 maggio 1998) è un calciatore georgiano, difensore del Wolfsberger.

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