Davit Kokhia

Davit Kokhia (born 22 April 1993) is a Georgian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Shevardeni-1906 Tbilisi.

Davit Kokhia
Personal information
Full name Davit Malhazovich Kokhia[1]
Date of birth (1993-04-22) 22 April 1993
Place of birth Moscow, Russia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Shevardeni-1906 Tbilisi
Number 26
Youth career
200X–200x Spartak Moscow–2
2008 KSDYUSHOR Kiyv
2008 Atlet Kiyv
2009 Smena–Obolon Kiyv
2010 Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Volga Nizhny Novgorod II 59 (1)
2013–2014 Gagra 2 (0)
2014 Zaria Bălți 13 (1)
2015 Vojvodina 0 (0)
2016 Zugdidi 3 (0)
2018 PFC Sumy 10 (0)
2019– Shevardeni-1906 Tbilisi 3 (0)
National team
2012 Georgia U-21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:32, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Moscow, Kokhia started playing for FC Spartak Moscow's youth team.[1] In 2008, he moved to Ukraine, where he continued his youth career with KSDYUSHOR Kiyv and Atlet Kiyv. In 2009, he played for Smena–Obolon Kiyv before joining FC Dynamo Kyiv Reserves and Youth Team[1] in 2010.

He played at the youth level for FC Dynamo Kyiv until January 2011, when he moved to Russia and joined FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod. In the 2011 and 2012 season, he played for Volga in the Russian Youth/Reserves Championship. He made 25 appearances and scored one goal in the 2011 season, 7 appearances with no goals in the 2012 season,[2] and 27 appearances with no goals in 2012–13.[3] In the 2013–14 season, he played for FC Gagra in the Georgian Premier League. In summer 2014, he moved to FC Zaria Bălți and played in the Moldovan National Division.[4]

On 13 February 2015, after passing trials, he signed a year and a half contract with Serbian side FK Vojvodina.[5] However, after not playing a single official game for the club, the contract with Vojvodina was mutually terminated after just six months.[6]

In summer 2016, he returned to Georgia and signed with FC Zugdidi.[4]

International career

In 2012, he was part of the Georgian U-19 team,[7] and that same year he made his debut for the Georgian U-21 team[4] and continued as part of the U-21 team in 2013.[8] However, for the official UEFA matches, he made only one appearance for the Georgian U-21 team.[9]

References
  1. David Malhazovich Kohiya at footballfacts.ru (in Russian)
  2. Russia 2011/12 Youth Championship at RSSSF
  3. Russia 2012/13 Youth Championship at RSSSF
  4. Davit Kokhia at Soccerway
  5. DAVID KOKIJA, „CRVENO-BELI“ at FK Vojvodina official website, 13-2-2015, retrieved 16-2-2015 (in Serbian)
  6. Јевтовић занимљив Новосађанима at dnevnik.rs, 3-6-2015 (in Serbian)
  7. Korghalidze has gathered U19 for Portugal at Georgian Football Association official website, 12-4-2012, retrieved 16-2-2015
  8. Youth Team Departed for Austria at worldsport.ge, 18-3-2013, retrieved 16-2-2015
  9. Davit Kokhia at UEFA.com, retrieved 16-2-2015


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