Heorhiy Tsitaishvili

Heorhiy Tsitaishvili (Ukrainian: Георгій Климентійович Цітаїшвілі, Georgian: გიორგი წიტაიშვილი; born 18 November 2000) is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for Vorskla Poltava on loan from FC Dynamo Kyiv.

Heorhiy Giorgi Tsitaishvili
Personal information
Full name Heorhiy Klymentiyovych Tsitaishvili
Date of birth (2000-11-18) 18 November 2000
Place of birth Rishon LeZion, Israel
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Vorskla Poltava
(on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)
Youth career
2012–2018 Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Dynamo Kyiv 19 (0)
2021– → Vorskla Poltava (loan) 0 (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– Ukraine U21 4 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 August 2020

Early life

Tsitaishvili, who is of Georgian descent, 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.[1] His first coaches were Yuriy Yeskin and Oleksiy Drotsenko.

Club career

Tsitaishvili made his debut for Dynamo in the 2018 Ukrainian Cup Final on 9 May 2018, playing in a match against FC Shakhtar Donetsk.[2] 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, Yuriy Maksymov the manager of Vorskla Poltava announced that Tsitaishvili will join his club on temporary basis.[3]

International career

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.

Career statistics

Club
As of the end of 2019–20 season[4]
Club Season League Cup1 Continental2 Other3 Total
LeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dynamo Kyiv 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League 0010000010
2018–19 5000100060
2019–20 10 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 13 0
Total 15 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 20 0

1 Includes Ukrainian Cup matches.
2 Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches.
3 Includes Ukrainian Super Cup matches.

Honours

Dynamo Kyiv

Ukraine U20

Individual

References
  1. ГЕОРГІЙ ЦИТАЇШВІЛІ (in Ukrainian). FC Dynamo Kyiv Official Site. 14 December 2018.
  2. КУБОК УКРАЇНИ-2018. «ШАХТАР» ПЕРЕМІГ «ДИНАМО» ТА ЗДОБУВ ТРОФЕЙ УДВАНАДЦЯТЕ (in Ukrainian). FFU Official Site. 14 December 2018.
  3. "Юрий Максимов: "Ворскла" арендует у "Динамо" Цитаишвили"" (in Ukrainian). 20 December 2020.
  4. "Ukraine - Tsitaishvili Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  5. "Spirited comeback earns Ukraine first U-20 title". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 June 2019.

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