List of Georgia international footballers

The Georgia national football team (Georgian: საქართველოს ეროვნული საფეხბურთო ნაკრები, romanized: sakartvelos erovnuli sapekhburto nak'rebi) represents the nation of Georgia in international association football. It is fielded by the Georgian Football Federation (Georgian: საქართველოს ფეხბურთის ფედერაცია), the governing body of football in Georgia, and competes as a member of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), which encompasses the countries of Europe.[1] The team played its first official international match on 27 May 1990 against Lithuania.[2]

This article is about Georgia national football team players with at least 10 appearances. For a list of all notable national team players, see Georgia international footballers category. For the current national team squad, see Current squad.
Levan Kobiashvili is the most-capped Georgia international having appeared in 100 matches.

Since its first competitive match, more than 200 players have made at least one international appearance for the team. As hundreds of players have played for the team since it started officially registering its players in 1990, only players with 10 or more official caps are included. Georgi Nemsadze became the first Georgian international to reach 10 caps, doing so on 26 June 1994 in a 3–1 win against Latvia. Midfielder Levan Kobiashvili holds the record for most caps, appearing in 100 of official games for Georgia between 1996 and 2011.[3] Defender Zurab Khizanishvili had the longest national team career with Georgia, making his 92 appearances over 16-year period between 1999 and 2015. The goalscoring record is held by forward Shota Arveladze, scoring 26 times in 61 matches between 1992 and 2007, including two hat-tricks.[4]

Key
§ Still active for the national team[lower-alpha 1]
GK Goalkeeper
DF Defender
MF Midfielder
FW Forward

Players

Appearances and goals are composed of UEFA Nations League, UEFA European Championship qualification, FIFA World Cup qualification, Cyprus International Tournament, Malta International Tournament and international friendly matches. Players are listed by number of caps, then number of goals scored. If number of caps and goals are equal, the players are then listed alphabetically. Statistics correct as of match played on 15 November 2019.

Shota Arveladze is the national team's all-time leading goal-scorer with 26 goals in 61 appearances.
Zurab Khizanishvili (93 caps, 1 goal) had the longest national team career with Georgia, first playing 1999 and retiring in 2015 (16 years).
Kakha Kaladze has made the most appearances as captain with 50 (83 caps in total).
Giorgi Loria is the most capped goalkeeper for Georgia with 56 appearances since 2008.
Georgia national team football players with at least 10 appearances
Name Position National team career Caps Goals
Levan Kobiashvili MF 1996–2011 100 12
Zurab Khizanishvili DF 1999–2015 92 1
Jaba Kankava§ MF 2004– 86 10
Kakha Kaladze DF 1996–2011 83 1
Guram Kashia§ DF 2009– 78 2
Georgi Nemsadze MF 1992–2004 69 0
Aleksandre Iashvili MF/FW 1996–2011 67 15
Gocha Jamarauli MF 1994–2004 62 6
Shota Arveladze FW 1992–2007 61 26
Davit Kvirkvelia DF 2003–2014 59 0
Levan Tskitishvili MF 1995–2009 58 1
Giorgi Demetradze FW 1996–2007 56 12
Giorgi Loria§ GK 2008– 56 0
Georgi Kinkladze MF 1992–2005 54 8
Ucha Lobjanidze§ DF 2008– 54 1
Temur Ketsbaia MF 1990–2003 52 17
Aleksandre Amisulashvili DF 2002–2016 50 4
Valeri Qazaishvili§ MF 2014– 46 10
Mikheil Kavelashvili FW 1991–2002 46 9
Jano Ananidze§ MF 2009– 45 7
Giorgi Lomaia GK 1998–2010 45 0
Vladimir Dvalishvili§ FW 2009– 44 6
Malkhaz Asatiani DF/MF 2001–2010 42 4
Tornike Okriashvili§ MF 2010– 40 9
Zurab Menteshashvili MF 2000–2010 40 1
Lasha Salukvadze DF 2004–2015 38 1
Giorgi Navalovski§ DF 2008– 37 0
Murtaz Daushvili§ MF 2008– 36 0
Solomon Kvirkvelia§ DF 2014– 36 0
Aleksandre Kobakhidze§ MF 2006– 33 3
Archil Arveladze FW 1994–2001 32 6
Giorgi Merebashvili§ MF 2008– 32 2
Levan Mchedlidze§ FW 2007– 32 2
Giorgi Shashiashvili DF 2001–2010 32 1
Nukri Revishvili GK 2005–2016 32 0
Otar Kakabadze§ DF 2015– 32 0
Gia Grigalava§ DF 2011– 30 0
Levan Kenia MF 2007–2016 29 4
Murtaz Shelia DF 1991–1998 29 0
Davit Siradze FW 2004–2011 28 8
Rati Aleksidze FW 1998–2009 28 2
Davit Gvaramadze GK 1998–2004 28 0
Gogita Gogua MF 2005–2011 27 1
Kakhaber Gogichaishvili MF 1992–2000 27 1
Valerian Gvilia§ MF 2016– 26 3
Kakhaber Tskhadadze[lower-alpha 2] DF 1990–1998 25 1
Davit Mujiri MF 2003–2008 25 1
Nikoloz Gelashvili FW 2007–2015 25 1
Nika Kvekveskiri§ MF 2015– 25 0
Mikheil Ashvetia FW 1996–2007 24 5
Giorgi Chikhradze DF 1994–2000 24 0
Giorgi Kvilitaia§ FW 2016– 22 6
Gela Shekiladze DF 1997–2002 22 0
Giorgi Gakhokidze MF/FW 1996–2006 21 3
Vladimir Burduli MF 2001–2007 21 2
Otar Martsvaladze FW 2006–2014 21 2
Givi Didava DF 1996–2003 21 0
Aleksandre Rekhviashvili MF 1999–2005 21 0
Levan Silagadze DF 1998–2001 21 0
David Targamadze MF 2011–2014 20 2
Dimitri Kudinov DF 1990–1996 20 1
Revaz Kemoklidze DF 2000–2004 20 0
Akaki Devadze GK 1992–2005 20 0
David Khocholava§ DF 2017– 20 0
Otar Khizaneishvili DF 1999–2007 20 0
Akaki Khubutia DF 2010–2014 20 0
Irakli Zoidze GK 1994–2001 19 0
Nika Kacharava§ FW 2016– 17 1
Mate Vatsadze FW 2009–2016 15 4
Giorgi Chanturia§ MF 2014– 15 2
Ilia Kandelaki DF 2004–2013 15 0
Giorgi Aburjania§ MF 2016– 15 0
Otar Kiteishvili§ MF 2017– 15 0
David Odikadze DF 2005–2009 14 0
Giorgi Makaridze§ GK 2007– 14 0
Kakhaber Mzhavanadze DF 2004–2006 14 0
Giorgi Papunashvili§ MF 2014– 13 2
Lasha Jakobia FW 2004–2008 13 1
Lasha Dvali§ DF 2015– 13 1
Jaba Jighauri§ MF 2016– 13 0
Nugzar Lobzhanidze DF 1993–1997 13 0
Zaza Revishvili MF 1990–1996 12 0
Levan Khmaladze MF 2008–2014 12 0
Mamuka Tsereteli DF 1998–2004 12 0
Giorgi Popkhadze DF 2006–2015 12 0
Shota Grigalashvili MF 2006–2013 12 0
Giorgi Kiknadze MF 1996–1999 11 1
Beka Gotsiridze FW 2008–2009 11 1
Revaz Arveladze MF 1992–2000 11 1
Jemal Tabidze§ DF 2017– 11 1
Luka Razmadze MF 2008–2009 11 0
Aleksandr Kvakhadze DF 2007–2009 11 0
Nikoloz Togonidze GK 1996–1999 11 0
Davit Janashia FW 1992–1999 10 3
Irakli Dzaria MF 2012–2014 10 1
Gela Inalishvili MF 1994–1996 10 0
Giorgi Ganugrava§ MF 2005– 10 0
Vitaly Daraselia MF 2002–2005 10 0
Soso Grishikashvili GK 1994–2000 10 0
Tengiz Sichinava MF 1999–2000 10 0

Notes
  1. Players who are still active for the national team are players who haven't retired from international football and are, subsequently, eligible to be called up.
  2. Before the formation of the Georgia national team Kakhaber Tskhadadze made one appearance for the CIS national football team.

References
  1. Young, Colin (24 March 2019). "Improving Georgia look to build on good form". Irish Independent. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  2. "MATCHES → Georgia national football team v all opponents in 1990". eu-football.info. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  3. Bzikadze, Vakhtang (13 October 2011). "Georgia's Kobiashvili enjoys 100-cap honour". Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  4. Bibileishvili, Tiko (9 June 2008). "Arveladze Quits Football". The Georgian Times. Archived from the original on 13 August 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
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