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.
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| Full name | Heorhiy Klymentiyovych Tsitaishvili | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 November 2000 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rishon LeZion, Israel | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
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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) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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* 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 | ||||||
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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 | ||
| 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
- Ukrainian Cup (1): 2019–20
- Ukrainian Super Cup (2): 2019, 2020
Ukraine U20
Individual
- Golden talent of Ukraine: 2019
References
- ГЕОРГІЙ ЦИТАЇШВІЛІ (in Ukrainian). FC Dynamo Kyiv Official Site. 14 December 2018.
- КУБОК УКРАЇНИ-2018. «ШАХТАР» ПЕРЕМІГ «ДИНАМО» ТА ЗДОБУВ ТРОФЕЙ УДВАНАДЦЯТЕ (in Ukrainian). FFU Official Site. 14 December 2018.
- "Юрий Максимов: "Ворскла" арендует у "Динамо" Цитаишвили"" (in Ukrainian). 20 December 2020.
- "Ukraine - Tsitaishvili Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
- "Spirited comeback earns Ukraine first U-20 title". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 June 2019.
External links
- Heorhiy Tsitaishvili at the Football Federation of Ukraine (in Ukrainian)
- Heorhiy Tsitaishvili at Soccerway