Mikheil Khutsishvili
Mikhail Khutsishvili (born 28 January 1979 in Georgia) is a retired Georgian football striker who last played for Serbian SuperLiga club FK Vojvodina. He unexpectedly retired because of serious heart problems. As of January 2016, he is the general director of FC Dinamo Tbilisi.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mikhail Khutsishvili | ||
| Date of birth | 28 January 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1996 | Zhineri Zhinvali | 1 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Dinamo-2 Tbilisi | 41 | (18) |
| 1997 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 3 | (0) |
| 1998 | Lokomotivi Tbilisi | 14 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Merani-91 Tbilisi | 26 | (3) |
| 1999 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 6 | (1) |
| 2000 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 5 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Merani-91 Tbilisi | 12 | (1) |
| 2001 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 0 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Kalamata | 15 | (1) |
| 2003 | PAS Giannina | 2 | (0) |
| 2004 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 8 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | FK Gäncä | 28 | (11) |
| 2006 | Sioni Bolnisi | 14 | (4) |
| 2006–2008 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 46 | (21) |
| 2008 | Olimpik Baku | 10 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Vojvodina | 11 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| Georgia U17 | |||
| 1997 | Georgia U18 | 2 | (0) |
| Georgia U21 | |||
| Georgia | |||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2010 | Vojvodina (Head Scout) | ||
| 2011 | Dila Gori (Sports Director) | ||
| 2011–2015 | Zestafoni (General Director) | ||
| 2015– | Dinamo Tbilisi (General Director) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Career
Khutsishvili begin his career as senior with Zhineri Zhinvali moving after only a year to the Georgian giant FC Dinamo Tbilisi. He represented in this early period also several other clubs, namely Georgian FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi and FC Merani-91 Tbilisi, bur also Moldovan FC Sheriff Tiraspol.
In 1997 he played two games for Georgian U18 national team.[2]
In 2002, he moved to Greece where he played one season with Kalamata F.C. and another half season with PAS Giannina F.C.. By January 2004 he returned to Georgia this time to play with FC Torpedo Kutaisi but after six months he moved to Azerbaijan signing with FK Gäncä.
In January FC Sioni Bolnisi brought him back to Georgia what proved to be a good move since he ended up as part of Sioni's 2005-06 championship winning team. This was followed by the return to his former club FC Dinamo Tbilisi in summer 2006. He stayed with Dinamo 2 seasons winning another Georgian championship in 2007-08 and being in that same season the league topscorer.
In summer 2008 he moved to Azerbaijani FK Olimpik Baku but after only 6 months Serbian SuperLiga club FK Vojvodina offered him a contract. In summer 2009 he was joined in Vojvodina by another Georgian international footballer, Giorgi Merebashvili, but Khutsishvili started having health problems that season and after being diagnosticated with heart problems he ended abandoning his playing career in 2010.
After retiring he became as head scout of Vojvodina for 6 month. Next half year he became sports director of Dila Gori and then became general director of FC Zestafoni for four years before moving in autumn 2015 to hold the same direction position at Georgian giants FC Dinamo Tbilisi.[1]
Honours
Club
- Sioni Bolnisi
- Umaglesi Liga (1): 2005–06
- Dinamo Tbilisi
- Umaglesi Liga (2): 1997–98,[3] 2007–08
Individual
References
- HUCIŠVILI: PERIOD U VOJVODINI JEDAN OD NAJLEPŠIH U KARIJERI at FK Vojvodina official website, 8-2-2016, retirved 10-2-2016 (in Serbian)
- Mikheil Khutsishvili at 11v11.com
- Georgia - Championship winning teams Archived 22 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine at RSSSF
External links
- Mikheil Khutsishvili at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
- Mikheil Khutsishvili at Srbijafudbal.com (in Serbian)
- Mikheil Khutsishvili – UEFA competition record
- "Mikhail Khutsishvili- Interview for MojSport". Archived from the original on 15 July 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2009.