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Davit Khocholava

Davit Khocholava
დავით ხოჭოლავა
Khocholava with Shakhtar Donetsk in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-02-08) 8 February 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
2004–2009 Saburtalo Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Saburtalo Tbilisi 0 (0)
2010 → Olimpi Rustavi (loan) 2 (0)
2011 → Sioni Bolnisi (loan) 0 (0)
2011–2014 Dinamo Tbilisi 11 (0)
2014 → Kolkheti Poti (loan) 6 (1)
2014–2015 Shukura Kobuleti 25 (1)
2015–2017 Chornomorets Odesa 42 (3)
2017–2021 Shakhtar Donetsk 56 (3)
2021–2024 Copenhagen 40 (1)
Total 182 (9)
International career
2009–2010 Georgia U17 13 (3)
2010–2011 Georgia U19 5 (0)
2011–2012 Georgia U21 5 (0)
2017–2024 Georgia 39 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Davit Khocholava (Georgian: დავით ხოჭოლავა, romanized: davit khoch'olava, pronounced [davitʰ χotʃʼolava]; born 8 February 1993) is a Georgian retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

Club career

Early years

Born in Tbilisi, Khocholava started his career in Saburtalo, where his first manager was Giorgi Devdariani.[1] Later some of the members of his team, including Valeri Kazaishvili, Giorgi Chanturia and Lasha Parunashvili, became Georgia internationals.[1] Khocholava was a striker during his youth career. However, Devdariani later offered him to play in defense and Khocholava accepted.[1]

Khocholava with Chornomorets Odesa in 2016

Khocholava signed for Dinamo Tbilisi in 2011. He found it difficult to become a member of the starting line-up, having a six-month loan spell at Kolkheti Poti in order to get some more playing time.[2] In 2014, he decided to leave Tbilisi-based club and moved to Shukura Kobuleti.[3] He was offered to the club after the recommendation of famous Georgian footballer Revaz Chelebadze, who played for Dinamo Tbilisi in Soviet era. He was the sporting director of the club.[1]

Khocholava spent the 2014–15 season with the club before signing for Chornomorets Odesa in summer 2015.[4] He became the regular member of the starting line-up. He was named in the symbolic team of the Ukrainian Premier League in March 2017.[5]

Shakhtar Donetsk

In April 2017, Shakhtar Donetsk confirmed that Khocholava had signed a five-year deal with the club, joining them at the start of the following season.[6]

Copenhagen

On 6 July 2021, Danish Superliga side F.C. Copenhagen announced they had signed Khocholava on a four-year deal.[7] On 8 August he scored his first goal for the club in a 4–2 victory in the Copenhagen Derby against rivals Brøndby IF. On 22 May 2022, with the club he won the Danish Superliga in the season 2021–22 and qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the season 2022–23.[8] On July 7, 2024, Khocholava announced his decision to retire from professional football.[9]

International career

Khocholava was named in the Georgia national team's senior squad for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Austria in September 2016.[10] He made his debut for Georgia on 23 January 2017 in a friendly against Uzbekistan.[11]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[12]
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Olimpi Rustavi (loan) 2010–11 Umaglesi Liga 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Dinamo Tbilisi 2011–12 Umaglesi Liga 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2012–13 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2013–14 3 0 0 0 3[a] 0 0 0 6 0
Total 11 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 16 0
Kolkheti Poti (loan) 2013–14 Pirveli Liga 6 1 0 0 – 0 0 6 1
Shukura Kobuleti 2014–15 Umaglesi Liga 25 1 4 1 – 0 0 29 2
Chornomorets Odesa 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League 18 1 2 0 – 0 0 20 1
2016–17 24 2 0 0 – 0 0 24 2
Total 42 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 44 3
Shakhtar Donetsk 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League 14 1 4 0 4[b] 0 0 0 22 1
2018–19 25 2 3 0 5[c] 0 0 0 33 2
2019–20 10 0 1 0 4[d] 0 1[e] 0 16 0
2020–21 7 0 1 0 4[b] 0 0 0 12 0
Total 56 3 9 0 17 0 1 0 83 3
Copenhagen 2021–22 Danish Superliga 22 1 0 0 12[f] 0 0 0 34 1
2022–23 17 0 3 1 7[b] 0 0 0 27 1
2023–24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 40 1 3 1 19 0 0 0 62 2
Career total 182 9 21 2 39 0 1 0 243 11
  1. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, two in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Appearance in Ukrainian Super Cup
  6. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Georgia 2017 9 0
2018 7 0
2019 5 0
2020 4 0
2021 7 0
2022 2 0
Total 34 0

Honours

Olimpi Rustavi

Dinamo Tbilisi

Shakhtar Donetsk

Copenhagen

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Interview with David Khocholava". Sportall.ge. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  2. ^ "News of "Kolkheti" Poti". Worldsport.ge. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Dinamo confirmed changes". Worldsport.ge. 24 December 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Chornomorets confirm two more signings". Football.ua. 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Khocholava - in the Symbolic Team of the Month in Ukraine". Worldsport.ge. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Khocholava to continue his career at Shakhtar". Shakhtar.com. 11 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  7. ^ "DAVID KHOCHOLAVA SIGNS FOR F.C. COPENHAGEN". fck.dk. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Mukairu on the verge of Major Success with FC Copenhagen". www.footballlive.ng. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  9. ^ "FCK-spiller stopper karrieren". TV 2 (in Danish). 7 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Georgia vs Austria". Sky Sports. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  11. ^ "Uzbekistan draws with Georgia in friendly". The Tashkent Times. 24 January 2017.
  12. ^ Davit Khocholava at Soccerway
  13. ^ "FC Copenhagen win 14th Danish league title". dailytimes.com.pk. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
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