Giorgi Mamardashvili (born 29 September 2000) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Valencia and the Georgia national team.
Mamardashvili spent much of his youth years at Dinamo Tbilisi. After signing a professional contract with this club, he was loaned to other Erovnuli Liga teams for three seasons before his transfer to Valencia. He has quickly established himself as a first-choice shot-stopper, becoming the first ever Georgian goalkeeper in the Spanish top tier.
After making three appearances for the Georgia U21 team, Mamardashvili made his debut for the senior national team against Bulgaria in a 4–1 friendly defeat on 8 September 2021.
He played his first official match against North Macedonia in a Nations League 3–0 win on 9 June 2022. Due to his performance in the return leg (2–0) in September, Mamardashvili was named in Team of the Week after round 5, and whoscored.com included him in monthly and seasonal Best XI of Group C.
In the summer of 2023, Mamardashvili took part in three games in European Championship for Georgia U21s, who had a highly successful group stage campaign and reached quarterfinals for the first time in their history.
On 26 March 2024, Georgia beat Greece 4–2 on penalties to qualify for UEFA Euro 2024, the side's first major tournament. Mamardashvili was a critical factor in this game, saving the first spot kick from Greek forward Anastasios Bakasetas. |
