Giorgi Gocholeishvili (born 14 February 2001) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk and Georgia national team.
He is the winner of Ukrainian top league and the Georgian Cup.
Giorgi Gocholeishvili was born in Kutaisi and is a product of Saburtalo Tbilisi academy. He made his debut for the club in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round losing match against Cypriot club Apollon Limassol on 27 August 2020. He made his league debut for the club on 13 September 2020 in the 2020 Erovnuli Liga drawing match against Merani Tbilisi. In the 2021 season he became a starting squad player for the team and won the 2021 Georgian Cup after a 1–0 win against Samgurali Tsqaltubo in the final match.
At the end of 2022, Gocholeishvili was named among best XI players of the Erovnuli Liga season.
In total he played 85 matches, scored 8 goals and assisted 12 more for Saburtalo Tbilisi.
In November 2022 he signed a five-year contract with the Ukrainian Premier League giant Shakhtar Donetsk effective from 1 January 2023. He made his debut for Shakhtar Donetsk as a substitute player against Mynai on 28 February 2023.
Gocholeishvili netted his first goal for the club in a 2–2 draw against Chernomorets Odesa on 2 April 2023. In his first full-time UEFA Champions League game against Barcelona on 8 November, Gocholeishvili displayed an impressive performance, provided an assist for the only goal of the match and subsequently got a reward by being named in Champions League Team of the Week. He has twice won the league with Shakhtar. |
