Mamuka Kobakhidze

Mamuka Kobakhidze

Personal information
Date of birth	(1992-08-23) 23 August 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Tbilisi, Georgia
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Dinamo Batumi
Number	23
Youth career
2008–2009	Zestaponi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2013	Zestaponi	70	(2)
2013	→ Alania Vladikavkaz (loan)	0	(0)
2013–2014	Dila Gori	22	(0)
2014–2017	Rubin Kazan	4	(0)
2015–2016	→ Mordovia Saransk (loan)	1	(0)
2016–2017	→ Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (loan)	21	(0)
2017	Locomotive Tbilisi	15	(1)
2018	Rustavi	15	(2)
2018–2019	Torpedo Kutaisi	33	(1)
2019–	Dinamo Batumi	163	(10)
International career^‡
2007–2008	Georgia U-16	2	(0)
2008–2009	Georgia U-17	4	(0)
2009–2010	Georgia U-19	6	(0)
2011–2014	Georgia U-21	16	(2)
2020–	Georgia	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 May 2023

Mamuka Kobakhidze (Georgian: მამუკა კობახიძე; born 23 August 1992) is a Georgian professional football player. He plays for FC Dinamo Batumi.

Kobakhidze has played for national youth teams and secured Georgian champion's title three times, also won the national Cup and Super Cup.

Club career

Kobakhidze started his career at Zestaponi. During his four-year tenure there Kobakhidze twice won the Georgian league title. In February 2014, he moved to Dila Gori.^[1]

He made his debut in the Russian Premier League on 22 November 2014 for FC Rubin Kazan in a game against FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast.^[2]

On 4 August 2017, he returned to Georgia, signing with FC Locomotive Tbilisi.^[3] The next summer Kobakhidze joined Torpedo Kutaisi in a move that proved to be rewarding.^[4] He was named the best defender of the season and included in the symbolic team of Erovnuli Liga.^[5]

Kobakhidze was among those players who left Torpedo en masse in June 2019 following a severe financial crisis. He chose to sign a contract with Dinamo Batumi, who had returned back to the top division following the previous season.^[6] At an annual ceremony held by Georgian Football Federation, Kobakhidze won a nomination for the best defender of the league again. He was also selected for Team of the Year.^[7] With the same awards received the next season,^[8] Kobakhidze achieved a wide recognition for three consecutive seasons.

In 2021, Dinamo Batumi won the top division for the first time in their history. As the team captain, Kobakhidze lifted the trophy for the third time now. When the team of the season was announced, their seven players, including Kobakhidze, were named among the best eleven.^[9]

Two years later, Kobakhidze won one more league title. His individual performance was also recognized as he was named in the Team of the Year for the fifth time now. He was also announced Defender of the Season at an annual awards ceremony.^[10]

International career

He made his national team debut on 11 October 2020 in a Nations League game against Armenia.^[11]

Career Statistics

As of match played 8 December 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Zestaponi	2009-10	Umaglesi Liga	12	0	–		–		–		12	0
	2010-11		18	2	3	0	2	0	–		23	2
	2011-12		25	0	5	0	5	0	–		35	0
	2012-13		15	0	–		2	0	–		17	0
	Total		70	2	8	0	9	0	0	0	87	2
Alania	2012–13	Russian Premier League	–		–		–		–		0	0
Dila Gori	2013–14	Umaglesi Liga	22	0	3	0	6	0	–		31	0
Rubin Kazan	2014–15	Russian Premier League	4	0	1	0	–		–		5	0
Mordovia (loan)	2015–16		1	0	1	0	–		–		2	0
Neftekhimik (loan)	2016–17	Russian First League	21	0	–		–		–		21	0
Lokomotivi Tbilisi	2017	Erovnuli Liga	15	1	–		–		–		15	1
Rustavi	2018		15	2	1	0	–		–		16	2
Torpedo Kutaisi	2018		17	1	4	0	8	1	–		29	2
	2019		16	0	–		–		1[a]	0	17	0
	Total		33	1	4	0	8	1	1	0	46	2
Dinamo Batumi	2019	Erovnuli Liga	17	0	–		–		–		17	0
	2020		15	1	1	0	1	0	–		17	1
	2021		32	2	3	0	6	0	–		41	2
	2022		34	2	–		3	0	1[a]	0	38	2
	2023		35	2	2	1	2	0	2[a]	0	41	3
	2024		30	3	1	0	4	0	2[a]	0	37	3
	Total		163	10	7	1	16	0	5	0	191	11
Career total			344	16	25	1	39	1	6	0	414	18

1. Appearances in Georgian Super Cup

Honours

Team

• Erovnuli Liga (4): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2021, 2023
• Georgian Cup (1): 2018
• Georgian Super Cup (3): 2011–12, 2019, 2022

Individual

• Best defender of Erovnuli Liga (4): 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023

References

1. "მამუკა კობახიძე "დილას" დაუბრუნდა". worldsport.ge (in Georgian). 25 February 2014.
2. "Match Report". Russian Premier League. 22 November 2014.
3. "MAMUKA KOBAKHIDZE IS A LOKOMOTIVE PLAYER" (in Georgian). FC Locomotive Tbilisi. 4 August 2017.
4. "სენეგალელი და 3 ქართველი - "ტორპედო" ფეხბურთელების დამატებაზე მუშაობს". sportall.ge (in Georgian). 28 June 2018.
5. "GFF AWARDS 2018". gff.ge (in Georgian). 28 December 2018.
6. "ბათუმის დინამოში ქუთაისის ტორპედოდან მამუკა კობახიძე გადმოვიდა". ajaratv.ge (in Georgian). 18 June 2019.
7. "GFF AWARDS 2019". europop.ge (in Georgian). 27 December 2019.
8. "ნომინანტები და გამარჯვებულები". eliga.ge (in Georgian). 28 December 2020.
9. "ELIGA AWARDS 2021". europop.ge (in Georgian). 28 December 2021.
10. "AWARDS CBELIGA 2023". crystalbetsport.ge (in Georgian). 4 December 2023.
11. "Armenia v Georgia game report". ESPN. 11 October 2020.

External links

• Mamuka Kobakhidze at Russian Premier League
• Mamuka Kobakhidze at Soccerway