Giorgi Rekhviashvili

Giorgi Rekhviashvili

Personal information
Date of birth	(1988-02-01) 1 February 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Rustavi, Georgia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Sioni
Number	36
Youth career
2006–2008	Olimpi Rustavi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2011	Olimpi Rustavi	69	(6)
2008	→ Mglebi Zugdidi (loan)	12	(2)
2011–2014	Dinamo Tbilisi	55	(0)
2013	→ Chikhura Sachkhere (loan)	24	(3)
2014	Chikhura Sachkhere	0	(0)
2014–2015	Boluspor	6	(0)
2015–2016	Dinamo Tbilisi	0	(0)
2016–2017	Chikhura Sachkhere	21	(1)
2017	Locomotive Tbilisi	32	(3)
2018–2019	Saburtalo Tbilisi	32	(2)
2019	Levadiakos	10	(0)
2019	Saburtalo Tbilisi	14	(1)
2020	Ventspils	20	(0)
2021	Shukura Kobuleti	25	(0)
2022–2023	Dinamo Batumi	23	(0)
2024–	Sioni	31	(0)
International career^‡
2017–	Georgia	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 March 2017

Giorgi Rekhviashvili (Georgian: გიორგი რეხვიაშვილი; born 1 February 1988) is a Georgian football player who plays for Erovnuli Liga 2 club Sioni Bolnisi.

Apart from being the four-time winner of the Georgian top division with four different teams, he has also won the national cup and Super Cup six times in total. Individually, Rekhviashvili has been twice in a row named in Team of the Season.

Club career

Rekhviashvili began his career in 2008 at Olimpi Rustavi, who were regarded as one of the strongest teams at the time. Namely, during a four-year period between 2008 and 2013 the club was among the top three and once secured the league title.^[1] Rekhviashvili was a regular player, taking part in 59 league matches in the two seasons. He scored his first European goal in a 1–1 home draw against Aktobe on 21 July 2010.^[2]

In 2011, he signed a contract with Dinamo Tbilisi and lifted four titles in next three years. Rekhviashvili left the club in June 2014.^[3]

Twice, in 2017 and 2018, Rekhviashvili was selected in Erovnuli Liga Team of the Season.^[4][5]

Outside of Georgia, Turkish club Boluspor was the first club he joined in 2014 after an impressive performance in Europa League with Chikhura.^[6][7] Later he also spent two seasons combined in Latvia and Greece.

International

He made his debut for the Georgia national football team on 23 January 2017 in a friendly against Uzbekistan.^[8]

Statistics

Data available from 2009

As of match played 16 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
Olimpi	2009/10	Umaglesi Liga	27	2	1	0	1[a]	0	–		29	2
	2010/11		32	2	3	0	2[b]	1	1[c]	0	38	3
	Total		59	4	4	0	3	1	1	0	67	5
Dinamo Tbilisi	2011/12	Umaglesi Liga	25	0	2	0	7[b]	0	–		34	0
	2012/13		17	0	2	0	–		–		19	0
	2013/14		11	0	4	1	–		–		15	1
	Total		53	0	8	1	7	0	0	0	68	1
Dinamo Tbilisi B	2013/14	Pirveli Liga	1	0	–		–		–		1	0
	2013/14		1	0	–		–		–		1	0
	Total		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Chikhura	2012/13 (loan)	Umaglesi Liga	7	1	4	2	–		1[c]	0	12	3
	2013–14		17	2	2	1	4[b]	1	–		23	4
	2014/15		–		–		6[b]	1	–		6	1
	2015/16		9	1	2	0	–		–		11	1
	2016		12	0	3	0	2[b]	0	–		17	0
	Total		45	4	11	3	12	2	1	0	69	9
Boluspor	2014/15	1.Lig	6	0	–		–		–		6	0
Locomotive	2017	Erovnuli Liga	32	3	–		–		–		32	3
Saburtalo	2018	Erovnuli Liga	32	2	–		–		–		32	2
	2019		14	1	4	0	4[a]+2[b]	0	–		24	1
	Total		46	3	4	0	6	0	0	0	56	3
Levadiakos	2018/19	Super League	10	0	–		–		–		10	0
Ventspils	2020	Virsliga	20	0	3	0	2	0	–		25	0
Shukura	2021	Erovnuli Liga	25	0	3	0	–		1[d]	0	29	0
Dinamo Batumi	2022	Erovnuli Liga	13	0	1	0	2[a]+1[e]	0	–		17	0
	2023		10	0	2	0	1[e]	0	–		13	0
	Total		23	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	30	0
Sioni	2024	Erovnuli Liga 2	31	0	1	0	–		2	1	34	0
Career total			352	14	37	4	34	3	5	1	428	21

1. Appearances in Champions League qualifiers
2. Appearances in Europa League qualifiers
3. Appearances in Super Cup
4. Appearances in Erovnuli Liga playoffs
5. Appearances in Conference League qualifiers

Honours

Team

• Erovnuli Liga winner (4): 2009–10, 2013–14, 2018, 2023

• David Kipiani Cup winner (2): 2013–14, 2019

• Super Cup winner (4): 2010–11, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2022

Individual

• Erovnuli Liga Team of the Season (2): 2017, 2018

References

1. "Olimpi scale Georgian heights again". uefa.com. 5 May 2010.
2. "Olimpi fail to punish profligate Aktobe". uefa.com. 21 July 2010.
3. "ლეგიონერების შემდეგ "დინამო" რეხვიაშვილსა და მოდებაძეს დაემშვიდობა". worldsport.ge (in Georgian). 3 June 2014.
4. "GFF AWARDS 2017". worldsport.ge (in Georgian). 27 December 2017.
5. "GFF AWARDS 2018 - გამარჯვებულები". tabula.ge (in Georgian). 30 December 2018.
6. Boluspor Presented Rekhviashvili
7. Giorgi Rekhviashvili Antrenman'da
8. "Uzbekistan draws with Georgia in friendly". The Tashkent Times. 24 January 2017.

External links

• Giorgi Rekhviashvili – UEFA competition record (archive)
• Giorgi Rekhviashvili at Soccerway
• Giorgi Rekhviashvili at the Turkish Football Federation
• Giorgi Rekhviashvili at National-Football-Teams.com