# Giorgi Gocholeishvili

Giorgi Gocholeishvili (Order of Honor) (Georgian: გიორგი გოჩოლეიშვილი; born 14 February 2001) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Danish club Copenhagen, on loan from Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk, and the Georgia national team.
He has won the Ukrainian Premier League and the Georgian Cup.

## Club career
### Saburtalo

Giorgi Gocholeishvili was born in Kutaisi and is a product of the Saburtalo Tbilisi academy. He made his debut for the club in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round match against Cypriot club Apollon Limassol on 27 August 2020, which Saburtalo would go on to lose 5-1. He made his league debut for the club on 13 September 2020 in a 2020 Erovnuli Liga match against Merani Tbilisi, which ended in a 0-0 draw. By 2021, Gocholeishvili had become a starting player for the team and would help them win the 2021 Georgian Cup after a 1–0 win against Samgurali Tsqaltubo in the final, his first ever trophy.
At the end of 2022, Gocholeishvili was named in the best XI players of the 2022 Erovnuli Liga season.
In total he played 85 matches, scored 8 goals and assisted 12 for Saburtalo Tbilisi.

### Shakhtar Donetsk

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 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 won the league twice with Shakhtar.

### Copenhagen

On 29 July 2024, Danish Superliga club Copenhagen announced signing Gocholeishvili on a year-long loan deal. The player made a debut for his new club in a UEFA Conference League qualifier against Czech side Banik ten days later.

## International career
### Youth

Gocholeishvili played for the Georgia national under-21 football team for the first time in a 4–1 friendly win over Belarus in March 2021. He shone in a 3–2 friendly win against England on 16 November 2021, when he netted and provided an assist. Additoonally, Gocholeishvili won an annual Goal of the Year award, given by GFF in honour of the most spectacular goal scored during the entire season.

### Senior

Gocholeishvili was called up to the Georgia national football team for the first time in November 2022 by Willy Sagnol. Gocholeishvili made his debut for his country in the friendly match against Morocco on 17 November. He was called up to the Georgia team that competed in Euro 2024.

## Personal life

Gocholeishvili is married to Anna Okruashvili. Their first child Aleksandre was born in March 2024.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 6 March 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Saburtalo | 2020 | Erovnuli Liga | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 |
| Saburtalo | 2021 | Erovnuli Liga | 34 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 39 | 4 |
| Saburtalo | 2022 | Erovnuli Liga | 30 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 4 |
| Saburtalo | Total | Total | 69 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 8 |
| Shakhtar | 2022–23 | Ukrainian Premier League | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 1 |
| Shakhtar | 2023–24 | Ukrainian Premier League | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 |
| Shakhtar | Total | Total | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| Copenhagen (loan) | 2024–25 | Danish Superliga | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 112 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 146 | 9 |
* ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
* 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League
* ↑ Appearance(s) in Georgian Super Cup

### International

    As of match played 16 November 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Georgia | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| Georgia | 2023 | 7 | 0 |
| Georgia | 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 10 | 0 |

## Honours

Saburtalo Tbilisi
* Georgian Cup: 2021
Shakhtar Donetsk
* Ukrainian Premier League: 2022–23, 2023–24