Giorgi Guliashvili

Giorgi Guliashvili
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-09-05) 5 September 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Second striker
Team information
Current team
 Sarajevo
Number 7
Youth career
–2019 Sabutarlo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2023 Saburtalo 79 (11)
2023– Sarajevo 28 (12)
2023–2024 → Velež Mostar (loan) 22 (8)
International career‡
2018–2020 Georgia U19 18 (11)
2020–2023 Georgia U21 20 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 July 2023

Giorgi Guliashvili (Georgian: გიორგი გულიაშვილი, romanized: giorgi guliashvili; born 5 September 2001) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a second striker for Bosnian Premier League club Sarajevo. He has regularly played for the Georgian U21 national team.He was called up for the Georgian national Team in October 2024.

Club career

Guliashvili started playing for Saburtalo after having advanced into the first team through the academy ranks. He made a debut in Erovnuli Liga on 28 May 2019 when at the age of 17 he came on the pitch as a substitute in a 3–0 win against WIT Georgia.[1] At the end of this season Guliashvili won two nominations at the annual awards ceremony organized by the Football Federation - Goal of the Season for the goal scored in a 2–0 win over Croatia U19s and the Alexander Chivadze Golden award for under-19 players.[2]

He gradually secured a place in the team, playing for Saburtalo as a regular squad member during the next three seasons. Guliashvili netted his first top-league goal on 24 July 2020 against Torpedo Kutaisi.[3]

He left the club in January 2023 and moved to Bosnian side Sarajevo for an undisclosed fee.[4][5] In August 2023, he was loaned to Velež for one season. While the latter finished 3rd in the league, Guliashvili was selected among the best eleven players of the season.[6]

International career

Guliashvili was a member of the Georgia national under-21 team. He took part in UEFA 2023 under 21 championship, scoring a leveller against Belgium.[7]

He has represented Georgia at all youth levels.[8]

Career statistics

As of match played 7 December 2024[9][10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Saburtalo Tbilisi 2018 Erovnuli Liga 0 0 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
2019 Erovnuli Liga 4 0 0 0 0 0 — 4 0
2020 Erovnuli Liga 14 4 3 0 1[b] 1 — 18 5
2021 Erovnuli Liga 26 3 3 0 — 1[c] 0 30 3
2022 Erovnuli Liga 35 4 3 0 4[d] 0 — 42 4
Total 79 11 10 0 5 1 1 0 95 12
Sarajevo 2022–23 Bosnian Premier League 10 0 0 0 — — 10 0
2023–24 Bosnian Premier League 1 0 0 0 1[d] 0 — 2 0
2024–25 Bosnian Premier League 17 12 1 0 4[d] 1 — 22 13
Total 28 12 1 0 5 1 — 34 13
Velež Mostar (loan) 2023–24 Bosnian Premier League 22 8 2 2 — — 24 10
Career total 129 31 13 2 10 2 1 0 153 35
  1. ^ Includes Georgian Cup, Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in Georgian Super Cup
  4. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Team

Saburtalo Tbilisi

Individual

  • Goal of the Season: 2019
  • Best under-19 player: 2019

References

  1. ^ ""საბურთალოს" 17 წლის თავდამსხმელი: ეროვნულ ლიგაში თამაში ძალიან მაგარი შეგრძნება იყო". sportall.ge (in Georgian). 29 May 2019.
  2. ^ "GFF AWARDS 2019". europop.ge (in Georgian). 27 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Torpedo vs Saburtalo" (in Georgian). 24 July 2020.
  4. ^ "FK Sarajevo ozvaničio najzvučniji transfer u Premijer ligi ove zime!". Sportsport. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  5. ^ "საბურთალოდან ბოსნიაში - გიორგი გულიაშვილი სარაევოში ითამაშებს". europop.ge. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  6. ^ "გიორგი გულიაშვილი ბოსნიის ჩემპიონატის საუკეთესო თერთმეტეულში მოხვდა". belive.ge (in Georgian). 25 May 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Georgia vs Belgium". uefa.com. 24 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Georgian youth team hosted Azerbaijan and defeated the rivals". fcsaburtalo.ge. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  9. ^ "G. Guliashvili". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Giorgi Guliashvili » Club matches". worldfootbal.net. Retrieved 7 April 2024.