Davit Gotsiridze
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 September 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Georgia | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Gagra (loan) | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dinamo Tbilisi | |||
| Saburtalo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Dinamo Tbilisi | 13 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | → Dinamo Tbilisi-2 | 44 | (10) |
| 2025– | → Gagra (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020–2022 | Georgia U18 | 9 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | Georgia U19 | 3 | (1) |
| 2024 | Georgia U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2024– | Georgia U21 | 3 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 May 2025 | |||
Davit Gotsiridze (Georgian: დავით გოცირიძე; born 6 September 2004) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Erovnuli Liga club Gagra, on loan from Dinamo Tbilisi.
He has won the Erovnuli Liga and Supercup and represented his country in the national youth teams.
Club career
Gotsiridze passed through a selection process at Dinamo Tbilisi academy at the age of 7 in May 2012[1] and initially joined it as a goalkeeper. Later, he changed position to become a striker while being at Saburtalo.[2]
Gotsiridze made a debut for the reserve team in the 2nd division in a 3–1 win over Locomotive on 5 March 2023[3] and opened his goal-scoring account twelve days later against WIT Georgia.[4]
Overall, during the two seasons for Dinamo's reserves Gotsiridze scored ten times in 44 league appearances. In 2024, he joined the senior team and, apart from making 13 league appearances, helped them beat Dinamo Batumi in the Georgian Cup tournament with a winner.[5]
In February 2025, Gotsiridze was loaned to Gagra on a season-long deal.[6]
International career
Gotsiridze has played for Georgia's four national youth teams. He was called up to the U18 team for two friendlies against Hungary in February 2022.[7] Four months later, he netted in a 5–1 friendly win over Armenia in Rustavi.[8]
Gotsiridze took part in all three ties of the 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification campaign, scoring against Denmark.[9]
As the U21 team started preparations for decisive matches in their 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification round in October 2024, Gotsiridze made his debut against Sweden.[10] After Georgia reached the final stage of the championship,[11] Gotsiridze joined the team for friendly games against Finland and Serbia in March 2025.[12]
Career statistics
- As of 29 May 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup | European | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 2024 | Erovnuli Liga | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 14 | 1 | ||
| Dinamo Tbilisi-2 | 2023 | Erovnuli Liga 2 | 31 | 6 | — | — | — | 31 | 6 | |||
| 2024 | Erovnuli Liga 2 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 14 | 5 | |||
| Total | 44 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 11 | ||
| Gagra (loan) | 2025 | Erovnuli Liga | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 73 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 13 | ||
Honours
Dinamo Tbilisi
- Georgian Super Cup: 2023
Personal life
Davit Gotsiridze is the son of ex-footballer Revaz Gotsiridze and grandson of Georgian football legend Ramaz Shengelia.[13]
References
- ^ "17 მაისს ჩატარებული შერჩევის შედეგები" [Results of selection held on 17 May] (in Georgian). FC Dinamo Tbilisi. 18 May 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
- ^ "დავით გოცირიძე - ვეცდებით, რომ შვედეთიდან გამარჯვებით დავბრუნდეთ" [Davit Gotsiridze: We will try to come back victorious from Sweden]. 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 9 October 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
- ^ "Dinamo Tbilisi-2 vs Locomotive match report". eliga.ge (in Georgian). 5 March 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
- ^ "Dinamo Tbilisi-2 vs WIT Georgia match report". Soccerway. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
- ^ ""დინამო ბათუმი" დავით ყიფიანის სახელობის საქართველოს თასის ტურნირს გამოეთიშა" [Dinamo Batumi crash out of Davit Kipiani Georgian Cup tournament]. ajaratimes.ge (in Georgian). 19 September 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
- ^ "Nikoloz Kutateladze in Dinamo". fcdinamo.ge. 15 February 2025. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
- ^ "12 დინამოელი 18-წლამდე ნაკრებში" [12 Dinamo players called up to national U18 team]. fcdinamo.ge (in Georgian). 17 February 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
- ^ "18-წლამდე ნაკრებმა სომხეთი მეორე ამხანაგურში დიდი ანგარიშით დაამარცხა" (in Georgian). nakrebi.ge. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
- ^ "Georgia U19 vs Denmark U19 match report". UEFA. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
- ^ "Sweden U21 vs Georgia U21 match report". UEFA. 10 October 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
- ^ "Under-21 EURO play-offs: Czechia, Finland, Georgia qualify". UEFA. 19 November 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
- ^ "მზადება ანტალიაში: საქართველოს 21-წლამდე ნაკრები ფინეთს და სერბეთს დაუპირისპირდება" [Preparations in Antalya get under way as Georgia U21s set to face Finland and Serbia]. worldsport.ge (in Georgian). 17 March 2025. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
- ^ "რა ისწავლა რამაზ შენგელიასგან ფეხბურთელმა სიძემ" [What Ramaz Shengelia taught his son-in-law] (in Georgian). Sarke. 7 April 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
External links
- Davit Gotsiridze at Soccerway
- Profile on Eliga
- Profile on national U21 page (in Georgian)