Nika Khorkheli
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 September 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgia | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Right-winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Iberia 1999 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dinamo Tbilisi | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020 | Spaeri | ||
| 2021–2022 | Sioni | 56 | (14) |
| 2023– | Samgurali | 42 | (7) |
| 2024 | → Beitar (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2025– | → Iberia 1999 (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022–2023 | Georgia U21 | 6 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 March 2024 | |||
Nika Khorkheli (Georgian: ნიკა ხორხელი; born 9 September 2001) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Erovnuli Liga club Iberia 1999, on loan from Samgurali.
Club career
Khorkheli grew up at the Dinamo Tbilisi's academy. After several seasons spent at Dinamo-2, Gori and Spaeri, in early 2021 he joined Erovnuli Liga 2 club Sioni Bolnisi[2] and helped them win the league in the same season. Khorkheli opened his goal-scoring account in the top tier in a 2–1 home win against Gagra on 3 April 2022.[3] He finished the season as the team's topscorer with nine goals, although this circumstance did not prevent Sioni from relegation.
In December 2022, Khorkheli signed for Samgurali on a three-year deal[4] and scored a brace in his debut game against Gagra on 26 February 2023.[5]
On 5 February 2024, Khorkheli was loaned to Israeli Premier League club Beitar Jerusalem.[6] He returned to Samgurali at half season to spend the rest of 2024 there.[7]
In February 2025, Khorkheli signed a year-long loan deal with Georgia's reigning champions Iberia 1999 with an option to buy.[8]
Honours
Sioni
Personal life
Khorkheli's grandfather, father and uncle all used to play football. Also, all five brothers in his family are footballers with Luka being Nika's teammate at Samgurali for two season.[9]
References
- ^ Nika Khorkheli at Soccerway
- ^ "ძმები, ნიკა და ლუკა ხორხელები სიონში ითამაშებენ". FC Sioni. 1 March 2021.
- ^ "Sioni vs Gagra match report". eliga.ge (in Georgian). 3 April 2022.
- ^ "ძმები ხორხელები "სამგურალში" ითამაშებენ". atiani.ge (in Georgian). 26 December 2022.
- ^ "Gagra vs Samgurali". soccerway.com. 26 February 2024.
- ^ Ben Ziv, Guy (5 February 2024). "רשמית: ניקה חורחלי חתם בבית"ר עד סוף העונה" (in Hebrew). ONE. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ "ნიკა ხორხელი ისრაელიდან "სამგურალში" დაბრუნდა". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 7 July 2024.
- ^ "ნიკა ხორხელი "იბერია 1999-ში" ითამაშებს". footballnews.ge (in Georgian). 10 February 2025. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
- ^ "ფეხბურთისთვის დაბადებულები! ძმები ხორხელები ოჯახზე, კარიერაზე, მიზნებზე". lelo.ge (in Georgian). 20 April 2022.
External links
- Nika Khorkheli at Soccerway
- Nika Khorkheli – Israel Football Association league player details
- Nika Khorkheli at WorldFootball.net