Manuchar Markoishvili

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Manuchar Markoishvili

Position:	Shooting Guard
Height:	6'5" (197 cm)
Weight:	200 lbs (90 kg)
Team:	KK Union Olimpija, (Slovenia)
Nationality:	Georgian
Born:	December 18, 1986 Tbilisi, Georgia
Nickname:	Mano

Manuchar Markoishvili (Georgian: მანუჩარ მარკოიშვილი) (born in Tbilisi, Georgia on December 18, 1986) is a professional basketball player in the Slovenian league, Adriatic League and Euroleague.

[edit] Early career

Manuchar as a young basketball player was very talented and turned into a professional basketball player in Georgia before he graduated from High School. He played for Basco Batumi in 2001-2002. In Basco, he distinguished himself even though he was the youngest player of the team.

[edit] Euroleague

He was scouted and recruited by Benetton Treviso in 2003. In 2004 Manuchar was loaned to Mitteldeutscher in Germany for the season. In 2004 he moved to Olimpija Ljubljana in Slovenia. His father Nugzar Markoishvili is a retired professional basketball player, who currently is a coach at Tbilisi State University. Manuchar’s brother Giorgi is also a professional basketball player in Georgia. Manuchar is considered to have good prospects in the future.