Mikheil Khutsishvili
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mikhail Khutsishvili | ||
| Date of birth | 28 January 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1995–1996 | Zhineri Zhinvali | 1 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Dinamo-2 Tbilisi | 41 | (18) |
| 1997 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 3 | (0) |
| 1998 | Lokomotivi Tbilisi | 14 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Merani-91 Tbilisi | 26 | (3) |
| 1999 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 6 | (1) |
| 2000 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 5 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Merani-91 Tbilisi | 12 | (1) |
| 2001 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 0 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Kalamata | 15 | (1) |
| 2003 | PAS Giannina | 2 | (0) |
| 2004 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 8 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | FK Gäncä | 28 | (11) |
| 2006 | Sioni Bolnisi | 14 | (4) |
| 2006–2008 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 46 | (21) |
| 2008 | Olimpik Baku | 10 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Vojvodina | 11 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| Georgia U17 | |||
| 1997 | Georgia U19 | ||
| – | Georgia U21 | ||
| – | Georgia | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 March 2010. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Mikhail Khutsishvili (born 28 January 1979 in Georgia) is a retired Georgian football striker who last played for Serbian SuperLiga club FK Vojvodina. He unexpectedly retired because of serious heart problems.
Career
Khutsishvili begin his career as senior with Zhineri Zhinvali moving after only a year to the Georgian giant FC Dinamo Tbilisi. He represented in this early period also several other clubs, namely Georgian FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi and FC Merani-91 Tbilisi, bur also Moldovan FC Sheriff Tiraspol.
In 2002 he moved to Greece where he played one season with Kalamata F.C. and another half season with PAS Giannina F.C.. By January 2004 he returned to Georgia this time to play with FC Torpedo Kutaisi but after six months he moved to Azerbaijan signing with FK Gäncä.
In January FC Sioni Bolnisi brought him back to Georgia what proved to be a good move since he ended up as part of Sioni´s 2005-06 championship winning team. This was followed by the return to his former club FC Dinamo Tbilisi in summer 2006. He stayed with Dinamo 2 seasons winning another Georgian championship in 2007-08 and being in that same season the league topscorer.
In summer 2008 he moved to Azerbaijani FK Olimpik Baku but after only 6 months Serbian SuperLiga club FK Vojvodina offered him a contract. In summer 2009 he was joined in Vojvodina by another Georgian international footballer, Giorgi Merebashvili, but Khutsishvili started having health problems that season and after being diagnosticated with heart problems he ended abandoning his playing career in 2010.
Honours
Club
- Sioni Bolnisi
- Umaglesi Liga (1): 2005–06
- Dinamo Tbilisi
- Umaglesi Liga (2): 1997–98,[1] 2007–08
Individual
- Umaglesi Liga Top Scorer (1): 2007–08
References
- ↑ Georgia - Championship winning teams at RSSSF
External links
- Mikheil Khutsishvili at Srbijafudbal.
- Mikheil Khutsishvili at UEFA.com.
- Mikhail Khutsishvili- Interview for MojSport (English)
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