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Data Sitchinava

{{short description|Georgian footballer}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Data Sitchinava

| image =

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1989|3|21}}

| birth_place = Poti, Georgian SSR

| height = 1.80 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Sioni Bolnisi

| clubnumber = 10

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 2009–2011

| years2 = 2011

| years3 = 2012

| years4 = 2012

| years5 = 2013

| years6 = 2013–2014

| years7 = 2015

| years8 = 2015

| years9 = 2016

| years10 = 2016–2018

| years11 = 2018

| years12 = 2019

| years13 = 2019

| years14 = 2020

| years15 = 2021

| years16 = 2022–2023

| years17 = 2024–

| clubs1 = Kolkheti 1913

| clubs2 = Gagra

| clubs3 = Kolkheti 1913

| clubs4 = Dinamo Batumi

| clubs5 = Dinamo Brest

| clubs6 = Kolkheti 1913

| clubs7 = Sioni Bolnisi

| clubs8 = Torpedo Kutaisi

| clubs9 = Kolkheti 1913

| clubs10 = Rustavi

| clubs11 = → Merani Martvili (loan)

| clubs12 = Tskhinvali

| clubs13 = Rustavi

| clubs14 = Zugdidi

| clubs15 = Sioni Bolnisi

| clubs16 = Kolkheti 1913

| clubs17 = Sioni Bolnisi

| caps1 = 48

| caps2 = 13

| caps3 = 6

| caps4 = 15

| caps5 = 13

| caps6 = 31

| caps7 = 14

| caps8 = 14

| caps9 = 14

| caps10 = 54

| caps11 = 12

| caps12 = 14

| caps13 = 14

| caps14 = 18

| caps15 = 35

| caps16 = 58

| caps17 = 48

| goals1 = 17

| goals2 = 2

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 1

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 = 17

| goals7 = 5

| goals8 = 5

| goals9 = 1

| goals10 = 43

| goals11 = 2

| goals12 = 7

| goals13 = 2

| goals14 = 9

| goals15 = 20

| goals16 = 36

| goals17 = 26

| pcupdate = 13 June 2025

| ntupdate =

}}

Data Sitchinava ({{lang-ka|დათა სიჭინავა}}; born 21 March 1989) is a Georgian professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Erovnuli Liga 2 club Sioni Bolnisi.

Born in the city of Poti, Sitchinava has spent eight seasons at his hometown club and twice, in 2010 and 2023, played a key role in their promotion to the top division. Apart from being named as Footballer of the Year in the second division, he is the two-time champion of the Erovnuli Liga 2.

Career

Sitchinava signed his first professional contract with Ameri Tbilisi.{{cite web |url=https://www.worldsport.ge/ge/page/44647_data-sichinava-kolxeti-uketesi-adgilistvis-ibrdzolebs |website=worldsport.ge (in Georgian) |title=დათა სიჭინავა: "კოლხეთი" უკეთესი ადგილისთვის იბრძოლებს" |date=4 December 2014}}

He spent the second half of 2011 at Gagra who had just gained promotion to Umaglesi Liga. With this team Sitchinava made his European debut on 14 July 2011 in a Europa League qualifier against Anorthosis Famagusta.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2007081--anorthosis-vs-gagra/ |title=Anorthosis vs Gagra |publisher=UEFA |website=UEFA |date=14 July 2011}}

While at Rustavi, in 2017 Sitchinava netted 30 goals and as a top scorer of the 2nd division received the Player of the Year award.{{cite web |title=GFF Awards 2017 |url=https://gff.ge/ge/media/news/10375 |website=gff.ge (in Georgian)| date=27 December 2017}}

He was a top goalscorer for Sioni Bolnisi in 2021 with 20 goals, largely contributing to the team's promotion to the top flight. Moreover, this season he was named the best player of the last quarter (Round 28–36).{{cite web |title=ეროვნული ლიგა 2-ის მე-4 წრის საუკეთესო ფეხბურთელი, მწვრთნელი და სიმბოლური გუნდი |url=https://www.vbetnews.com/ge/erovnuli-liga-2-is-me-4-tsris-sauketeso-pekhburteli-mtsvrtneli-da-simboluri-gundi-poto/ |website=vbetnews.com (in Georgian), 17 December 2021}} On 24 November 2021, he scored his 100th goal in the second division in a 5–2 win over Chikhura Sachkhere in which he netted a hat-trick.{{cite web |url= https://1tv.ge/news/100-goli-erovnul-liga-2-shi-sichinava-ligis-yvelaze-sasargeblo-motamashea-1tvsport/ |website=1tv.ge (in Georgian) |title=100 გოლი ეროვნულ ლიგა 2-ში - სიჭინავა ლიგის ყველაზე სასარგებლო მოთამაშეა |date=27 November 2023}}

Following this successful season, Sitchinava unexpectedly joined Liga 3 side Kolkheti 1913 in February 2022 for the fifth spell.{{cite web |title=კოლხეთში" ინვესტიციები იდება – დათა სიჭინავა და ახალი ინვესტორი |url=https://fanebi.com/kolkhethshi-investitsiebi-ideba-datha-sitchinava-da-akhali-investori/ |website=fanebi.com (in Georgian), 2 February 2022}} With 19 goals scored in 25 league appearances he once again proved his goalscoring abilities that helped the team achieve a long-awaited promotion.

In a decisive crunch game of the 2023 season against Gareji Sagarejo, Sitchinava scored a sublime long-distance free kick, which proved enough for Kolkheti 1913 to win the league.{{cite web |title=ფოთის "კოლხეთი" ეროვნული ლიგა 2-ის გამარჯვებულია! |url=https://sportall.ge/fekhburthi/fekhburthii/erovnuli-liga-2/168053-fothis-qkolkhethiq-erovnuli-liga-2-is-gamarjvebulia.html |website=sportall.ge (in Georgian) |access-date=4 December 2023}} Overall, he netted 17 goals this season and became the top goalscorer of his team.{{cite web |title=Liga 2 statistics in 2023 |url=https://erovnuliliga.ge/en/stats |website=eliga.ge}} However, the sides parted company before the start of the next season and Sitchinava returned to Liga 2 side Sioni Bolnisi for his third stint.{{cite web |title=ფოთის "კოლხეთი" ერთ-ერთმა ლიდერმა დატოვა - დათა სიჭინავა "სიონში" ითამაშებს |url=https://1tv.ge/news/fotis-kolkheti-ert-ertma-liderma-datova-data-sichinava-sionshi-itamashebs-1tvsport/ |website=1tv.ge (in Georgian) |access-date=21 January 2024}}

Career statistics

{{updated|match played 1 June 2025}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|National cup

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="9"|Kolkheti 1913

|2009–10

|Pirveli Liga

|21

1341colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–2514
2010–11

|Umaglesi Liga

|27

410colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–284
2011–12

|Umaglesi Liga

|6

0colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–60
2013–14

|Pirveli Liga

|16

1130colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–1911
2014–15

|Umaglesi Liga

|15

644colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–1910
2015–16

|Umaglesi Liga

|14

1colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–141
2022

|Liga 3

|25

1910colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–2619
2023

|Erovnuli Liga 2

|33

1742colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–3719
colspan="2"|Total

!157

71177000017478
Gagra

|2011–12

|Umaglesi Liga

|13

2101{{efn|Appearance in Europa League qualifiers}}0colspan="2"|–152
Dinamo Batumi

|2012–13

|Umaglesi Liga

|15

111colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–162
Dinamo Brest

|2013

|Belarusian
Premier League

|13

0colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–130
rowspan="5"|Sioni Bolnisi

|2014–15

|Umaglesi Liga

|14

5colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–145
2021

|Erovnuli Liga 2

|35

2020colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–3720
2024

|Erovnuli Liga 2

|33

2111colspan="2"|–2{{efn|name=PO|Appearance in play-offs}}03622
2025

|Erovnuli Liga 2

|15

500colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–155
colspan="2"|Total

!97

5131002010252
Torpedo Kutaisi

|2015–16

|Umaglesi Liga

|14

551colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–196
rowspan="5"|Rustavi

|2016

|Pirveli Liga

|14

12colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–1712
2017

|Erovnuli Liga 2

|35

3031colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–3831
2018

|Erovnuli Liga

|5

1colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–51
2019

|Erovnuli Liga

|14

210colspan="2"|–1{{efn|name=PO|Appearance in play-offs}}0162
colspan="2"|Total

!68

454100107346
Merani Martvili (loan)

|2018

|Erovnuli Liga 2

|12

210colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–132
Tskhinvali

|2019

|Erovnuli Liga 2

|14

710colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–157
Dinamo Zugdidi

|2020

|Erovnuli Liga 2

|18

910colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–199
colspan="3"|Career total

!421

19334111030468204

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Honours

Individual

  • Top scorer and Erovnuli Liga 2 Player of the Year: 2017

Team

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{Soccerway|data-sichinava/101604}}
  • {{footballfacts.ru|225359}}
  • [http://www.dynamo-brest.by/command/main-team/osnova/player/6-2013/2-dynamo-brest/129-- Profile at Dinamo Brest website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812082036/http://dynamo-brest.by/command/main-team/osnova/player/6-2013/2-dynamo-brest/129-- |date=2013-08-12 }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sitchinava, Data}}

Category:1989 births

Category:Living people

Category:Men's footballers from Georgia (country)

Category:Men's association football midfielders

Category:Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country)

Category:FC Kolkheti-1913 Poti players

Category:FC Gagra players

Category:FC Dinamo Batumi players

Category:FC Dynamo Brest players

Category:FC Sioni Bolnisi players

Category:FC Torpedo Kutaisi players

Category:FC Metalurgi Rustavi players

Category:FC Merani Martvili players

Category:FC Tskhinvali players

Category:Dinamo Zugdidi players

Category:Erovnuli Liga players

Category:Erovnuli Liga 2 players

Category:Belarusian Premier League players

Category:Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Belarus

Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus

Category:People from Poti

Category:Footballers from Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti