Giorgi Merebashvili
{{short description|Georgian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Giorgi Merebashvili
| image =
| fullname = Giorgi Merebashvili
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|08|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
| height = {{height|m=1.75|precision=0}}
| position = Attacking midfielder, winger
| currentclub = Spójnia Landek
| clubnumber = 8
| youthyears1 = 2003–2005
| youthclubs1 = Dinamo Tbilisi
| years1 = 2005–2010
| clubs1 = Dinamo Tbilisi
| caps1 = 108
| goals1 = 36
| years2 = 2010–2012
| clubs2 = Vojvodina
| caps2 = 53
| goals2 = 11
| years3 = 2012–2014
| clubs3 = Dinamo Tbilisi
| caps3 = 75
| goals3 = 20
| years4 = 2014–2015
| clubs4 = OFI
| caps4 = 17
| goals4 = 4
| years5 = 2015
| clubs5 = Veria
| caps5 = 9
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2016
| clubs6 = Levadiakos
| caps6 = 12
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2016–2021
| clubs7 = Wisła Płock
| caps7 = 131
| goals7 = 21
| years8 = 2021–2022
| clubs8 = Podbeskidzie
| caps8 = 33
| goals8 = 5
| years9 = 2022
| clubs9 = Sandecja Nowy Sącz
| caps9 = 9
| goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2023–2024
| clubs10 = Podbeskidzie II
| caps10 = 41
| goals10 = 30
| years11 = 2023–2024
| clubs11 = Podbeskidzie
| caps11 = 2
| goals11 = 0
| years12 = 2024–
| clubs12 = Spójnia Landek
| caps12 = 14
| goals12 = 5
| nationalyears1 = 2006–2008
| nationalteam1 = Georgia U21
| nationalcaps1 = 8
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2008–2019
| nationalteam2 = Georgia
| nationalcaps2 = 32
| nationalgoals2 = 2
| pcupdate = 15:26, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
}}
Giorgi Merebashvili ({{lang-ka|გიორგი მერებაშვილი|tr}}, {{IPA|ka|ɡioɾɡi meɾebaʃʷili|pron}}; born 15 August 1986) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Polish club Spójnia Landek.{{cite web |title=Giorgi Merebaszwili w Spójni Landek |url=http://www.90minut.pl/news/333/news3332268-Giorgi-Merebaszwili-w-Spojni-Landek.html |website=90minut.pl |access-date=30 July 2024 |language=pl |date=30 July 2024}}
Club career
Born in Tbilisi, Merebashvili began his professional career in 2005 with Dinamo Tbilisi. He played there for five seasons, making 108 league appearances and scored 36 goals. During the 2008–09 season he was, along with team-mate Ilija Spasojević, the club's top scorer in that season, with 13 goals, quite an achievement for a midfielder.
In January 2010, he moved to Serbian club Vojvodina where he joined his compatriot Mikheil Khutsishvili. He immediately entered into the first team finishing the half season with 15 appearances, with Vojvodina finishing fifth in the league. In the Cup they reached the 2009–10 Serbian Cup final against Red Star Belgrade.
During the 2010–11 Serbian SuperLiga Merebashvili became the anchor of the team. He ended the season with 25 appearances and his scoring skills came out again, as he scored 7 goals in the league during the season.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100818004313/http://www.srbijafudbal.net/vojvodina/merebashvili.htm Giorgi Merebashvili]}} at Srbijafudbal Vojvodina finished the season in 3rd place, and they lost the 2010–11 Serbian Cup final in a polemical match against Partizan in which his team left the pitch in the 80th minute because of dubious referee decisions.
Merebashvili made an oral agreement with Veria on 25 June 2015.[http://www.sport24.gr/football/omades/Veroia/agkalia-me-ton-merempasvili.3545559.html Αγκαλιά με τον Μερεμπασβίλι] On 8 July 2015 was judged as innocent for the fixed match case against Olympiacos and Merebashvili's contract was activated.{{Cite web |url=http://www.veriafc.gr/index.php/2012-10-10-16-37-41/757-upegrapsan-merebashvili-kai-edjenguele-ananeosw-o-paulidisk |title=Υπέγραψαν Εντζεγκέλε, Μερεμπασβίλι |access-date=13 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714052402/http://www.veriafc.gr/index.php/2012-10-10-16-37-41/757-upegrapsan-merebashvili-kai-edjenguele-ananeosw-o-paulidisk |archive-date=14 July 2015 |url-status=dead }} Merebashvili debuted on 23 August 2015 against PAS Giannina as he came on from the bench as a substitute at minute sixty. Merebashvili's effort in an away 0–1 win against Kalloni, at minute 90+2' earned Veria a penalty that Djamel Abdoun converted to goal, giving Veria the victory.
International career
Merebashvili earned his first cap with the Georgian national team against Portugal in Viseu on 31 May 2008. Since then, Merebashvili became a usual presence in the team by counting 15 appearances by end of 2010.
Career statistics
=International=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year{{NFT player|id=23397|name=Giorgi Merebashvili|access-date=18 February 2025}} | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan=9|Georgia | |||
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total | 32 | 2 |
:Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Merebashvili goal.
| class="wikitable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Giorgi Merebashvili | |||||||
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Cap | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center |1 | 11 June 2017 | Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova | {{fb|MDA}} | align=center | 20 | align=center | 1–2 | align=center | 2–2 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| align=center |2 | 19 November 2018 | Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia | {{fb|KAZ}} | align=center | 31 | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 2–1 | 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D |
Honours
Dinamo Tbilisi
- Umaglesi Liga: 2007–08, 2012–13, 2013–14
- Georgian Cup: 2008–09, 2012–13, 2013–14
- Georgian Super Cup: 2005, 2008
Podbeskidzie II
- IV liga Silesia II: 2023–24{{cite web |title=IV liga 2023/2024, grupa: śląska II |url=http://www.90minut.pl/liga/1/liga13018.html |website=90minut.pl |access-date=19 June 2024 |language=pl}}{{cite web |title=Zawodnik: Giorgi Merebaszwili |url=https://www.laczynaspilka.pl/rozgrywki/zawodnik/82044e97-6bd3-4469-ad37-24f2b725a8c7?season=2023%2F2024&leagueId=1bbf167f-ec17-4d1f-91f2-6ef0e4b8fc18&tab=tab-matches |website=laczynaspilka.pl |access-date=19 June 2024 |language=pl}}
- Polish Cup (Silesia regionals): 2023–24{{cite web |title=Puchar Polski 2023/2024, grupa: Śląski ZPN |url=http://www.90minut.pl/liga/1/liga13476.html |website=90minut.pl |access-date=18 February 2025 |language=pl}}{{cite web |title=Zawodnik: Giorgi Merebaszwili |url=https://www.laczynaspilka.pl/rozgrywki/zawodnik/0389b8e0-aa5e-46c3-828a-628882364923?season=29d748c8-3e54-4a3d-8f94-368614f481a4&leagueId=59d6af33-6ef4-4da6-9af6-6a4b792cb344&tab=tab-matches |website=laczynaspilka.pl |access-date=18 February 2025 |language=pl}}
- Polish Cup (Bielsko-Biała regionals): 2023–24{{cite web |title=Puchar Polski 2023/2024, grupa: Śląski ZPN - Bielsko-Biała |url=http://www.90minut.pl/liga/1/liga13287.html |website=90minut.pl |access-date=18 February 2025 |language=pl}}
Individual
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{NFT player|pid=23397}}
- {{FIFA player|300872|Giorgi Merebashvili}}
- [http://www.utakmica.rs/fudbaler/116-merebashvili-giorgi Giorgi Merebashvili Stats] at Utakmica.rs
- {{90minut|32016}}
{{Georgian Footballer of the Year}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Merebashvili, Giorgi}}
Category:Footballers from Tbilisi
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Men's footballers from Georgia (country)
Category:Georgia (country) men's under-21 international footballers
Category:21st-century sportsmen from Georgia (country)
Category:Georgia (country) men's international footballers
Category:FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
Category:OFI Crete F.C. players
Category:Levadiakos F.C. players
Category:Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała players
Category:Sandecja Nowy Sącz players
Category:Serbian SuperLiga players
Category:Super League Greece players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country)
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia
Category:Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Serbia
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
Category:Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Poland