Giorgi Tsintsadze

{{Infobox basketball biography

| image = PLK1165 – Łukasz Koszarek.jpg

| caption = Tsintsadze (left) against Poland in 2013

| name = Giorgi Tsintsadze

| position = Point guard

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3.5

| weight_lbs = 198

| league = Georgian Superliga

| team = BC TSU Tbilisi

| number = 8

| nationality = Georgian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|2|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR

| draft_year = 2008

| career_start = 2001

| career_end =

| years1 = 2001–2002

| team1 = Academy Tbilisi

| years2 = 2002–2003

| team2 = Basco Batumi

| years3 = 2003–2004

| team3 = CSKA Moscow

| years4 = 2004–2005

| team4 = BC Samara

| years5 = 2005

| team5 = Ural Great Perm

| years6 = 2005–2006

| team6 = Dynamo Moscow

| years7 = 2006–2009

| team7 = Tartu Ülikool/Rock

| years8 = 2009

| team8 = Trikala 2000

| years9 = 2009–2010

| team9 = BC Donetsk

| years10 = 2010

| team10 = Trefl Sopot

| years11 = 2010–2011

| team11 = Tartu Ülikool/Rock

| years12 = 2011–2012

| team12 = Olimpi Tbilisi

| years13 = 2012–2013

| team13 = Budivelnyk Kyiv

| years14 = 2013–2014

| team14 = BC Donetsk

| years15 = 2014

| team15 = Champville

| years16 = 2014

| team16 = MZT Skopje

| years17 = 2014–2015

| team17 = MIA Academy

| years18 = 2015

| team18 = BCM Gravelines

| years19 = 2016

| team19 = Rouen Métropole Basket

| years20 = 2016–2017

| team20 = Kutaisi 2010

| years21 = 2017–2018

| team21 = Politehnica Iași

| years22 = 2018-2020

| team22 = Al-Shamal Doha

| years23 = 2020

| team23 = Dinamo Tbilisi

| years24 = 2020-2021

| team24 = Baniyas Abu Dhabi

| years25 = 2021-2022

| team25 = BC TSU Tbilisi

| years26 = 2022

| team26 = US Monastir

| years27 = 2022-present

| team27 = BC TSU Tbilisi

| awards =

ANGT Champion (2004)
Russian League Champion (2004)
EuroCup Champion (2006)
2× Estonian League Champion (2007–2008)
Estonian Cup Champion (2011)
Baltic League All-Star (2008)
FIBA Eurocup All-Star (2008)
3x All-Estonian League Team (2007-2009)
Estonian League Best European player (2007)
2x Estonian League Guard of the year (2007-2008)
Estonian League MVP of the year (2009)
FIBA Europe Cup Guard of the year (2008)
FIBA Europe Cup Best European player (2008)
All-FIBA Europe Cup Team (2008)
All-Georgian Superliga Team (2012,2015,2017,2023)
Georgian Superliga All-Star Game (2012,2015,2017,2023)
Georgian Superliga Best Georgian player (2012)
Ukrainian League Champion (2013)
Georgian Superliga Guard of the year (2015,2017)
Georgian League MVP of the year (2017,2023)
Georgian Superliga Assists Leader (2023)
2x Qatari Basketball League Champion (2019-2020)
2x Georgian Cup Champion (2023,2024)
2x Georgian Superliga Champion (2015,2023)

}}

Giorgi Tsintsadze ({{lang-ka|გიორგი ცინცაძე}}; born 7 Feb 1986) is a Georgian professional basketball player for BC TSU Tbilisi of the Georgian Superliga. Giorgi is native of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. He is also a member of the Georgian national basketball team since 2004.

Professional career

He has played for CSKA Moscow and Dynamo Moscow prior to transferring to Rock Tartu in Estonia. In 2009, after three successful seasons in Tartu, he signed with the Greek League team AS Trikala 2000. Trikala released him on 11 December 2009 upon his own request.{{cite news|title=Trikala released Giorgi Tsintsadze|url=http://www.talkbasket.net/4169-trikala-released-giorgi-tsintsadze.html|accessdate=27 December 2014|work=Talkbasket.net|date=12 December 2009}} He then moved to Ukrainian SuperLeague team BC Donetsk. After the team bankrupted Tsindsadze went to Poland in March 2010 and signed for Trefl Sopot until the end of the season. For the 2010–11 season he returned to Estonia to play for Tartu Ülikool/Rock. Tsintsadze then went to his native Georgia for one season. In 2012 he signed with Budivelnyk Kyiv of the Ukrainian SuperLeague. In September 2013, he returned to his former team BC Donetsk.{{cite news|title=Giorgi Tsintsadze signs with BC Donetsk|url=http://www.sportando.net/eng/europe/ukraine/63516/giorgi-tsintsadze-signs-with-bc-donetsk.html|accessdate=18 September 2013|newspaper=Sportando.net}} In the summer 2014, Tsintsadze signed with Macedonian basketball team MZT Skopje.{{cite news|title=MZT Skopje sign Marko Pajic and Georgi Tsintsadze|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/cups/adriatic-league/129088/mzt-skopje-sign-marko-pajic-and-georgi-tsintsadze.html|accessdate=27 December 2014|work=Sportando.com|date=26 July 2014}} On 31 October 2014 he parted ways with MZT.{{cite news|title=Giorgi Tsintsadze leaves MZT Skopje|url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Georgia/basketball.aspx?NewsID=381582|accessdate=27 December 2014|work=Eurobasket.com|date=31 October 2014}} In November 2014, he returned to Georgia and signed with MIA Academy for the rest of the season.{{cite news|title=Giorgi Tsintsadze moved to MIA Academy|url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Georgia/basketball.aspx?NewsID=383078|accessdate=27 December 2014|work=Eurobasket.com|date=13 November 2014}} On 15 September 2015 he signed with French club BCM Gravelines.{{cite news|title=Gravelines-Dunkerque announces George Tsintsadze|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/france/175918/gravelines-dunkerque-announces-george-tsintsadze.html|accessdate=15 September 2015|work=Sportando.com|date=15 September 2015}} In December 2015, he left Gravelines.[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/france/185404/gravelines-dunkerque-to-part-ways-with-giorgi-tsintsadze-to-sign-tyrone-brazelton.html Gravelines-Dunkerque to part ways with Giorgi Tsintsadze, to sign Tyrone Brazelton] On 4 January 2016 he signed with Rouen Métropole Basket for the rest of the 2015–16 LNB Pro A season.[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/france/186849/giorgi-tsintsadze-signs-with-rouen-metro-basket.html Giorgi Tsintsadze signs with Rouen Metro Basket]

Honours and titles

2003–04 Russian Basketball Super League (CSKA Moscow)
2005–06 ULEB Cup (Dynamo Moscow)
2006–07 Estonian League (Tartu Ülikool/Rock)
2007–08 Estonian League (Tartu Ülikool/Rock)
2010–11 BBL Cup (Tartu Ülikool/Rock)
2010–11 Estonian Cup (Tartu Ülikool/Rock)
2012–13 Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague (BC Budivelnyk)

References

External links

[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Giorgi_Tsintsadze/51954 Eurobasket.com profile]
[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=BXH Euroleague.net profile]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20171225203438/https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/q/George%20TSINTSADZE/pid/45515/_//players.html FIBA.com profile]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20121223155329/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/features/interviews/i/104696/3729/georgi-tsintsadze-budivelnik-kiev Interview for Eurocup]

Category:1986 births

Category:Living people

Category:BC Budivelnyk players

Category:BC Donetsk players

Category:BC Dynamo Moscow players

Category:BC Samara players

Category:BCM Gravelines players

Category:Expatriate basketball people from Georgia (country) in France

Category:Expatriate basketball people from Georgia (country) in Greece

Category:Expatriate basketball people from Georgia (country) in Estonia

Category:Expatriate basketball people from Georgia (country) in Poland

Category:Expatriate basketball people from Georgia (country) in Russia