Mamia Gavashelishvili
{{short description|Georgian association football player}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Mamia Gavashelishvili
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|01|08|df=y}}
| birth_place = Oni, Racha, Georgia
| position = Attacker
| currentclub = Rustavi
| clubnumber = 9
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Torpedo Kutaisi
| youthclubs2 =
| years1 = 2012–2013 | clubs1 = Torpedo | caps1 = 4 | goals1 = 2
| years2 = 2014–2021 | clubs2 = Locomotive | caps2 = 171 | goals2 = 90
| years3 = 2022 | clubs3 = Samgurali | caps3 = 24 | goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2023 | clubs4 = Kolkheti 1913 | caps4 = 31 | goals4 = 12
| years5 = 2024 | clubs5 = Locomotive | caps5 = 25 | goals5 = 11
| years6 = 2025– | clubs6 = Rustavi | caps6 = 0 | goals6 = 0
| club-update = 5 April 2025
}}
Mamia Gavashelishvili ({{lang-ka|მამია გავაშელიშვილი}}, born on 8 January 1995) is a Georgian footballer who plays as an attacker for Erovnuli Liga 2 club Rustavi.
Gavashelishvili is the winner of the Erovnuli Liga 2 with Kolkheti 1913. Individually, he was the topscorer of the 2014–15 Pirveli Liga season.
Career
Born in a mountainous town of Oni, Gavashelishvili started playing football at a local school before attracting interest from Torpedo Kutaisi scouts.{{cite news |title=სეზონში 40 გოლი! - ონელი ბომბარდირის, მამია გავაშელიშვილის ოცნება |url=https://sportall.ge/fexburti/qarthuli-fekhburthi/chempionati/76389-sezonshi-40-goli-oneli-bombardiris-mamia-gavashelishvilis-ocneba.html |access-date=5 April 2025 |work=sportall.ge |date=13 March 2015 |language=KA}} Being initially a member of the reserve team, he made his debut for the senior team as a substitute in a 4–1 win over Zugdidi on 18 May 2012, in which he scored the third goal.{{cite web |title=Zugdidi vs Torpedo match report |url=https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2013/05/18/georgia/umaglesi-liga/fc-zugdidi/fc-torpedo-kutaisi/1439143/ |publisher=Soccerway |date=18 May 2012}}
In 2014, Gavashelishvili moved to Locomotive where he remained for nine successive seasons. The 2014–15 season turned out special as the team advanced into the top flight while Gavashelishvili broke the league record for goals in a season. His tally of 45 goals (55.7% of Locomotive's all goals) in 37 matches has since remained unreachable.{{cite news |title=სუპერპროდუქტიული ფორვარდი პირველი ლიგიდან - 36 მატჩში 44 გოლი! |trans-title=A super-productive striker from Pirveli Liga |url=https://sportall.ge/fexburti/qarthuli-fekhburthi/skhvadaskhva/78887-superproduqtiuli-forvardi-pirveli-ligidan-36-matchshi-44-goli.html |access-date=5 April 2025 |work=sportall.ge |date=20 May 2015 |language=KA}}
For two consecutive seasons, in 2017 and 2018, Gavashelishvili ended up as the team's topscorer. Early next year, though, while on a pre-season training session, he was diagnosed with cancer which saw him out of action during the entire season.{{cite news |title=მამია გავაშელიშვილი: დაბრუნება ემოციური იყო... მაგრამ ასეთ რეჟიმში ცხოვრება ძალიან ძნელია |url=https://lelo.ge/article/მამია-გავაშელიშვილი-დაბრუნება-ემოციური-იყო-მაგრამ-ასეთ-რეჟიმში-ცხოვრება-ძალიან-ძნელია-22519 |access-date=5 April 2025 |work=Lelo |date=30 June 2020 |language=KA}}
On 18 September 2020, as Locomotive prevailed over Dynamo Moscow in a UEFA Europa League qualifying match, Gavashelishvili came on the pitch to increase his team's lead.{{cite web |title=Locomotive vs Dynamo Moscow match report |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2030331--locomotive-tbilisi-vs-dynamo-moscow/ |publisher=UEFA |date=18 September 2020}}
In late December 2021, Gavashelishvili signed a season-long contract with Samgurali.{{cite news |title=მამია გავაშელიშვილი "სამგურალში" გადავიდა |url=https://sportall.ge/fekhburthi/fekhburthii/erovnuli-liga/152962-mamia-gavashelishvili-qsamguralshiq-gadavida.html |work=sportall.ge |date=30 December 2021 |language=KA}} A year later he joined Kolkheti 1913 and contributed to their promotion to the top tier with 12 league goals.
Gavashelishvili returned to Locomotive in 2024 and showed his goal-scoring abilities again. His 11 goals, being the best individual result, helped Locomotive with a fourth-place finish in the 2nd division. However, Gavashelishvili was among ten players and the entire staff who left the club in December 2024.{{cite news |title=...მთელი სამწვრთნელო შტაბი და 10 ფეხბურთელი... თბილისის "ლოკომოტივი" ისევ დაიშალა! |trans-title=Entire staff and ten players leave Locomotive |url=https://lelo.ge/article/მთელი-სამწვრთნელო-შტაბი-და-10-ფეხბურთელი-თბილისის-ლოკომოტივი-ისევ-დაიშალა-49977 |access-date=5 April 2025 |work=Lelo |date=24 December 2024 |language=KA}} A few weeks later, he moved to Rustavi along with his two teammates.{{cite news |title="რუსთავი" "ლოკომოტივის" მოთამაშეებით გაძლიერდა |url=https://1tv.ge/news/rustavi-lokomotivis-motamasheebit-gadzlierda-1tvsport/ |access-date=5 April 2025 |work=1tv.ge |date=12 January 2025 |language=KA}}
Statistics
{{updated|match played 8 December 2024}}
| 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 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|Torpedo
| 2012–13 | 1 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2013–14
| Umaglesi Liga | 3 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 3 | 1 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
! 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| rowspan="9"|Locomotive
| 2013–14 | 12 | 7 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 12 | 7 | ||||
| 2014–15
| Pirveli Liga | 37 | 45 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 1{{efn|Appearance in Erovnuli Liga playoffs}} | 1 | 40 | 46 | ||
| 2015–16
| Umaglesi Liga |25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 27 | 5 | |||
| 2016
| Umaglesi Liga | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2017
| Erovnuli Liga | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 16 | 10 | ||
| 2018
| Erovnuli Liga | 29 | 11 | 1 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 30 | 12 | |||
| 2019
| Erovnuli Liga | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2020
| Erovnuli Liga | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 18 | 6 | ||
| 2021
| Erovnuli Liga | 35 | 7 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 38 | 8 | |||
| Samgurali
| 2022 | Erovnuli Liga | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 25 | 1 | |||
| Kolkheti 1913
| 2023 | Erovnuli Liga 2 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 4 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 34 | 16 | |||
| rowspan="2"|Locomotive
| 2024 | Erovnuli Liga 2 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 27 | 12 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
! 196 | 101 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 212 | 106 | |
| Rustavi
| 2025 | Erovnuli Liga 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | |0 | 0 | |||
| colspan="3"|Career total
! 255 | 116 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 275 | 125 |
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Honours
=Team=
=Individual=
- Pirveli Liga topscorer: 2014–15
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|Mamia-Gavashelishvili/294843}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gavashelishvili, Mamia}}
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Men's footballers from Georgia (country)
Category:FC Kolkheti-1913 Poti players
Category:FC Samgurali Tskaltubo players
Category:FC Locomotive Tbilisi players