Vakhtang Natsvlishvili
{{Short description|Georgian basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Vakhtang Natsvlishvili
| image =
| position = Power forward
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 9
| weight_lb = 220
| team =
| number = 13
| league =
| nationality = Georgian
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|1|28}}
| birth_place = Tbilisi, Georgia
| college = Boston College (1995–1996)
| draft_year = 1998
| career_start = 1990
| career_end = 2009
| years1 = 1990–1993
| team1 = Martve Tbilisi
| years2 = 1993–1995
| team2 = Cactus Tbilisi
| years3 = 1996–1997
| team3 = Vita Tbilisi
| years4 = 1997–1998
| team4 = Cherno More Port Varna
| years5 = 1998
| team5 = Karşıyaka Basket
| years6 = 1999
| team6 = CB Villa de Los Barrios
| years7 = 1999–2000
| team7 = Bnei Herzliya
| years8 = 2000–2001
| team8 = Basco Batumi
| years9 = 2001–2003
| team9 = Oliveirense
| years10 = 2003–2007
| team10 = Dijon Basket
| years11 = 2008–2009
| team11 = Aviamsheni Tbilisi
| highlights =
- 3× Georgian Superliga champion (1996, 1997, 2001)
- Bulgarian Championship champion (1998)
- Portuguese Basketball Cup winner (2003)
- Portuguese League Cup winner (2003)
- Portuguese SuperCup winner (2003)
- LNB_Pro_A_Leaders_Cup winner (2004)
- FIBA_EuroCup_Challenge finalist 2004
- 2003–04_FIBA_Europe_Cup runners-up
- French Basketball Cup winner (2006)
- Match des Champions winner (2006)
}}
Vakhtang "Vato" Natsvlishvili. ({{lang-ka|ვახტანგ "ვატო" ნაცვლიშვილი}}) (born January 28, 1976) is a retired Georgian professional basketball player. He was the captain of Georgian National Basketball Team from 1997 till 2007.
Career
Throughout his career, Vato Natsvlishvili has played in different European basketball clubs. He represented the Georgian national basketball team from 1994 to 2007 as well.Was captain from 1997-2007.he made first official 2 points for his National team’s first official game vs Poland in 24 May 1995. https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/2/grid/A/rid/1503/sid/1503/tid/2187/_/1997_European_Championship_for_Men/statistic.html FIBA.com, accessed 18 April 2019. Later in his career, Natsvlishvili played in Georgia.[http://gbf.ge/en/news/vato-natsvlishvili-karieris-dasrulebas-chempionobith-apirebs ვატო ნაცვლიშვილი კარიერის დასრულებას ჩემპიონობით აპირებს (Natsvlishvili may end up career with champion title)], Georgian Basketball Federation, accessed 18 March 2009. {{in lang|ka}} His best career game with the national team was against Turkey on 3 December 1997, he scored 33 points with 8 rebounds.{{Cite web |date=2020-05-19 |title=VIDEO {{!}} ნაცვლიშვილის 33 ქულა და სტეფანიას ორმაგი დუბლი თურქეთთან [1997] |url=https://popsport.com/article/23192-natsvlishvilis-33-kula-da-stepanias-ormagi-dubli-turkettan-1997 |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=popsport |language=ka}}
Personal life
Natsvilishvili is married to a model Nino Tskitishvili, a sister of basketball player Nika Tskitishvili. His daughter, Tako is a model as well.[https://fortuna.ge/fortuna/post/nino-cqitishvili-meotkhe-bavshvs-elodeba ნინო ცქიტიშვილი მეოთხე ბავშვს ელოდება (Nino Tskitishvili is expecting a fourth child)], Radio Fortuna, accessed 18 March 2009. {{in lang|ka}}
References
{{reflist}}http://gbf.ge/en/news/vakhtang-natsvlishvili-davith-berdzenishvili-da-irakli-baqradze-qarthuli-kalathburthis-gza-evrobasketamde
External links
- [http://superleague.ge/ge/archive/08-09/player/36/ Georgian Superleague profile]
- [https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Vakhtang-Natsvlishvili/Georgia/Avia-Tbilisi/6686? Eurobasket.com profile]
- [https://www.basketball-reference.com/euro/players/vakhtang-natsvlishvili-1.html Basketball-reference profile]
- [http://www.nplg.gov.ge/athletes/en/00005401/ Georgian Athletes Biographical Dictionary]
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