Davit Khocholava is a Georgian retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
Club career
Early years
Born in Tbilisi, Khocholava started his career in Saburtalo, where his first manager was Giorgi Devdariani.1 Later some of the members of his team, including Valeri Kazaishvili, Giorgi Chanturia and Lasha Parunashvili, became Georgia internationals.2 Khocholava was a striker during his youth career. However, Devdariani later offered him to play in defense and Khocholava accepted.3
Khocholava signed for Dinamo Tbilisi in 2011. He found it difficult to become a member of the starting line-up, having a six-month loan spell at Kolkheti Poti in order to get some more playing time.4 In 2014, he decided to leave Tbilisi-based club and moved to Shukura Kobuleti.5 He was offered to the club after the recommendation of famous Georgian footballer Revaz Chelebadze, who played for Dinamo Tbilisi in Soviet era. He was the sporting director of the club.6
Khocholava spent the 2014–15 season with the club before signing for Chornomorets Odesa in summer 2015.7 He became the regular member of the starting line-up. He was named in the symbolic team of the Ukrainian Premier League in March 2017.8
Shakhtar Donetsk
In April 2017, Shakhtar Donetsk confirmed that Khocholava had signed a five-year deal with the club, joining them at the start of the following season.9
Copenhagen
On 6 July 2021, Danish Superliga side F.C. Copenhagen announced they had signed Khocholava on a four-year deal.10 On 8 August he scored his first goal for the club in a 4–2 victory in the Copenhagen Derby against rivals Brøndby IF. On 22 May 2022, with the club he won the Danish Superliga in the season 2021–22 and qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the season 2022–23.11 On July 7, 2024, Khocholava announced his decision to retire from professional football.12
International career
Khocholava was named in the Georgia national team's senior squad for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Austria in September 2016.13 He made his debut for Georgia on 23 January 2017 in a friendly against Uzbekistan.14
Career statistics
Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition15| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Olimpi Rustavi (loan) | 2010–11 | Umaglesi Liga | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 2011–12 | Umaglesi Liga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2012–13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 316 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Kolkheti Poti (loan) | 2013–14 | Pirveli Liga | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| Shukura Kobuleti | 2014–15 | Umaglesi Liga | 25 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | |
| Chornomorets Odesa | 2015–16 | Ukrainian Premier League | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | |
| 2016–17 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | |||
| Total | 42 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 3 | ||
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2017–18 | Ukrainian Premier League | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 417 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| 2018–19 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 518 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 419 | 0 | 120 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 421 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Total | 56 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 3 | ||
| Copenhagen | 2021–22 | Danish Superliga | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| 2022–23 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 723 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 40 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 182 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 243 | 11 | ||
International
Appearances and goals by national team and year| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 2017 | 9 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 0 | |
Honours
Olimpi Rustavi
Dinamo Tbilisi
Shakhtar Donetsk
- Ukrainian Premier League: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
- Ukrainian Cup: 2017–18, 2018–19
- Ukrainian Super Cup: 2017
Copenhagen
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Davit Khocholava.- Profile at the F.C. Copenhagen website
- Davit Khocholava at Soccerway
- Davit Khocholava at football.sport.ua
- Davit Khocholava at footballfacts.ru at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 July 2015)
- Davit Khocholava – UEFA competition record (archive)
References
"Interview with David Khocholava". Sportall.ge. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2017. http://www.sportall.ge/fexburti/qarthuli-fekhburthi/erovnuli-nakrebi/96331-davith-khotcolava-nakrebi-amas-sityvebith-ver-gadmovcem.html ↩
"Interview with David Khocholava". Sportall.ge. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2017. http://www.sportall.ge/fexburti/qarthuli-fekhburthi/erovnuli-nakrebi/96331-davith-khotcolava-nakrebi-amas-sityvebith-ver-gadmovcem.html ↩
"Interview with David Khocholava". Sportall.ge. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2017. http://www.sportall.ge/fexburti/qarthuli-fekhburthi/erovnuli-nakrebi/96331-davith-khotcolava-nakrebi-amas-sityvebith-ver-gadmovcem.html ↩
"News of "Kolkheti" Poti". Worldsport.ge. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2017. http://www.worldsport.ge/en/page/fotis-kolxetis-ambebi ↩
"Dinamo confirmed changes". Worldsport.ge. 24 December 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2017. http://www.worldsport.ge/en/page/dinamom-sakadro-cvlilebebi-daadastura ↩
"Interview with David Khocholava". Sportall.ge. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2017. http://www.sportall.ge/fexburti/qarthuli-fekhburthi/erovnuli-nakrebi/96331-davith-khotcolava-nakrebi-amas-sityvebith-ver-gadmovcem.html ↩
"Chornomorets confirm two more signings". Football.ua. 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2017. http://football.ua/ukraine/275649-eshhe-dva-novichka-dlja-chernomorca.html ↩
"Khocholava - in the Symbolic Team of the Month in Ukraine". Worldsport.ge. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017. http://www.worldsport.ge/en/page/152383_khocholava-in-the-symbolic-team-of-the-month-in-ukraine ↩
"Khocholava to continue his career at Shakhtar". Shakhtar.com. 11 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017. http://shakhtar.com/en/news/?id=39276 ↩
"DAVID KHOCHOLAVA SIGNS FOR F.C. COPENHAGEN". fck.dk. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021. https://www.fck.dk/en/news/david-khocholava-signs-fc-copenhagen ↩
"Mukairu on the verge of Major Success with FC Copenhagen". www.footballlive.ng. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022. https://www.footballlive.ng/mukairu-on-the-verge-of-major-success-with-fc-copenhagen/ ↩
"FCK-spiller stopper karrieren". TV 2 (in Danish). 7 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024. https://sport.tv2.dk/fodbold/2024-07-07-fck-spiller-stopper-karrieren ↩
"Georgia vs Austria". Sky Sports. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016. http://www.skysports.com/football/georgia-vs-austria/teams/350002 ↩
"Uzbekistan draws with Georgia in friendly". The Tashkent Times. 24 January 2017. http://www.tashkenttimes.uz/sports/474-uzbekistan-draws-with-georgia-in-friendly ↩
Davit Khocholava at Soccerway https://int.soccerway.com/players/davit-khocholava/152887/ ↩
Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one in UEFA Europa League /wiki/UEFA_Champions_League ↩
Appearances in UEFA Champions League /wiki/UEFA_Champions_League ↩
Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, two in UEFA Europa League /wiki/UEFA_Champions_League ↩
Appearances in UEFA Europa League /wiki/UEFA_Europa_League ↩
Appearance in Ukrainian Super Cup /wiki/Ukrainian_Super_Cup ↩
Appearances in UEFA Champions League /wiki/UEFA_Champions_League ↩
Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League /wiki/UEFA_Europa_Conference_League ↩
Appearances in UEFA Champions League /wiki/UEFA_Champions_League ↩
"FC Copenhagen win 14th Danish league title". dailytimes.com.pk. Retrieved 22 May 2022. https://dailytimes.com.pk/939970/fc-copenhagen-win-14th-danish-league-title/ ↩