| Davit Khocholava แแแแแ แฎแแญแแแแแ | |
| Birth Date: | 8 February 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Height: | 1.92 m |
| Position: | Centre-back |
| Youthyears1: | 2004โ2009 |
| Youthclubs1: | Saburtalo Tbilisi |
| Years1: | 2009โ2011 |
| Clubs1: | Saburtalo Tbilisi |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2010 |
| Clubs2: | โ Olimpi Rustavi (loan) |
| Caps2: | 2 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2011 |
| Clubs3: | โ Sioni Bolnisi (loan) |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2011โ2014 |
| Clubs4: | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| Caps4: | 11 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2014 |
| Clubs5: | โ Kolkheti Poti (loan) |
| Caps5: | 6 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 2014โ2015 |
| Clubs6: | Shukura Kobuleti |
| Caps6: | 25 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 2015โ2017 |
| Clubs7: | Chornomorets Odesa |
| Caps7: | 42 |
| Goals7: | 3 |
| Years8: | 2017โ2021 |
| Clubs8: | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Caps8: | 56 |
| Goals8: | 3 |
| Years9: | 2021โ2024 |
| Clubs9: | Copenhagen |
| Caps9: | 40 |
| Goals9: | 1 |
| Totalcaps: | 182 |
| Totalgoals: | 9 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2009โ2010 |
| Nationalteam1: | Georgia U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 13 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 3 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2010โ2011 |
| Nationalteam2: | Georgia U19 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2011โ2012 |
| Nationalteam3: | Georgia U21 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2017โ2024 |
| Nationalteam4: | Georgia |
| Nationalcaps4: | 39 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
Davit Khocholava (Georgian: แแแแแ แฎแแญแแแแแ|tr, pronounced as /ka/; born 8 February 1993) is a Georgian retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
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. Khocholava was a striker during his youth career. However, Devdariani later offered him to play in defense and Khocholava accepted.
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.[2] In 2014, he decided to leave Tbilisi-based club and moved to Shukura Kobuleti.[3] 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.
Khocholava spent the 2014โ15 season with the club before signing for Chornomorets Odesa in summer 2015.[4] 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.[5]
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.[6]
On 6 July 2021, Danish Superliga side F.C. Copenhagen announced they had signed Khocholava on a four-year deal.[7] On 8 August he scored his first goal for the club in a 4โ2 victory in the Copenhagen Derby against rivals Brรธndby IF. On 22 May 2022, with the club he won the Danish Superliga in the season 2021โ22 and qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the season 2022โ23.[8] On July 7, 2024, Khocholava announced his decision to retire from professional football.[9]
Khocholava was named in the Georgia national team's senior squad for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Austria in September 2016.[10] He made his debut for Georgia on 23 January 2017 in a friendly against Uzbekistan.[11]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Olimpi Rustavi (loan) | 2010โ11 | Umaglesi Liga | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2011โ12 | Umaglesi Liga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2012โ13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2013โ14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Total | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Kolkheti Poti (loan) | 2013โ14 | Pirveli Liga | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | โ | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 2014โ15 | Umaglesi Liga | 25 | 1 | 4 | 1 | โ | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | |||
| Chornomorets Odesa | 2015โ16 | Ukrainian Premier League | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | โ | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | ||
| 2016โ17 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | โ | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 42 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 3 | |||
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2017โ18 | Ukrainian Premier League | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |
| 2018โ19 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | |||
| 2019โ20 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2020โ21 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Total | 56 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 3 | |||
| Copenhagen | 2021โ22 | Danish Superliga | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | |
| 2022โ23 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |||
| 2023โ24 | 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 | |||
| 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 | ||
Olimpi Rustavi
Dinamo Tbilisi
Shakhtar Donetsk
2017โ18, 2018โ19, 2019โ20
Copenhagen
