Mamuka Kobakhidze

Georgian footballer

Mamuka Kobakhidze
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-08-23) 23 August 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Dinamo Batumi
Number 23
Youth career
2008–2009 Zestafoni
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Zestafoni 70 (2)
2013 → Alania Vladikavkaz (loan) 0 (0)
2013–2014 Dila Gori 22 (0)
2014–2017 Rubin Kazan 4 (0)
2015–2016 → Mordovia Saransk (loan) 1 (0)
2016–2017 → Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (loan) 21 (0)
2017 Locomotive Tbilisi 15 (1)
2018 Rustavi 15 (2)
2018–2019 Torpedo Kutaisi 33 (1)
2019– Dinamo Batumi 137 (9)
International career‡
2007–2008 Georgia U-16 2 (0)
2008–2009 Georgia U-17 4 (0)
2009–2010 Georgia U-19 6 (0)
2011–2014 Georgia U-21 16 (2)
2020– Georgia 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 March 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 May 2023

Mamuka Kobakhidze (Georgian: მამუკა კობახიძე; born 23 August 1992) is a Georgian professional football player. He plays for FC Dinamo Batumi.

Kobakhidze has played for national youth teams and secured Georgian champion's title three times, also won the national Cup and Super Cup.

Club career

Kobakhidze started his career at Zestafoni. During his four-year tenure there Kobakhidze twice won the Georgian league title. In February 2014, he moved to Dila Gori.[1]

He made his debut in the Russian Premier League on 22 November 2014 for FC Rubin Kazan in a game against FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast.[2]

On 4 August 2017, he returned to Georgia, signing with FC Locomotive Tbilisi.[3] The next summer Kobakhidze joined Torpedo Kutaisi in a move that proved to be rewarding.[4] He was named the best defender of the season and included in the symbolic team of Erovnuli Liga.[5]

Kobakhidze was among those players who left Torpedo en masse in June 2019 following a severe financial crisis. He chose to sign a contract with Dinamo Batumi, who had returned back to the top division following the previous season.[6] At an annual ceremony held by Georgian Football Federation, Kobakhidze won a nomination for the best defender of the league again. He was also selected for Team of the Year.[7] With the same awards received the next season,[8] Kobakhidze achieved a wide recognition for three consecutive seasons.

In 2021, Dinamo Batumi won the top division for the first time in their history. As the team captain, Kobakhidze lifted the trophy for the third time now. When the team of the season was announced, their seven players, including Kobakhidze, were named among the best eleven.[9]

Two years later, Kobakhidze won one more league title. His individual performance was also recognized as he was named in the Team of the Year for the fifth time now. He was also announced Defender of the Season at an annual awards ceremony.[10]

International career

He made his national team debut on 11 October 2020 in a Nations League game against Armenia.[11]

Career Statistics

As of match played 16 March 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Zestafoni 2009-10 Umaglesi Liga 12 0 – – – 12 0
2010-11 18 2 3 0 2 0 – 23 2
2011-12 25 0 5 0 5 0 – 35 0
2012-13 15 0 – 2 0 – 17 0
Total 70 2 8 0 9 0 0 0 87 2
Alania 2012–13 Russian Premier League – – – – 0 0
Dila Gori 2013–14 Umaglesi Liga 22 0 3 0 6 0 – 31 0
Rubin Kazan 2014–15 Russian Premier League 4 0 1 0 – – 5 0
Mordovia (loan) 2015–16 1 0 1 0 – – 2 0
Neftekhimik (loan) 2016–17 Russian First League 21 0 – – – 21 0
Lokomotivi Tbilisi 2017 Erovnuli Liga 15 1 – – – 15 1
Rustavi 2018 15 2 1 0 – – 16 2
Torpedo Kutaisi 2018 17 1 4 0 8 1 – 29 2
2019 16 0 – – 1[a] 0 17 0
Total 33 1 4 0 8 1 1 0 46 2
Dinamo Batumi 2019 Erovnuli Liga 17 0 – – – 17 0
2020 15 1 1 0 1 0 – 17 1
2021 32 2 3 0 6 0 – 41 2
2022 34 2 – 3 0 1[a] 0 38 2
2023 35 2 2 1 2 0 2[a] 0 41 3
2024 4 2 0 0 0 0 – 4 2
Total 137 9 6 1 12 0 3 0 158 10
Career total 318 15 24 1 35 1 4 0 381 17
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in Georgian Super Cup

Honours

Team

  • Georgian Cup (1): 2018
  • Georgian Super Cup (3): 2011–12, 2019, 2022

Individual

  • Best defender of Erovnuli Liga (4): 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023

References

  1. ^ "მამუკა კობახიძე "დილას" დაუბრუნდა". worldsport.ge (in Georgian). 25 February 2014.}
  2. ^ "Match Report". Russian Premier League. 22 November 2014.
  3. ^ "MAMUKA KOBAKHIDZE IS A LOKOMOTIVE PLAYER" (in Georgian). FC Locomotive Tbilisi. 4 August 2017.
  4. ^ "სენეგალელი და 3 ქართველი - "ტორპედო" ფეხბურთელების დამატებაზე მუშაობს". sportall.ge (in Georgian). 28 June 2018.
  5. ^ "GFF AWARDS 2018". gff.ge (in Georgian). 28 December 2018.
  6. ^ "ბათუმის დინამოში ქუთაისის ტორპედოდან მამუკა კობახიძე გადმოვიდა". ajaratv.ge (in Georgian). 18 June 2019.
  7. ^ "GFF AWARDS 2019". europop.ge (in Georgian). 27 December 2019.
  8. ^ "ნომინანტები და გამარჯვებულები". eliga.ge (in Georgian). 28 December 2020.
  9. ^ "ELIGA AWARDS 2021". europop.ge (in Georgian). 28 December 2021.
  10. ^ "AWARDS CBELIGA 2023". crystalbetsport.ge (in Georgian). 4 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Armenia v Georgia game report". ESPN. 11 October 2020.

External links

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FC Dinamo Batumi – current squad