Nika Khorkheli (Georgian: ნიკა ხორხელი; born 9 September 2001) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Erovnuli Liga club Samgurali.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 September 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgia | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Right Wing | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Samgurali | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dinamo Tbilisi | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020 | Spaeri | ||
| 2021–2022 | Sioni | 56 | (14) |
| 2023– | Samgurali | 42 | (7) |
| 2024 | → Beitar Jerusalem | 13 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022–2023 | Georgia U21 | 6 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 March 2024 | |||
Club career
editKhorkheli grew up at the Dinamo Tbilisi's academy. After several seasons spent at Dinamo-2, Gori and Spaeri, in early 2021 he joined Erovnuli Liga 2 club Sioni Bolnisi[2] and helped them win the league in the same season. Khorkheli opened his goal-scoring account in the top tier in a 2–1 home win against Gagra on 3 April 2022.[3] He finished the season as the team's topscorer with nine goals, although this circumstance did not prevent Sioni from relegation.
In December 2022, Khorkheli signed for Samgurali on a three-year deal[4] and scored a brace in his debut game against Gagra on 26 February 2023.[5]
On 5 February 2024, Khorkheli was loaned to Israeli Premier League club Beitar Jerusalem.[6] He returned to Samgurali at half season to spend the rest of 2024 there.[7]
Honours
editSioni
Personal life
editKhorkheli's grandfather, father and uncle all used to play football. Also, all five brothers in his family are footballers with Luka being Nika's teammate at Samgurali.[8]
References
edit- ^ Nika Khorkheli at Soccerway
- ^ "ძმები, ნიკა და ლუკა ხორხელები სიონში ითამაშებენ". FC Sioni. 1 March 2021.
- ^ "Sioni vs Gagra match report". eliga.ge (in Georgian). 3 April 2022.
- ^ "ძმები ხორხელები "სამგურალში" ითამაშებენ". atiani.ge (in Georgian). 26 December 2022.
- ^ "Gagra vs Samgurali". soccerway.com. 26 February 2024.
- ^ Ben Ziv, Guy (5 February 2024). "רשמית: ניקה חורחלי חתם בבית"ר עד סוף העונה" (in Hebrew). ONE. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ "ნიკა ხორხელი ისრაელიდან "სამგურალში" დაბრუნდა". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 7 July 2024.
- ^ "ფეხბურთისთვის დაბადებულები! ძმები ხორხელები ოჯახზე, კარიერაზე, მიზნებზე". lelo.ge (in Georgian). 20 April 2022.
External links
edit- Nika Khorkheli at Soccerway
- Nika Khorkheli – Israel Football Association league player details
- Nika Khorkheli at WorldFootball.net