Ucha Lobjanidze

Ucha Lobjanidze

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Personal information
Date of birth	(1987-02-23) 23 February 1987
Place of birth	Tbilisi, Georgian SSR
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Right back Centre back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2006	Dinamo-2 Tbilisi	38	(0)
2005–2006	Dinamo Tbilisi	4	(0)
2007	Dinamo Batumi	19	(0)
2007–2010	Zestafoni	62	(0)
2010–2014	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	27	(0)
2011–2013	→ Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (loan)	47	(0)
2014–2016	Omonia	35	(1)
2016–2017	Dinamo Tbilisi	23	(0)
2017	Atyrau	23	(0)
2018	Samtredia	3	(0)
2018	Locomotive Tbilisi	18	(1)
International career‡
2007–2009	Georgia U21	6	(0)
2008–2017	Georgia	53	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 September 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2017

Ucha Lobjanidze (Georgian: უჩა ლობჟანიძე, romanized: ucha lobzhanidze, pronounced [utʃʰa lobʒanidze]; born 23 February 1987) is a retired Georgian footballer who played as a defender for several clubs in Georgia and abroad as well as for the national team.

Career

Club

Lobjanidze started his career at Dinamo Tbilisi junior team. In the late 2000s, he spent three seasons at the ascending Zestafoni before his move to Dnipro at estimated €2 mln. He returned in 2016 to play for Dinamo Tbilisi and won both Umaglesi Liga and the national Cup with this club. Following his one-year tenure in Kazakhstan, in early 2018 Lobjanidze returned to Georgia, but in the autumn he suffered a long-term injury, which hastened his retirement in March 2019 at the age of 32.

International

Lobjanidze made his Georgia debut on 27 May 2008, a friendly match against Estonia. With 53 appearances during the next ten years, he was a regular member of the starting lineup.

Honours

Ukraine Premier League • Runner-up 2013–2014 Erovnuli Liga • Winner 2015–2016 • Runner-up 2006–2007 David Kipiani Cup • Winner 2015–2016 Kazakhstan Cup • Runner-up 2017

External links

• Ucha Lobjanidze – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Ucha Lobjanidze at National-Football-Teams.com
• Ucha Lobjanidze at WorldFootball.net
• Ucha Lobjanidze at Soccerwayt