Ucha Lobjanidze

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.

Ucha Lobjanidze
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

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.[1]

He returned in 2016 to play for Dinamo Tbilisi and won both Umaglesi Liga and the national Cup with this club.[2]

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.[3]

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

References
  1. "რა ღირდა უჩა ლობჟანიძე კარიერის ზენიტში? – ლობჟანა წავიდა". fanebi.com (in Georgian). 15 March 2019.
  2. "თბილისის "დინამო" უმაღლესი ლიგის ჩემპიონია". goal.ge (in Georgian). 24 April 2016.
  3. "საქართველოს ნაკრების ყოფილმა მცველმა კარიერა დაასრულა". europop.ge (in Georgian). 14 March 2019.
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