Merab Gigauri
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 January 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgia | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Torpedo Kutaisi | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Torpedo Kutaisi | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2014 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 63 | (3) |
| 2011–2012 | → Jagiellonia Białystok (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2014 | Metalurgi Rustavi | 11 | (2) |
| 2014 | Tskhinvali | 14 | (2) |
| 2015 | Kolkheti-1913 Poti | 14 | (2) |
| 2015 | Tskhinvali | 2 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Kolkheti-1913 Poti | 24 | (3) |
| 2016 | Rustavi | 14 | (4) |
| 2017–2019 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 82 | (2) |
| 2019–2021 |
Gabala | 40 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Shamakhi | 24 | (2) |
| 2022– | Torpedo Kutaisi | 42 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010 | Georgia U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2012 | Georgia U19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2013 | Georgia U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2013 | Georgia | 1 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 June 2013 | |||
Merab Gigauri (Georgian: მერაბ გიგაური; born 5 January 1993) is a Georgian football player who currently plays for FC Torpedo Kutaisi as a midfielder.
He has played for eight clubs in three countries as well as in all national youth teams.
Gigauri is the winner of Erovnuli Liga, the national Cup and Georgian Super Cup.[1]
Career
Club
Gigauri started his professional career at
After the first season Gigauri left the club on loan. although he returned to Torpedo after the loan agreement had expired.
In July 2016, he joined
who won their league group this season in spite of a six-point deduction.At the end of 2016 Gigauri moved to Torpedo again,[7] where he earned four trophies, including the league title in 2017.
When a severe financial crisis hit the club in mid-2019, twelve players were forced to find new teams. On 27 June 2019, Gigauri signed a one-year contract with
In the summer of 2022, Gigauri started his fourth spell at Torpedo,[10] where he was confirmed as the team captain next May. Gigauri netted his first European goal with Torpedo in 2023. His injury-time leveller against FK Sarajevo helped the team to make it through to the second round of the UEFA Conference League.[11]
International
Gigauri made his debut for Georgia national football team on 5 June 2013 in a friendly against Denmark.[12]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 7 April 2024[13]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Torpedo Kutaisi | 2010/11
|
Umaglesi
/Erovnuli Liga |
20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 1 | ||
2012/13
|
28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 1 | ||||
2013/14
|
15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 18 | 1 | |||
| 2017 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 3 | ||
| 2019 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 1 | 21 | 1 | |||
| 2022 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 19 | 2 | ||||
| 2023 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 1 | ||
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 187 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 228 | 10 | ||
| Jagiellonia (loan) | 2011/12 | Ekstraklasa | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||
| Metalurgi | 2013/14
|
Umaglesi Liga
|
11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 2 | ||
| Tskhinvali | 2014/15
|
Umaglesi Liga
|
14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 2 | ||
2015/16
|
2 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | ||
| Kolkheti Poti | 2014/15
|
Umaglesi Liga
|
14 | 2 | – | – | – | 14 | 2 | |||
2015/16
|
24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 38 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 5 | ||
| Rustavi | 2016 | Pirveli Liga
|
14 | 4 | – | – | – | 14 | 4 | |||
Gabala
|
2019/20 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 22 | 0 | |
| 2020/21 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 40 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 47 | 1 | ||
| Shamakhi | 2021/22 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 29 | 2 | |
| Career total | 333 | 22 | 41 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 395 | 26 | ||
Honours
- Torpedo Kutaisi
- Erovnuli Liga (1): 2017
- Georgian Cup (1): 2022
- Georgian Super Cup (2): 2018, 2019
References
- ^ "Merab Gigauri". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 22 July 2023.
- ^ "Torpedo Kutaisi vs Zestafoni". soccerway.com.
- ^ "Merab Gigauri wypożyczony do Jagiellonii" (in Polish). 30 August 2011.
- ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 26 November 2011.
- ^ "Merab Gigauri: "I do not Want to Return to Georgian Championship"". worldsport.ge. 9 May 2012.
- ^ "მერაბ გიგაური: ...ამიტომაც მოვედი კილასონიასთან". sportall.ge (in Georgian). 8 July 2016.
- ^ "მერაბ გიგაური „ტორპედოს" დაუბრუნდა". mysports.ge (in Georgian). 29 December 2016.
- ^ "Qəbələ Merab Qiqaurini rənglərinə bağladı". gabalafc.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ "ქართველები აზერბაიჯანში საუკეთესოებში არიან". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 24 December 2019.
- ^ "გიგაური „ტორპედოში" დაბრუნდა - ნახევარმცველი 7-ნომრიანი მაისურით ითამაშებს". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 22 July 2022.
- ^ "Sarajevo vs Torpedo". uefa.com. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
- ^ "Denmark v Georgia game report". Eurosport. 5 June 2013.
- ^ "M.Gigauri". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
External links
- Merab Gigauri at Soccerway
- Merab Gigauri at National-Football-Teams.com
- Merab Gigauri at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
