Mikhail Khutsishvili (Georgian: მიხეილ ხუციშვილი; born 28 January 1979 in Georgia) is a retired Georgian football striker who last played for Serbian SuperLiga club FK Vojvodina. He unexpectedly retired because of serious heart problems. As of January 2016, he is the general director of FC Dinamo Tbilisi.[1]

Mikhail Khutsishvili
Personal information
Full name Mikhail Khutsishvili
Date of birth (1979-01-28) 28 January 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1996 Zhineri Zhinvali 1 (0)
1996–1997 Dinamo-2 Tbilisi 41 (18)
1997 Dinamo Tbilisi 3 (0)
1998 Lokomotivi Tbilisi 14 (0)
1998–1999 Merani-91 Tbilisi 26 (3)
1999 Sheriff Tiraspol 6 (1)
2000 Dinamo Tbilisi 5 (0)
2000–2001 Merani-91 Tbilisi 12 (1)
2001 Dinamo Tbilisi 0 (0)
2002–2003 Kalamata 15 (1)
2003 PAS Giannina 2 (0)
2004 Torpedo Kutaisi 8 (1)
2004–2005 FK Gäncä 28 (11)
2006 Sioni Bolnisi 14 (4)
2006–2008 Dinamo Tbilisi 46 (21)
2008 Olimpik Baku 10 (0)
2009–2010 Vojvodina 11 (1)
International career
Georgia U17
1997 Georgia U18 2 (0)
Georgia U21
Georgia
Managerial career
2010 Vojvodina (Head Scout)
2011 Dila Gori (Sports Director)
2011–2015 Zestafoni (General Director)
2015– Dinamo Tbilisi (General Director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Khutsishvili begin his career as senior with Zhineri Zhinvali moving after only a year to the Georgian giant FC Dinamo Tbilisi. He represented in this early period also several other clubs, namely Georgian FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi and FC Merani-91 Tbilisi, bur also Moldovan FC Sheriff Tiraspol.

In 1997 he played two games for Georgian U18 national team.[2]

In 2002, he moved to Greece where he played one season with Kalamata F.C. and another half season with PAS Giannina F.C. By January 2004 he returned to Georgia this time to play with FC Torpedo Kutaisi but after six months he moved to Azerbaijan signing with FK Gäncä.

In January FC Sioni Bolnisi brought him back to Georgia what proved to be a good move since he ended up as part of Sioni's 2005–06 championship winning team. This was followed by the return to his former club FC Dinamo Tbilisi in summer 2006. He stayed with Dinamo 2 seasons winning another Georgian championship in 2007–08 and being in that same season the league topscorer.

In summer 2008 he moved to Azerbaijani FK Olimpik Baku but after only 6 months Serbian SuperLiga club FK Vojvodina offered him a contract. In summer 2009 he was joined in Vojvodina by another Georgian international footballer, Giorgi Merebashvili, but Khutsishvili started having health problems that season and after being diagnosticated with heart problems he ended abandoning his playing career in 2010.

After retiring he became as head scout of Vojvodina for 6 month. Next half year he became sports director of Dila Gori and then became general director of FC Zestaponi for four years before moving in autumn 2015 to hold the same direction position at Georgian giants FC Dinamo Tbilisi.[1]

Honours

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Club

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Individual

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References

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  1. ^ a b HUCIŠVILI: PERIOD U VOJVODINI JEDAN OD NAJLEPŠIH U KARIJERI at FK Vojvodina official website, 8-2-2016, retirved 10-2-2016 (in Serbian)
  2. ^ Mikheil Khutsishvili at 11v11.com
  3. ^ Georgia – Championship winning teams Archived 22 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine at RSSSF
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  • Mikheil Khutsishvili at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)  
  • Mikheil Khutsishvili at Srbijafudbal.com (in Serbian)
  • Mikheil KhutsishviliUEFA competition record (archive)
  • "Mikhail Khutsishvili- Interview for MojSport". Archived from the original on 15 July 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
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