Davit Kokhia

Davit Kokhia
Personal information
Full name Davit Malhazovich Kokhia[1]
Date of birth (1993-04-22) 22 April 1993
Place of birth Moscow, Russia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
200X–200x Spartak Moscow–2
2008 KSDYUSHOR Kiyv
2008 Atlet Kiyv
2009 Smena–Obolon Kiyv
2010 Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Volga Nizhny Novgorod II 59 (1)
2013–2014 Gagra 2 (0)
2014 Zaria Bălți 13 (1)
2015 Vojvodina 0 (0)
2016 Zugdidi 3 (0)
National team
2012 Georgia U-21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 January 2017
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 January 2017

Davit Kokhia (born 22 April 1993) is a Georgian footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Zugdidi in the Umaglesi Liga.

Club career

Born in Moscow, Kokhia started playing in the youth team of FC Spartak Moscow–2.[1] Then he moved to Ukraine, where, in 2008 he continued hes youth career with KSDYUSHOR Kiyv and Atlet Kiyv, then in 2009 with Smena–Obolon Kiyv, before joining, in 2010, FC Dynamo Kyiv Reserves and Youth Team.[1]

He played in the youth team of FC Dynamo Kyiv until January 2011 when he moved to Russia and joined FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod. In the 2011 and 2012 season he played with Volga in the Russian Youth/Reserves Championship having made 25 appearances and scored one goal in the 2011 season and 7 appearances with no goals in the 2012 season[2] and then 27 appearances with no goals in 2012–13.[3] In the 2013–14 season he played with FC Gagra in the Georgian Premier League. In summer 2014 he moves to FC Zaria Bălți and plays in the Moldovan National Division.[4]

On 13 February 2015, after passing trials, he signed a year and a half contract with Serbian side FK Vojvodina.[5] However, after not playing a single official game for the club, the contract with Vojvodina was mutually terminated after just six months.[6]

In summer 2016 he returned to Georgia and signed with FC Zugdidi.[4]

International career

In 2012, he was part of the Georgian U-19 team,[7] and that same year he made a debut for the Georgian U-21 team[4] and was part of the U-21 in 2013.[8] However, for the official UEFA matches, he made one appearance for the Georgian U-21 team.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 David Malhazovich Kohiya at footballfacts.ru (in Russian)
  2. Russia 2011/12 Youth Championship at RSSSF
  3. Russia 2012/13 Youth Championship at RSSSF
  4. 1 2 3 Davit Kokhia at Soccerway
  5. DAVID KOKIJA, „CRVENO-BELI“ at FK Vojvodina official website, 13-2-2015, retrieved 16-2-2015 (in Serbian)
  6. Јевтовић занимљив Новосађанима at dnevnik.rs, 3-6-2015 (in Serbian)
  7. Korghalidze has gathered U19 for Portugal at Georgian Football Association official website, 12-4-2012, retrieved 16-2-2015
  8. Youth Team Departed for Austria at worldsport.ge, 18-3-2013, retrieved 16-2-2015
  9. Davit Kokhia at UEFA.com, retrieved 16-2-2015


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