Mamia Gavashelishvili
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 January 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Oni, Racha, Georgia | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Attacker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Rustavi | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Torpedo Kutaisi | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2013 | Torpedo | 4 | (2) |
| 2014–2021 | Locomotive | 171 | (90) |
| 2022 | Samgurali | 24 | (1) |
| 2023 | Kolkheti 1913 | 31 | (12) |
| 2024 | Locomotive | 25 | (11) |
| 2025– | Rustavi | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 April 2025 | |||
Mamia Gavashelishvili (Georgian: მამია გავაშელიშვილი, born on 8 January 1995) is a Georgian footballer who plays as an attacker for Erovnuli Liga 2 club Rustavi.
Gavashelishvili is the winner of the Erovnuli Liga 2 with Kolkheti 1913. Individually, he was the topscorer of the 2014–15 Pirveli Liga season.
Born in a mountainous town of Oni, Gavashelishvili started playing football at a local school before attracting interest from Torpedo Kutaisi scouts.[2] Being initially a member of the reserve team, he made his debut for the senior team as a substitute in a 4–1 win over Zugdidi on 18 May 2012, in which he scored the third goal.[3]
In 2014, Gavashelishvili moved to Locomotive where he remained for nine successive seasons. The 2014–15 season turned out special as the team advanced into the top flight while Gavashelishvili broke the league record for goals in a season. His tally of 45 goals (55.7% of Locomotive's all goals) in 37 matches has since remained unreachable.[4]
For two consecutive seasons, in 2017 and 2018, Gavashelishvili ended up as the team's topscorer. Early next year, though, while on a pre-season training session, he was diagnosed with cancer which saw him out of action during the entire season.[5]
On 18 September 2020, as Locomotive prevailed over Dynamo Moscow in a UEFA Europa League qualifying match, Gavashelishvili came on the pitch to increase his team's lead.[6]
In late December 2021, Gavashelishvili signed a season-long contract with Samgurali.[7] A year later he joined Kolkheti 1913 and contributed to their promotion to the top tier with 12 league goals.
Gavashelishvili returned to Locomotive in 2024 and showed his goal-scoring abilities again. His 11 goals, being the best individual result, helped Locomotive with a fourth-place finish in the 2nd division. However, Gavashelishvili was among ten players and the entire staff who left the club in December 2024.[8] A few weeks later, he moved to Rustavi along with his two teammates.[9]