Tornike Dzotsenidze
Georgian footballer (born 1999)
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Tornike Dzotsenidze (Georgian: თორნიკე ძოწენიძე; born 7 November 1999) is a Georgian footballer who currently plays for Niké Liga club Zemplín Michalovce as centre-back.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tornike Dzotsenidze | ||
| Date of birth | 7 November 1999[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgia | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Zemplín Michalovce | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dinamo Tbilisi | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 3 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Telavi | 57 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | Dila Gori | 47 | (3) |
| 2024– | Zemplín Michalovce[3] | 63 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020 | Georgia U21 | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 November 2020 | |||
Club career
Dzotsenidze is a product of the youth academy of Dinamo Tbilisi. He made three appearances for the senior team before joining Erovnuli Liga 2 side Telavi in 2019. Dzotsenidze spent two more seasons at Telavi in the top flight and moved to Dila on a three-year deal,[4] making six appearances in UEFA European football in the summer of 2023.
On 27 January 2024, it was announced that Dzotsenidze would be joining Slovak club Zemplín Michalovce on a free transfer.[5] He made his Slovak league debut for Zemplín Michalovce in an away fixture against FK Železiarne Podbrezová on 10 February 2024.[6][7] Dzotsenidze scored his debut Slovak league goal in a 2–2 draw against the same opponents a year later.[8]
Following the 2025–26 season, he was named in Team of the Season.[9]
International
Dzotsenidze was called up to the U21 team for a friendly tie against Azerbaijan in September 2020. He took part in a 2021 UEFA European Championship qualifying game against Slovakia two months later.[10]
Career statistics
- As of match played 16 May 2026[11]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 2018 | Erovnuli Liga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| 2019 | Erovnuli Liga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Telavi | 2019 | Erovnuli Liga 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 1 | 18 | 2 | |
| 2020 | Erovnuli Liga | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 | |||
| 2021 | Erovnuli Liga | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | |||
| Total | 57 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 1 | 61 | 3 | |||
| Dila Gori | 2022 | Erovnuli Liga | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 23 | 2 | |
| 2023 | Erovnuli Liga | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6[c] | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 35 | 1 | |
| Total | 47 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 3 | ||
| Zemplín Michalovce | 2023-24 | Slovak 1st League | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[e] | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| 2024-25 | Slovak 1st League | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 1 | |||
| 2025-26 | Slovak 1st League | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 1 | |||
| Total | 63 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 69 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 170 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 192 | 8 | ||
- Includes Georgian Cup, Slovak Cup
- Appearance(s) in Erovnuli Promotion/Relegation play-offs
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League
- Appearance(s) in Georgian Super Cup
- Appearance(s) in Slovak 1st League Relegation play-offs
Honours
- Slovak 1st League Team of the Season: 2025–26