Nikoloz Mali
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nikoloz Mali | ||
| Date of birth | 27 January 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Georgia | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Dinamo Batumi | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2017 | Saburtalo Tbilisi | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2022 | Saburtalo Tbilisi | 87 | (5) |
| 2022–2023 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 58 | (0) |
| 2024– | Dinamo Batumi | 31 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016–2017 | Georgia U19 | 10 | (0) |
| 2019 | Georgia U21 | 7 | (0) |
| 2020– | Georgia | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:02, 8 September 2020 (UTC) | |||
Nikoloz Mali (Georgian: ნიკოლოზ მალი; born 27 January 1999) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Erovnuli Liga club Dinamo Batumi and the Georgia national team.[1]
He is the two-time Georgian champion.
Career
[edit]A product of Saburtalo academy, Mali spent seven seasons at this club. On 29 April 2017, he scored his first top-league goal in a 5–0 win over Shukura. Overall, between 2018 and 2021, he won all three domestic trophies at Saburtalo and once received an individual recognition by being named in Team of the Season.[2]
In early February 2022, Mali signed a two-year contract with Dinamo Tbilisi.[3] During this period he added another league and Super Cup titles to his tally.
Before the start of the 2024 season, Mali joined reigning champions Dinamo Batumi.[4]
Mali made his international debut for Georgia on 8 September 2020 in the UEFA Nations League against North Macedonia.[5]
Career statistics
[edit]International
[edit]- As of 8 September 2020[5]
| Georgia | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 |
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Super Cup (2)
- 2020, 2023
Individual
[edit]- Team of the Season (1)
- 2019
References
[edit]- ^ a b Nikoloz Mali at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "GFF Awards 2019". Georgian Football Federation (in Georgian). 27 December 2019.
- ^ "ნიკა მალიმ საბურთალო დატოვა! ახალი კლუბიც ცნობილია". goal.ge (in Georgian). 5 February 2022.
- ^ "ოფიციალურად: ნიკოლოზ მალი ბათუმის დინამოში ითამაშებს". europop.ge (in Georgian). 9 February 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Nikoloz Mali". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
External links
[edit]- Nikoloz Mali – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Nikoloz Mali at Soccerway
- Nikoloz Mali at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
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