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Davit Volkovi
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-06-03) 3 June 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Zira
Number 90
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Gagra 23 (10)
2013–2016 Dinamo Tbilisi 4 (0)
2013–2015 → Dinamo Tbilisi II 23 (7)
2016 → Chikhura Sachkhere (loan) 8 (4)
2016 → Sioni Bolnisi (loan) 14 (6)
2017 Zemun 1 (1)
2017–2019 Saburtalo Tbilisi 40 (16)
2019 Gabala 27 (7)
2020–2022 Zira 58 (20)
2022–2024 Sabah 63 (16)
2024– Zira 4 (3)
International career‡
2021– Georgia 5 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:43, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2023

Davit Volkovi (Georgian: დავით ვოლკოვი; born 3 June 1995) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as striker for Zira in the Azerbaijan Premier League.

Club career

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Georgia

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Born in Georgian capital Tbilisi, Volkovi played the 2012–13 season with FC Gagra in the Georgian Premier League scoring 10 goals in 26 appearances. Being only 18 at the time, it was no surprise local power-house FC Dinamo Tbilisi brought him at the end of the season.[1] Initially, he played mostly for the second team which was competing in second level, the Pirveli Liga. By the end of his second year at reserves team, he was incorporated to the first team in the second half of the 2014–15 season.[1] He started the 2015–16 Umaglesi Liga as part of the main team and made 3 appearances as contribution for Dinamo Tbilisi winning their 16th national title, however the challenge for a spot in the starting eleven was huge with Dinamo having numerous experienced national team strikers, so during winter-break, Volkovi accepted a loan to FC Chikhura Sachkhere where he will play the second half of the season and score 4 goals in 8 appearances helping them finish 4th and qualify to the UEFA Europa League.[1] Instead of spending most time sitting in the glorious Dinamo Tbilisi bench waiting to be the substitute of some glorious Georgian football star striker, Volkovi enjoyed being helpful and leading the attack in other teams where he would have more space, so for the restructured 2016 Umaglesi Liga he accepted being loaned to FC Sioni Bolnisi, a club that in the past had good results in the league. However, Sioni ended relegated, but Volkovi by scoring 6 goals in 14 games ended as 4th best league topscorer.[1]

Serbia

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At the end of the season he returned to Dinamo Tbilisi, and in February 2017 he accepted a permanent move abroad, to Serbia, to second-tier side FK Zemun. Zemun was by then in the winter-break of the 2016–17 Serbian First League season with good prospects of achieving promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga. It took Volkovi some time to debut, and it was in the last round, and he debuted by scoring a goal and with Zemun finishing second and achieving promotion to the 2017–18 Serbian SuperLiga.[2]

Return to Georgia

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After spending half a season at the bench in Serbian second tier, Volkovi was hungry of scoring goals. He had already demonstrated that when in the last round Zemun gave him a chance and he scored in his only league appearance. Zemun got the promotion, but with the uncertainty if he will receive a first team starter status or risk continuing on the bench, in summer 2017, Volkovi decided to return to Georgia and signed with top league side FC Saburtalo Tbilisi. He was a starter in the goalless first-round game against FC Kolkheti-1913 Poti but already in the second round Volkovi confirmed his goal-scoring skills and made a hattrick in a 6–0 victory against FC Locomotive Tbilisi.[1]

Azerbaijan

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On 11 January 2019, Volkovi signed for Gabala from Saburtalo Tbilisi on a one-year contract.[3]

On 21 December 2019, Zira announced the singing of Volkovi on an 18-month contract starting 1 January 2020.[4]

On 12 June 2022, Sabah announced the singing of Volkovi to a two-year contract.[5]

On 13 June 2024, Zira announced the singing of Volkovi to a two-year contract.[6]

International career

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He made his debut for Georgia national football team on 11 November 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Sweden, a 2–0 home victory for Georgia.[7] He scored his first international goal four days later, the only goal in a friendly 1–0 victory over Uzbekistan.[8]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 1 September 2024[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Gagra 2012–13 Pirveli Liga 23 10 4 1 – – 27 11
Dinamo Tbilisi 2013–14 Umaglesi Liga 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
2014–15 1 0 2 2 – – 3 2
2015–16 3 0 1 0 0 0 – 4 0
2016 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
Total 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 7 2
Dinamo Tbilisi II (loan) 2013–14 Pirveli Liga 10 1 – – – 10 1
2014–15 13 6 – – – 13 6
Total 23 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 7
Chikhura Sachkhere (loan) 2015–16 Umaglesi Liga 8 4 0 0 – – 8 4
Sioni Bolnisi (loan) 2016 Umaglesi Liga 14 6 1 0 – – 15 6
Zemun 2016–17 Serbian First League 1 1 0 0 – – 1 1
Saburtalo Tbilisi 2017 Erovnuli Liga 17 10 0 0 – – 17 10
2018 28 8 0 0 – – 28 8
Total 45 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 18
Gabala 2018–19 Azerbaijan Premier League 13 2 3 1 0 0 – 16 3
2019–20 14 5 2 2 2 0 – 18 7
Total 27 7 5 3 2 0 0 0 34 10
Zira 2019–20 Azerbaijan Premier League 6 1 0 0 – – 6 1
2020–21 24 8 5 2 – – 29 10
2021–22 28 11 5 0 – – 33 11
Total 58 20 10 2 0 0 0 0 68 22
Sabah 2022–23 Azerbaijan Premier League 35 10 3 2 – – 38 12
2023–24 28 6 1 0 4 1 – 33 7
Total 63 16 4 2 4 1 0 0 71 19
Zira 2024–25 Azerbaijan Premier League 4 3 0 0 8 4 – 12 7
Career total 274 91 27 10 14 5 0 0 311 107

International

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As of match played 17 November 2022[10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Georgia 2021 2 1
2022 2 0
2023 1 1
Total 5 2
As of match played 15 November 2021
Georgia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Volkovi goal[10]
List of international goals scored by Davit Volkovi
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 15 November 2021 Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori, Georgia 2  Uzbekistan 1–0 1–0 Friendly [11]

Honours

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Dinamo Tbilisi

Gabala

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Davit Volkovi at Soccerway
  2. ^ Davit Volkovi at srbijafudbal.com
  3. ^ "Qəbələ də yeni hücumçu". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala SC. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  4. ^ ""Zirə" PFK yeni futbolçu ilə anlaşıb. Komandamız Davit Volkov ilə müqavilə bağlayıb. 24 yaşlı gürcüstanlı hücumçu ilə müqavilənin müddəti 1 il yarımdı". facebook.com/. Zira FK Facebook. 21 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  5. ^ "DAVİT VOLKOV "SABAH"DA!". sabahfc.az (in Azerbaijani). Sabah FC. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Zire" PFC agreed with Davit Volkov". facebook.com/fc.zire. Zira FK Facebook. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Georgia v Sweden game report". FIFA. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Georgia v Uzbekistan game report". ESPN. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  9. ^ "D.Volkovi". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  10. ^ a b Davit Volkovi at National-Football-Teams.com
  11. ^ "Georgia vs. Uzbekistan 1–0: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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