Giorgi Pantsulaia ( ka, გიორგი ფანცულაია; born 6 January 1994) is a Georgian professional

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who plays as a

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for

Erovnuli Liga The Erovnuli Liga ( ka, ეროვნული ლიგა; ) is the top Division (sport), division of professional top tier Association football, football in Georgia (Country), Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional ...

club Samgurali. Pantsulaia is the son of

Mamuka Pantsulaia Mamuka Pantsulaia ( ka, მამუკა ფანცულაია; 9 October 1967 – 26 February 2019) was a Georgian footballerer who played as a forward and made one appearance for the Georgia. Career Pantsulaia played for the Soviet U ...

, a joint top scorer of the inaugural season of the Georgian championship and participant of the

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's historic first official match. Giorgi Pantsulaia was a squad member of national youth teams, including in

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. He has won the

and

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with

Dinamo Batumi FC Dinamo Batumi ( ka, საფეხბურთო კლუბი დინამო ბათუმი) is a Georgian professional football club based in Batumi, Adjara that competes in the Erovnuli Liga, the top division of the national f ...

Career

Panstulaia started his professional

Torpedo Kutaisi FC Torpedo Kutaisi ( Georgian: საფეხბურთო კლუბი ტორპედო ქუთაისი) is a Georgian professional football club based in Kutaisi, Georgia's third largest city. The team competes in the Erovnuli ...

at the age of 17. In a first top-league game against

Kolkheti Poti FC Kolkheti 1913, commonly referred to as Kolkheti Poti, is a Georgian football club based in Poti. The team competes in the Erovnuli Liga, the top division of Georgian football. Being registered in 1913, Kolkheti is considered one of the olde ...

he came off the bench to replace

Revaz Gotsiridze Revaz Gotsiridze ( ka, რევაზ გოცირიძე; born 17 January 1981) is a Georgian football manager and a former player, currently in charge of Erovnuli Liga 2 club Gonio. Club career Gotsiridze started playing football at th ...

on 8 March 2012. On 20 May 2012, the young forward netted his first goal in a 3–2 win over

Dila Gori FC Dila ('' Georgian'': საფეხბურთო კლუბი დილა) is a Georgian professional football club based in Gori. The club takes part in the Erovnuli Liga, the first tier of Georgian football, and plays their home ga ...

. His brace in a dramatic 5–4 victory over the same opponents the next season sealed the third place for Torpedo in

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. At the end of the 2014–15 season Pantsulaia signed a two-year contract with newly promoted club Saburtalo Tbilisi. Panstulaia returned to Torpedo in 2020 and took part in 17 out of 18 games of the season shortened by

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. In early 2021, he moved to

on a two-year deal. In the same year, he won the league title followed by the

. Following this season, Pansulaia was included in

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. Pantsulaia's first tenure with a foreign club was short-lived. He played with Kazakh side Kaspiy several months only, his contract being terminated on mutual agreement. He was among those eight foreign players who decided to part ways with the club due to some financial issues. In July 2023, he joined

for the third time. In early April 2024, Pantsulaia signed a season-long contract with Samgurali, although left the club in the summer break despite being among the top five scorers of the season. Following a brief spell at Kazakh club Zhenis, he returned to Samgurali in January 2025.

Statistics

Honours

Dinamo Batumi

(1):

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(1): 2022

Individual

Most goals in a season *

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

Samtredia Samtredia ( ka, სამტრედია ) is a town in Imereti, Georgia (country), Georgia, lying in a lowland between the rivers Rioni River, Rioni and Tskhenis-Tsqali, west of the capital Tbilisi, and west of Georgia's third largest city K ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Panstulaia, Giorgi 1994 births Living people Men's footballers from Georgia (country) 21st-century sportsmen from Georgia (country) Georgia (country) men's youth international footballers Georgia (country) men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football forwards FC Iberia 1999 players FC Samtredia players FC Dila Gori players FC Dinamo Batumi players FC Torpedo Kutaisi players FC Samgurali Tskaltubo players Erovnuli Liga players Kazakhstan Premier League players