Tsotne Patsatsia
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-03-28) 28 March 2000
Place of birth Georgia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Dinamo Batumi
Number 30
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2022 Merani Martvili 63 (4)
2019 → Gagra (loan) 14 (3)
2023 Shukura Kobuleti 19 (7)
2023– Dinamo Batumi 15 (3)
International career
2018 Georgia U19 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2023

Tsotne Patsatsia (Georgian: ცოტნე ფაცაცია; born 28 March 2000) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Erovnuli Liga club Dinamo Batumi.

Patsatsia has won the top Georgian league and received the Goal of the Year award.

Career

Patsatsia started his professional career at Liga 2 club Merani Martvili where he spent five seasons. At age 17, he made a debut as a substitute in a 5–0 away win against Guria.[1]

On 27 November 2018, Patsatsia scored his first goal in a 2–0 home win over Merani Tbilisi.[2] Around the same time, he took part in two matches for Georgia U19s in 2019 European Championship qualifiers.[3]

After the 2018 season, Patsatsia was loaned to Gagra. In early 2020, the player rejoined Merani[4] who made an unsuccessful attempt to advance to the Erovnuli Liga via playoffs a year later.

In January 2023, Merani announced that their head coach and twelve players, including Patsatsia, would leave the club following a financial crisis.[5] The player moved to Shukura Kobuleti and in his very first top-league game netted from the penalty spot against Dinamo Batumi.[6] He bagged an equalizer in the second match as well against the same opponents,[7] although in both cases Shukura failed to claim a point. Overall, he scored seven times for the bottom-placed team.

Patsatsia's performance on the pitch drew attention from Dinamo Batumi who signed him during the summer transfer window.[8]

The last of the three goals that Patsatsia scored for his new club was a 57m wonder strike from his own half,[9] which sealed not only a 3–0 victory over Telavi, but also champion's fate in favour of Dinamo Batumi. At the end of this season, Patsatsia was announced the winner of the Goal of the Year award.[10]

Statistics

As of match played 6 December 2023[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Merani Martvili 2017 Erovnuli Liga 2 20–––20
2018 151–––151
2020 40––2[lower-alpha 1]161
2021 15010–1[lower-alpha 2]0170
2022 27321––294
Total 634310031696
Gagra 2019 Erovnuli Liga 2 143–––143
Shukura 2023 Erovnuli Liga 197–––197
Dinamo Batumi 2023 Erovnuli Liga 15331––184
Career total 1111762003112020
  1. ↑ Appearances in Liga 2 relegation play-offs
  2. ↑ Appearance in Liga 2 promotion play-off

Honours

Team

Dinamo Batumi

Erovnuli Liga (1): 2023

Individual

Erovnuli Liga Goal of the Year award: 2023

References

  1. ↑ "Guria vs Merani Martvili". soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 2023-12-20. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  2. ↑ "Merani Martvili vs Merani Tbilisi". eliga.ge (in Georgian). 27 November 2018. Archived from the original on 21 July 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "საქართველოს ნაკრებმა ლიხტენშტეინი 7–0 გაანადგურა". sportall.ge (in Georgian). 14 November 2018. Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023..
  4. ↑ "„მერანს" ფაცაცია დაუბრუნდა". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 2 February 2020. Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "მარტვილის „მერანი" ცამეტმა ფეხბურთელმა დატოვა". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 18 January 2023. Archived from the original on 21 May 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "დინამო ბათუმს მამუჩაშვილმა მოაგებინა, საბურთალო-ტორპედო ფრედ დასრულდა". europop.ge (in Georgian). 26 February 2023. Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  7. ↑ ""დინამო" ბათუმმა ქობულეთის "შუქურას" მოუგო". ajaratv.ge (in Georgian). 26 April 2023. Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "კვასხვაძე, ხარაბაძე და სხვა - წიტაიშვილის დამატების შემდეგ ბათუმის "დინამო" კიდევ ხუთი ფეხბურთელით გაძლიერდა". sportall.ge (in Georgian). 7 July 2023. Archived from the original on 20 July 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "Video ცოტნე ფაცაციას ზღაპრული გოლი თელავის წინააღმდეგ". crystalsport.ge (in Georgian). 24 November 2023.
  10. ↑ "AWARDS CBELIGA 2023". crystalbetsport.ge (in Georgian). 4 December 2023. Archived from the original on 4 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "Tsotne Patsatsia statistics". soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 2023-02-27. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
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