Levan Shengelia
 Shengelia with Daejeon Citizen in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 October 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Samtredia, Georgia | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2014 | Dila Gori II | 14 | (3) |
| 2014 | Dila Gori | 3 | (0) |
| 2014 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 1 | (0) |
| 2015 | Kolkheti Poti | 11 | (4) |
| 2015–2018 | Tubize | 40 | (3) |
| 2017 | → Daejeon Citizen (loan) | 30 | (5) |
| 2018–2019 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 50 | (25) |
| 2019–2021 | Konyaspor | 59 | (7) |
| 2021–2022 | OH Leuven | 22 | (3) |
| 2022–2024 | Panetolikos | 51 | (5) |
| 2024–2026 | OFI | 58 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013–2014 | Georgia U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Georgia U21 | 4 | (1) |
| 2019– | Georgia | 23 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 June 2025 | |||
Levan Shengelia (Order of Honor) (Georgian: ლევან შენგელია; born 27 October 1995) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for the Georgia national team.
Shengelia has played in Georgia, Belgium, South Korea, Turkey and Greece, and was a member of Georgia's first ever UEFA Euro squad in 2024. He was made a Order of Honor in 2024.
Career
[edit]Shengelia was born on 27 October 1995, in Samtredia.[1]
On 12 August 2015, Shengelia was announced at Tubize on a permanent transfer.[2]
In 2017, Shengelia joined Daejeon Hana Citizen.[1]
On 2 September 2019, Shengelia was announced at Konyaspor on a two year contract with the option of another year.[3]
In 2021, Shengelia joined OH Leuven on a permanent transfer, making 24 appearances and scoring three goals.[4]
On 17 August 2022, Shengelia was announced at Panetolikos on a two year contract.[5]
In June 2024, Shengelia was appointed the Order of Honor by Salomé Zourabichvili.[6]
On 9 August 2024, Shengelia was announced at OFI on a two year contract.[7]
International career
[edit]Shengelia made his Georgia national team debut on 12 October 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Republic of Ireland. He substituted Giorgi Kvilitaia in the 73rd minute.[8] He made his first start in the next qualifier against Gibraltar on 15 October 2019 and provided two assists in a 3–2 victory.
On 22 May 2024, Shengelia was announced in the Georgia squad for the UEFA Euro 2024.[9]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 3 March 2024.[10]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dila Gori II | 2013–14 | Pirveli liga | 14 | 3 | — | — | — | 14 | 3 | |||
| Dila Gori | 2013–14 | Umaglesi Liga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Torpedo Kutaisi | 2014–15 | Umaglesi Liga | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Kolkheti Poti | 2014–15 | Umaglesi Liga | 11 | 4 | — | — | — | 11 | 4 | |||
| Tubize | 2015–16 | Second Division | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 2 | ||
| 2016–17 | First Division B | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 1 | |||
| Total | 40 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 41 | 3 | ||||
| Daejeon Citizen (loan) | 2017 | K League 2 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 5 | ||
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 2018 | Erovnuli Liga | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 19 | 6 | ||
| 2019 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | — | 31 | 19 | |||
| Total | 40 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | — | 50 | 25 | |||
| Konyaspor | 2019–20 | Süper Lig | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 2 | ||
| 2020–21 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 56 | 7 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 59 | 7 | ||||
| OH Leuven | 2021–22 | Belgian First Division A | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 3 | ||
| Panetolikos | 2022–23 | Super League Greece | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 3 | ||
| 2023–24 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 51 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 56 | 5 | ||||
| Career total | 256 | 47 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 291 | 55 | ||
International
[edit]- As of match played 16 November 2024[11]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 2019 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Shengelia goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 15 October 2023 | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia |  Cyprus | 3–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying |
Honours
[edit]OFI
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Interview: Georgia's Levan Shengelia Warns Teammates About Hwang Inbeom". www.kleagueunited.com.
- ↑ "Shengelia signe pour deux ans à l'AFC Tubize" [Shengelia signs a two-year contract with AFC Tubize]. www.sudinfo.be (in French).
- ↑ "Konyaspor'a Gürcü sağ kanat" [Konyaspor signs Georgian right winger]. www.hurriyet.com (in Turkish).
- ↑ "Levan Shengelia naar Panetolikos" [Levan Shengelia to Panetolikos]. ohleuven.com (in Dutch).
- ↑ "მოგესალმებით" [Welcome]. panetolikos.gr (in Greek).
- ↑ "სალომე ზურაბიშვილმა ღირსების ორდენზე წარდგენილი საქართველოს ეროვნული საფეხბურთო ნაკრების 53 წარმომადგენლიდან 19 არ დააჯილდოვა" [Salome Zurabishvili did not award 19 out of 53 Georgian national football team members nominated for the Order of Honor]. 1tv.ge (in Georgian).
- ↑ "Στον ΟΦΗ ο Shengelia" [Shengelia joins OFI]. www.oficretefc.com (in Greek).
- ↑ "Georgia v Ireland game report". ESPN. 12 October 2019.
- ↑ საქართველოს ნაკრების შემადგენლობა ევრო 2024-ის მოსამზადებელ ეტაპზე [The composition of the Georgian national team at the preparatory stage of Euro 2024] (in Georgian). Georgian Football Federation. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ↑ Levan Shengelia at Soccerway
- ↑ Levan Shengelia at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ "Ο ΟΦΗ Κυπελλούχος Ελλάδας Betsson". epo.gr (in Greek). 25 April 2026.
External links
[edit]- Levan Shengelia at Soccerway
- Levan Shengelia – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Tubize player profile Archived 1 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- Levan Shengelia – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean and English)
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- Living people
- 1995 births
- People from Samtredia
- Footballers from Imereti
- Men's footballers from Georgia (country)
- Men's association football midfielders
- Georgia (country) men's international footballers
- Georgia (country) men's under-21 international footballers
- Georgia (country) men's youth international footballers
- 21st-century sportsmen from Georgia (country)
- UEFA Euro 2024 players
- Erovnuli Liga players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Challenger Pro League players
- K League 2 players
- Super League Greece players
- FC Dila Gori players
- FC Torpedo Kutaisi players
- FC Kolkheti-1913 Poti players
- Royale Union Tubize-Braine players
- FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
- Konyaspor footballers
- Oud-Heverlee Leuven players
- Panetolikos F.C. players
- Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country)
- Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in South Korea
- Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea
- Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Turkey
- Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
- Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Greece
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- Recipients of the Order of Honor (Georgia)
- Daejeon Hana Citizen players
- OFI Crete F.C. players