Giorgi Pantsulaia (; born 6 January 1994) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Uzbekistan Pro League club Kattaqorgon.
Pantsulaia is the son of Mamuka Pantsulaia, a joint top scorer of the inaugural season of the Georgian championship and participant of the national team's historic first official match.
Giorgi Pantsulaia was a squad member of national youth teams, including in 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. He has won the Erovnuli Liga and Georgian Super Cup with Dinamo Batumi.
Career Panstulaia started his professional Torpedo Kutaisi at the age of 17. In a first top-league game against Kolkheti Poti he came off the bench to replace Revaz Gotsiridze on 8 March 2012. On 20 May 2012, the young forward netted his first goal in a 3–2 win over Dila Gori. His brace in a dramatic 5–4 victory over the same opponents the next season sealed the third place for Torpedo in 2013.
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 COVID-19. In early 2021, he moved to Dinamo Batumi on a two-year deal. In the same year, he won the league title followed by the Georgian Super Cup. Following this season, Pansulaia was included in Team of the Year.
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 Torpedo Kutaisi 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. With 17 goals netted in 2025, Pantsulaia finished as a runner-up among the league topscorers. The Erovnuli Liga consequently named him in Team of the Year for the second time. Statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals Torpedo Kutaisi 2011/12 Umaglesi/Erovnuli Liga 61–––61 2012/13 2134210–265 2013/14 1312210–163 2020 17723–2 12111 2023 1332240–195Total 701510960218825Zestaponi 2013/14Umaglesi Liga 121–––121 2014/15 142202 0–182Total 263202000303Saburtalo 2015/16Umaglesi Liga 27720––297 2016 13311––144 2017 5210––62Total 45124100004913Dila Gori 2017Erovnuli Liga 13610––146 2018 13215––147Total 2682500002813 Samtredia 2018 Erovnuli Liga 84–1022116 Chikhura 2019 Erovnuli Liga 205––40–245 Dinamo Batumi 2021 Erovnuli Liga 35134363–4519 2022 296102 01 0336Total64195383107825 Kaspiy 2023 KPL 13610––146Samgurali 2024Erovnuli Liga 126––––126 2025 3517––––3517Total47230000004723 Zhenis 2024 KPL 12121––142Career total33296261921353384121
Honours Dinamo Batumi Erovnuli Liga (1): 2021
Georgian Super Cup (1): 2022
Individual Erovnuli Liga Team of the Year 2021 2025
Most goals in a season Dila: 2017 Samtredia: 2018 Torpedo Kutaisi: 2020 Dinamo Batumi: 2021 (shared) Samgurali: 2025 References
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Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Kazakhstan
Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Uzbekistan