Mamia Gavashelishvili (, born on 8 January 1995) is a Georgian footballer who plays as an attacker for Erovnuli Liga 2 club Rustavi.
Gavashelishvili is the winner of the Erovnuli Liga 2 with Kolkheti 1913. Individually, he was the topscorer of the 2014–15 Pirveli Liga season.
Career Born in a mountainous town of Oni, Gavashelishvili started playing football at a local school before attracting interest from Torpedo Kutaisi scouts. Being initially a member of the reserve team, he made his debut for the senior team as a substitute in a 4–1 win over Zugdidi on 18 May 2012, in which he scored the third goal.
In 2014, Gavashelishvili moved to Locomotive where he remained for nine successive seasons. The 2014–15 season turned out special as the team advanced into the top flight while Gavashelishvili broke the league record for goals in a season. His tally of 45 goals (55.7% of Locomotive's all goals) in 37 matches has since remained unreachable.
For two consecutive seasons, in 2017 and 2018, Gavashelishvili ended up as the team's topscorer. Early next year, though, while on a pre-season training session, he was diagnosed with cancer which saw him out of action during the entire season.
On 18 September 2020, as Locomotive prevailed over Dynamo Moscow in a UEFA Europa League qualifying match, Gavashelishvili came on the pitch to increase his team's lead.
In late December 2021, Gavashelishvili signed a season-long contract with Samgurali. A year later he joined Kolkheti 1913 and contributed to their promotion to the top tier with 12 league goals.
Gavashelishvili returned to Locomotive in 2024 and showed his goal-scoring abilities again. His 11 goals, being the best individual result, helped Locomotive with a fourth-place finish in the 2nd division. However, Gavashelishvili was among ten players and the entire staff who left the club in December 2024. A few weeks later, he moved to Rustavi along with his two teammates.
Statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsTorpedo 2012–13 Umaglesi Liga 11–––11 2013–14 Umaglesi Liga 31–––31Total 4200000042Locomotive 2013–14 Pirveli Liga 127–––127 2014–15 Pirveli Liga 374520–1 14046 2015–16 Umaglesi Liga25520––275 2016 Umaglesi Liga 3010––40 2017 Erovnuli Liga 151010––1610 2018 Erovnuli Liga 291111– – 3012 2019 Erovnuli Liga––––00 2020 Erovnuli Liga 155102 1–186 2021 Erovnuli Liga 35731––388 Samgurali 2022 Erovnuli Liga 24110––251 Kolkheti 1913 2023 Erovnuli Liga 2 311234––3416Locomotive 2024 Erovnuli Liga 2 251121––2712Total 1961011332111212106 Rustavi 2025 Erovnuli Liga 2 0000––00Career total 2551161772111275125
Honours Team Georgian Cup: 2020
Individual Pirveli Liga topscorer: 2014–15
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