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Ucha Lobjanidze
Personal information
Date of birth	23 February 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Tbilisi, Georgian SSR
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Right back; Centre back
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2006	Dinamo-2 Tbilisi
2005–2006	Dinamo Tbilisi
2007	Dinamo Batumi
2007–2010	Zestafoni
2010–2014	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
2011–2013	→ Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (loan)
2014–2016	Omonia
2016–2017	Dinamo Tbilisi
2017	Atyrau
2018	Samtredia
2018	Locomotive Tbilisi
International career‡
2007–2009	Georgia U21
2008–2017	Georgia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 September 2018; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2017

Ucha Lobjanidze (Georgian: უჩა ლობჟანიძე, romanized: ucha lobzhanidze, pronounced [utʃʰa lobʒanidze]; born 23 February 1987) is a retired Georgian footballer who played as a defender for several clubs in Georgia and abroad as well as for the national team.

Career

Club

Lobjanidze started his career at Dinamo Tbilisi junior team. In the late 2000s, he spent three seasons at the ascending Zestafoni before his move to Dnipro at estimated €2 mln.^[1]

He returned in 2016 to play for Dinamo Tbilisi and won both Umaglesi Liga and the national Cup with this club.^[2]

Following his one-year tenure in Kazakhstan, in early 2018 Lobjanidze returned to Georgia, but in the autumn he suffered a long-term injury, which hastened his retirement in March 2019 at the age of 32.^[3]

International

Lobjanidze made his Georgia debut on 27 May 2008, a friendly match against Estonia. With 53 appearances during the next ten years, he was a regular member of the starting lineup.