Shalva Sutiashvili
Date of birth | 24 January 1984 | ||
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Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Weight | 110 kg (17 st 5 lb) | ||
Rugby union career | |||
Playing career | |||
Position | Flanker | ||
Professional / senior clubs | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
2007–2008 2011–2015 |
Bobigny RC Massy |
9 126 |
(10) (85) |
correct as of 4 September 2015. | |||
National team(s) | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
2006– | Georgia | 62 | (10) |
correct as of 26 November 2016. |
Shalva Sutiashvili (geo: შალვა სუთიაშვილი; born Tbilisi, 24 January 1984) is a Georgian rugby union player. He plays as a flanker.
He plays for RC Massy, in France, in the Fédérale 1, promoted to the Pro D2 for the 2014/15 season, and for Soyaux-Angoulême, in France, in the Fédérale 1 for the 2015/2016 season.[1]
He has 43 caps for Georgia, with 1 try scored, 5 points on aggregate. He had his first game at 12 November 2005, in the 29-6 win over Chile, in Tbilisi, for the Intercontinental Cup. He was 21 years old. He missed the 2007 Rugby World Cup but would be called for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, playing in two games but remaining scoreless. He is a regular player for the Georgia side that qualified for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.[2]
He plays as captain against Spain the 27th of February 2016.[3]