Mamuka Gorgodze

Mamuka Gorgodze

Personal information
Full name	Mamuka Gorgodze
Date of birth	14 July 1984 (1984-07-14) (age 27)
Place of birth	Tbilisi, Georgia
Height	6 ft 4 in (1,96m)
Weight	18 st 12 lb (120 kg)
Club information
Position(s)	Number eight, Lock
Current club	Montpellier Hérault RC
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
2005-	Montpellier
Representative teams
2003-	Georgia	42 (100)
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

Mamuka Gorgodze (Georgian: მამუკა გორგოძე) (born 14 July 1984) is a Georgian rugby union footballer, currently playing in the top French professional rugby competition, the Top 14, for the Montpellier Hérault club. He joined Montpellier in 2005. His usual position is lock or number eight.

Gorgodze is also an international player for the Georgia national team, making his debut in 2003, at the age of 18. He has made 33 appearances for Georgia scoring 18 tries, including a hat-trick against the Czech Republic in June 2005.

Respected French publication L'Équipe named him the best foreign player of the 2010–11 Top 14 season.^[1]

He is nicknamed "Gorgodzilla" by his Montpellier teammates, and "Gulliver" by Georgian fans. Both stem from his imposing size and rampaging style of play.

Notes and references

1. ^ http://www.lequipe.fr/EquipeMag/Debats/PORTFOLIO_le-top-du-top-14_5.html

External links

• ESPN Scrum statistics
• lequipe.fr profile

Persondata
Name	Gorgodze, Mamuka
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Date of birth	14 July 1984
Place of birth	Tbilisi, Georgia
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