Manuchar Markoishvili

Manuchar Markoishvili
Nickname:	Manu
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Position:	Shooting Guard
Height:	6'5¾" (197 cm)
Weight:	200 lbs (91 kg)
Team:	Pallacanestro Cantù, (Italy)
Nationality:	Georgian
Born:	November 17, 1986 (1986-11-17) (age 24) Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union

Manuchar Markoishvili (Georgian: მანუჩარ მარკოიშვილი) (born November 17, 1986, in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union (present-day Georgia)) is a Georgian professional basketball player who plays for Pallacanestro Cantù in Lega Basket and ULEB Eurocup.

Early career

Markoishvili as a young basketball player was very talented and turned into a professional basketball player in Georgia before he graduated from High School. He played for Basco Batumi in 2001-2002. In Basco, he distinguished himself even though he was the youngest player of the team.

Euroleague

Markoishvili was scouted and recruited by Benetton Treviso in 2003. In 2004 he was loaned to Mitteldeutscher BC in Germany for the season and won with them the FIBA Europe Cup. In 2004 he moved to Olimpija Ljubljana in Slovenia.

In 2007 he was transferred to BC Kiev.

In 2009 he was acquired by Pallacanestro Cantù, in the Italian Lega Basket.

His father Nugzar Markoishvili is a retired professional basketball player, who currently is a coach at Tbilisi State University. Markoishvili's brother Giorgi is also a professional basketball player in Georgia.

NBA

Manuchar Markoishvili entered the 2007 NBA Draft but was undrafted.

National team

Manuchar Markoishvili is playing for the Georgia national team

Clubs

• Basko Batumi (2000-2002)
• Benetton Treviso (2002-2003)
• Mitteldeutscher BC (2003)
• Benetton Treviso (2004)
• Olimpija Ljubljana (2004-2007)
• BC Kiev (2007-2009)
• Pallacanestro Cantù (2009-present)

External links

• Manuchar Markoishvili's Profile - Euroleague Basketball Official Website
• Manuchar Markoishvili's Profile - ABA Goodyear League Website
• Manuchar Markoishvili's Profile - Draft Express Website

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