Tsotne Patsatsia

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Tsotne Patsatsia
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-03-28) 28 March 2000
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Meshakhte
Number 18
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2022 Merani Martvili 63 (4)
2019 → Gagra (loan) 14 (3)
2023 Shukura 19 (7)
2023–2024 Dinamo Batumi 26 (3)
2024–2025 Torpedo Kutaisi 34 (5)
2025 Tirana 11 (2)
2025 →Tirana B 1 (0)
2026– Meshakhte 11 (2)
International career
2018 Georgia U19 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 May 2026

Tsotne Patsatsia (Georgian: ცოტნე ფაცაცია; born 28 March 2000) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Erovnuli Liga club Meshakhte.

Patsatsia has won the top Georgian league and received the Goal of the Year award.

Career

Patsatsia started his professional career at Liga 2 club Merani Martvili where he spent five seasons. At age 17, he made a debut as a substitute in a 5–0 away win against Guria.[1]

On 27 November 2018, Patsatsia scored his first goal in a 2–0 home win over Merani Tbilisi.[2] Around the same time, he took part in two matches for Georgia U19s in 2019 European Championship qualifiers.[3]

After the 2018 season, Patsatsia was loaned to Gagra. In early 2020, the player rejoined Merani[4] who made an unsuccessful attempt to advance to the Erovnuli Liga via playoffs a year later.

In January 2023, Merani announced that their head coach and twelve players, including Patsatsia, would leave the club following a financial crisis.[5] The player moved to Shukura Kobuleti and in his very first top-league game netted from the penalty spot against Dinamo Batumi.[6] He bagged an equalizer in the second match as well against the same opponents,[7] although in both cases Shukura failed to claim a point. Overall, he scored seven times for the bottom-placed team.

Patsatsia's performance on the pitch drew attention from Dinamo Batumi who signed him during the summer transfer window.[8]

The last of the three goals that Patsatsia scored for his new club was a 57m wonder strike from his own half,[9] which sealed not only a 3–0 victory over Telavi, but also champion's fate in favour of Dinamo Batumi. At the end of this season, Patsatsia was announced the winner of the Goal of the Year award.[10]

Patsatsia spent half of the 2024 season at the club before joining Torpedo Kutaisi on a 3+1 year-long deal.[11] The player made his first appearance for Torpedo in a UEFA Conference League match against Omonia, which also turned out his debut in a European competition.[12]

In July 2025, Patsatsia moved to Albanian side FK Tirana on a two-year contract,[13] although left the club after a half season.

In February 2026, he returned to the Georgian top league and signed for Meshakhte.[14]

Statistics

As of match played 6 May 2026[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Merani Martvili 2017 Erovnuli Liga 2 20–––20
2018 151–––151
2020 40––2[a]161
2021 15010–1[b]0170
2022 27321––294
Total 634310031696
Gagra 2019 Erovnuli Liga 2 143–––143
Shukura 2023 Erovnuli Liga 197–––197
Dinamo Batumi 2023 Erovnuli Liga 15331––184
2024 110000000110
Total 263310000294
Torpedo Kutaisi 2024 Erovnuli Liga 163102[c]0–193
2025 Erovnuli Liga 182–––182
Total 345102000375
FK Tirana 2025–26 Kategoria Superiore 112–––11

2

Meshakhte 2026 Erovnuli Liga 112–––112
Career total 1782672203119029
  1. Appearances in Liga 2 relegation play-offs
  2. Appearance in Liga 2 promotion play-off
  3. Appearances in UEFA Conference League qualifiers

Honours

Team

Dinamo Batumi

Individual

  • Erovnuli Liga Goal of the Year award: 2023

References

  1. "Guria vs Merani Martvili". soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 2023-12-20. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  2. "Merani Martvili vs Merani Tbilisi". eliga.ge (in Georgian). 27 November 2018. Archived from the original on 21 July 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  3. "საქართველოს ნაკრებმა ლიხტენშტეინი 7–0 გაანადგურა". sportall.ge (in Georgian). 14 November 2018. Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023..
  4. ""მერანს" ფაცაცია დაუბრუნდა". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 2 February 2020. Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  5. "მარტვილის "მერანი" ცამეტმა ფეხბურთელმა დატოვა". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 18 January 2023. Archived from the original on 21 May 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  6. "დინამო ბათუმს მამუჩაშვილმა მოაგებინა, საბურთალო-ტორპედო ფრედ დასრულდა". europop.ge (in Georgian). 26 February 2023. Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  7. ""დინამო" ბათუმმა ქობულეთის "შუქურას" მოუგო". ajaratv.ge (in Georgian). 26 April 2023. Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  8. "კვასხვაძე, ხარაბაძე და სხვა - წიტაიშვილის დამატების შემდეგ ბათუმის "დინამო" კიდევ ხუთი ფეხბურთელით გაძლიერდა". sportall.ge (in Georgian). 7 July 2023. Archived from the original on 20 July 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  9. "Video ცოტნე ფაცაციას ზღაპრული გოლი თელავის წინააღმდეგ". crystalsport.ge (in Georgian). 24 November 2023.
  10. "AWARDS CBELIGA 2023". crystalbetsport.ge (in Georgian). 4 December 2023. Archived from the original on 4 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  11. "24 წლის შემტევი ნახევარმცველი ცოტნე ფაცაცია ჩვენი კლუბის მაისურს მოირგებს". facebook.com. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  12. "Omonia vs Torpedo match report". UEFA. 25 July 2024.
  13. "ფაცაცია ალბანეთის ჩემპიონატში ითამაშებს" [Patsatsia set to play in Albanian championship]. atiani.ge (in Georgian). 9 July 2025. Retrieved 6 May 2026.
  14. "ფაცაცია კრისტალბეთ ეროვნულ ლიგაში დაბრუნდა" [Patsatsia returns to Erovnuli Liga]. atiani.ge (in Georgian). 20 February 2026. Retrieved 6 May 2026.
  15. "Tsotne Patsatsia statistics". soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 2023-02-27. Retrieved 2023-12-20.