Teimuraz Shonia to play in Locomotive

Teimuraz Shonia is a footballer of Locomotive. 27 years old midfielder has drawn up 2 year contract with the club.

Previously, he used to be a member and a captain of Dinamo Batumi. Shonia had been playing in the Acharian club since 2014. Before that, he had been a footballer of Tskhinvali for 5 years since 2009.

Wearing a T-shirt of Dinamo Batumi and Tskhinvali, he has played in 203 matches of Erovnuli Liga and has scored 41 goals. He has spent one season in Erovnuli Liga 2 with Tskhinvali, where he managed to score 6 goals in 29 matches.

In 2017, Shonia was invited to Georgian National Team. He has participated in two international friendly matches, in the first case it was against the team of Uzbekistan, and then against Jordan. In the match against Uzbekistan (2:2), one of the goals is on his account.

Furthermore, he was also a member of U21 team of Georgia, where he has played in 2 matches. In 2009, he showed himself against the youth teams of Estonia.

He has taken part in 13 matches in U19 and U17 teams of Georgia, 2 goals being on his account.