Manuchar Markoishvili
AS Monaco | |
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Position | Assistant coach |
League | LNB Pro A EuroLeague |
Personal information | |
Born | Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR | 17 November 1986
Nationality | Georgian |
Listed height | 6 ft 5.75 in (1.97 m) |
Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
Career information | |
NBA draft | 2007: undrafted |
Playing career | 2000–2019 |
Career history | |
As player: | |
2000–2002 | Batumi |
2002–2004 | Benetton Treviso |
2004 | Mitteldeutscher BC |
2004–2007 | Union Olimpija |
2007–2009 | Kyiv |
2009–2013 | Pallacanestro Cantù |
2013–2014 | Galatasaray |
2014–2015 | CSKA Moscow |
2015–2016 | Darüşşafaka |
2017–2018 | Pallacanestro Reggiana |
As coach: | |
2019–present | Georgia (assistant) |
2020–2021 | BC Titebi |
2021–present | Monaco (assistant) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Manuchar "Manu" Markoishvili (Georgian: მანუჩარ მარკოიშვილი, born 17 November 1986) is a former Georgian professional basketball player.
Early career
[edit]Markoishvili as a young basketball player was very talented, and he turned into a professional basketball player in Georgia before he graduated from high school. He played for Basco Batumi in the 2001–02 season. In Basco, he distinguished himself, even though he was the youngest player of the team.
Professional career
[edit]Markoishvili was scouted and recruited by the Italian League club Benetton Treviso in 2002. He would even play in the EuroLeague at the young age of 15 years old, being the youngest player to participate in the event at the time. In 2004, he was loaned to Mitteldeutscher of the German League for the season, and with them he won the FIBA Europe Cup.
In 2004, he moved to the Slovenian club Olimpija Ljubljana. He entered the 2007 NBA draft, but he went undrafted. In 2007, he was transferred to the Ukrainian League club BC Kyiv. From 2009 to 2013, he played with Pallacanestro Cantù of the Italian League.
On 29 January 2013 Markoishvili signed with the Turkish team Galatasaray, for the rest of the 2013–14 season.[1]
On 11 July 2014 Markoishvili signed a two-year contract with the Russian team CSKA Moscow.[2] In his first season with the team, CSKA Moscow won the 2014–15 VTB United League season, after eliminating Khimki, with a 3–0 series sweep in the league's playoff finals.[3] On 24 July 2015 he parted ways with CSKA.[4]
On 20 August 2015 he signed with the Turkish club Darüşşafaka, of the BSL.[5]
On 26 August 2017 he signed with the Italian club Pallacanestro Reggiana, of the LBA.[6]
On 17 September 2019 he announced his retirement at the age of 32.[7]
Georgian national team
[edit]Markoishvili was a member of the senior men's Georgian national basketball team. With Georgia's senior national team, he played at EuroBasket 2011, EuroBasket 2013, and at Eurobasket 2017. Soon after his retirement, he was appointed to the assistant coaches job with the Georgian national basketball team.
Career statistics
[edit]GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating |
Bold | Career high |
EuroLeague
[edit]* | Led the league |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2002–03 | Treviso | 17 | 0 | 7.7 | .500 | .500 | .400 | .9 | .5 | .4 | — | 2.2 | 0.9 |
2003–04 | 6 | 0 | 7.2 | .300 | .429 | 1.000 | .7 | .5 | .2 | — | 1.8 | 1.0 | |
2004–05 | Olimpija | 8 | 0 | 10.5 | .235 | .000 | .909 | 1.4 | .3 | .3 | — | 2.3 | 0.8 |
2005–06 | 5 | 5 | 23.2 | .444 | .455 | .500 | 2.2 | .8 | 1.2 | — | 8.6 | 3.4 | |
2006–07 | 14 | 13 | 30.6 | .427 | .296 | .690 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 1.4 | — | 10.6 | 8.0 | |
2011–12 | Cantù | 16 | 8 | 21.1 | .412 | .385 | 1.000* | 2.7 | 1.6 | .9 | .1 | 9.1 | 8.3 |
2012–13 | 10 | 9 | 27.1 | .376 | .439 | .929 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.3 | .2 | 12.6 | 9.5 | |
2013–14 | Galatasaray | 10 | 10 | 25.6 | .439 | .415 | .571 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.0 | .1 | 7.9 | 6.3 |
2014–15 | CSKA Moscow | 18 | 3 | 10.7 | .457 | .360 | .867 | 1.2 | .8 | .4 | .1 | 3.6 | 3.0 |
2015–16 | Darüşşafaka | 22 | 10 | 20.3 | .394 | .329 | .714 | 1.1 | 1.4 | .9 | .0 | 6.2 | 3.3 |
Career | 126 | 58 | 18.3 | .411 | .367 | .809 | 1.8 | 1.1 | .8 | .1 | 6.4 | 4.5 |
Personal life
[edit]His father, Nugzar Markoishvili, is a retired professional basketball player, who is currently a basketball coach at Tbilisi State University. Markoishvili's brother, Giorgi, is also a professional basketball player in Georgia.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "GALATASARAY MEDICAL PARK grabs Markoishvili". Eurocupbasketball.com. January 29, 2013. Archived from the original on April 12, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
- ^ "Manu Markoishvili joined CSKA". cskabasket.com. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ^ "CSKA wins championship!". vtb-league.com. 8 June 2015. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ "Manu Markoishvili to move to the other team". cskabasket.com. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ "Fireworks in Istanbul: Darussafaka Dogus sign Manuchar Markoishvili". Sportando.com. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ "Pallacanestro Reggiana reportedly agreed to terms with Manuchar Markoishvili". Sportando.com. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ^ Carchia, Emiliano (September 17, 2019). "Manuchar Markoishvili retires at 32". Sportando. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
External links
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- Manuchar Markoishvili at draftexpress.com
- Manuchar Markoishvili at eurobasket.com
- Manuchar Markoishvili at euroleague.net
- Manuchar Markoishvili at fiba.com (archive)
- Manuchar Markoishvili at fibaeurope.com
- Manuchar Markoishvili at legabasket.it (in Italian)
- 1986 births
- Living people
- BC Kyiv players
- Darüşşafaka Basketbol players
- Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) players
- Expatriate basketball people from Georgia (country) in Germany
- Expatriate basketball people from Georgia (country) in Italy
- Expatriate basketball people from Georgia (country) in Slovenia
- Expatriate basketball people from Georgia (country) in Russia
- Expatriate basketball people from Georgia (country) in Turkey
- Expatriate basketball people from Georgia (country) in Ukraine
- KK Olimpija players
- Lega Basket Serie A players
- Men's basketball players from Georgia (country)
- Mitteldeutscher BC players
- Pallacanestro Cantù players
- Pallacanestro Reggiana players
- Pallacanestro Treviso players
- PBC CSKA Moscow players
- Shooting guards
- Small forwards
- Basketball players from Tbilisi
- Basketball coaches from Georgia (country)