The Most Famous
RUGBY PLAYERS from Georgia
This page contains a list of the greatest Georgian Rugby Players. The pantheon dataset contains 35 Rugby Players, NaN of which were born in Georgia. This makes Georgia the birth place of the 0th most number of Rugby Players.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Georgian Rugby Players of all time. This list of famous Georgian Rugby Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Mamuka Gorgodze (b. 1984)
With an HPI of 38.46, Mamuka Gorgodze is the most famous Georgian Rugby Player. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Mamuka Gorgodze (Georgian: მამუკა გორგოძე) (born 14 July 1984) is a Georgian former rugby union player, who played in the top French professional rugby competition, the Top 14. He played for Toulon, having signed with the club in 2014 after having played for Montpellier since 2005. His usual position is flanker or number eight, but he played his early career as a lock. Gorgodze played for the Georgia national rugby union team in 71 matches, including 13 as a captain. He appeared for the Georgia national team in three World Cups in 2007, 2011, and 2015. In May 2017, he announced his retirement from the national team. In 2019 he returned to the national team for the World Cup in Japan. Gorgodze is nicknamed "Gorgodzilla" by his former Montpellier teammates, and "Gulliver" by Georgian fans. Both stem from his imposing size and rampaging style of play.
2. Merab Kvirikashvili (b. 1983)
With an HPI of 35.55, Merab Kvirikashvili is the 2nd most famous Georgian Rugby Player. His biography has been translated into 14 different languages.
Merab "Meko" Kvirikashvili (born 27 December 1983) is a Georgian rugby union player. He started his career as a scrum-half but now plays as a fly-half and occasional fullback and is the all-time leading points scorer for the Georgia national rugby union team. He has also represented the Georgia national rugby league team and Georgia national rugby sevens team.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Georgian rugby players born between 1983 and 1984. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Georgian rugby players include Mamuka Gorgodze, and Merab Kvirikashvili. As of April 2024, 2 new Georgian rugby players have been added to Pantheon including Mamuka Gorgodze, and Merab Kvirikashvili.
