Manuchar Markoishvili

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Manuchar Markoishvili
Manuchar Markoishvili.JPG
Markoishvili with Galatasaray
AS Monaco
Position Assistant coach
League LNB Élite
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1986-11-17) 17 November 1986 (age 38)
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR
NationalityGeorgian
Listed height6 ft 5.75 in (1.97 m)
Listed weight210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 2007: undrafted
Playing career2000–2019
Career history
As player:
2000–2002Batumi
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 AS Monaco (assistant)
2024AS Monaco (interim)
Career highlights and awards

Manuchar "Manu" Markoishvili (Georgian :მანუჩარ მარკოიშვილი, born 17 November 1986) is a former Georgian professional basketball player and coach who is currently an assistant coach for AS Monaco of the French LNB Élite and the EuroLeague.

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Early career

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

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

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

Legend
  GPGames 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

*Led the league
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPGPIR
2002–03 Treviso 1707.7.500.500.400.9.5.42.20.9
2003–04 607.2.300.4291.000.7.5.21.81.0
2004–05 Olimpija 8010.5.235.000.9091.4.3.32.30.8
2005–06 5523.2.444.455.5002.2.81.28.63.4
2006–07 141330.6.427.296.6902.91.41.410.68.0
2011–12 Cantù 16821.1.412.3851.000*2.71.6.9.19.18.3
2012–13 10927.1.376.439.9292.51.71.3.212.69.5
2013–14 Galatasaray 101025.6.439.415.5712.51.61.0.17.96.3
2014–15 CSKA Moscow 18310.7.457.360.8671.2.8.4.13.63.0
2015–16 Darüşşafaka 221020.3.394.329.7141.11.4.9.06.23.3
Career1265818.3.411.367.8091.81.1.8.16.44.5

Personal life

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.

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References

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