Akaki Gogia

Akaki Gogia (Georgian: აკაკი გოგია; born 18 January 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Zurich. He began his career in Germany with VfL Wolfsburg, before signing for Hallescher FC in 2013 and moving to England to join Brentford in 2015. He returned to Germany with Union Berlin in 2017 and moved to Switzerland to join FC Zurich in 2021. Born in Georgia, Gogia won international youth caps for Germany at U18 and U19 level. His nickname is "Andy".

Club Career

VfL Wolfsburg

A midfielder, Gogia began his career in Germany as a junior with FSV 67 Halle and Hannover 96, before transferring to VfL Wolfsburg in 2004. He came through the youth ranks and made his reserve team debut in February 2010, going on to make 9 appearances. He scored prolifically for Wolfsburg's U17 and U19 teams, scoring a total of 44 goals in 86 appearances and contributing to the team's 2010–11 U19 Bundesliga win, in which he scored in the final.

Along with three other reserve players, Gogia was promoted to the first team squad in December 2010 by general manager Dieter Hoeness and coach Steve McClaren, who dropped Karim Ziani and Caiuby to the reserves. After being included in the party for a winter training camp in Marbella, Gogia was called into the senior squad for the first time for a Bundesliga match versus Bayern Munich on 15 January 2011. He remained an unused substitute during the 1–1 draw and was called up twice more during the 2010–11 season. He failed to win any further first team call ups and departed the club in July 2013.

FC Augsburg (loan)

On 11 May 2012, it was announced that Gogia had joined Bundesliga club FC Augsburg on loan for the 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons. He made the first professional appearance of his career when he came on as a substitute for Marcel Ndjeng in a 2–1 DFB-Pokal first round win over Rot-Weis Oberhausen on 30 July 2011. He made 14 appearances during his spell, which was cut short by

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