Manuchar Markoishvili


Manuchar "Manu" Markoishvili is a former Georgian professional basketball player.

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 Kiev. From 2009 to 2013, he played with Pallacanestro Cantù of the Italian League.
On January 29, 2013, Markoishvili signed with the Turkish team Galatasaray, for the rest of the 2013–14 season.
On July 11, 2014, Markoishvili signed a two-year contract with the Russian team CSKA Moscow. 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. On July 24, 2015, he parted ways with CSKA.
On August 20, 2015, he signed with the Turkish club Darüşşafaka, of the BSL.
On August 26, 2017, he signed with the Italian club Pallacanestro Reggiana, of the LBA.
On September 17, 2019, he has announced his retirement at the age of 32.

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.

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.