Tornike Morchiladze (; born 10 January 2002) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Spanish Primera Federacion club CD Lugo.
He has won the Erovnuli Liga and Supercup and represented his country in the national youth teams.
Club career Morchiladze is a product of Dinamo Tbilisi academy. He played for their all youth teams before making his debut for the senior team in a 2–0 loss to Samgurali on 25 April 2021. Morchiladze opened his goal-scoring account four days later with a winner against Torpedo. He made 22 more appearances for the team before joining Dinamo-2 the next year. Morchiladze helped the team earn promotion from Liga 3 and spent half of the 2023 season in the 2nd division. In June 2023, he moved to Telavi on a loan deal.
Morchiladze had a tangible impact on his new team. He finished the 2024 season as Telavi's shared top scorer and, besides, received a special individual award after his goal scored directly from a corner kick against Samtredia in a 2–1 away win was selected by the Georgian Football Federation as Erovnuli Liga Goal of the Year.
In January 2025, Morchiladze returned from loan and signed a year-long deal with Dinamo Tbilisi.
In 2026, Morchiladze moved to Croatian Football League club Rijeka where he made 13 appearances. On 31 August 2026, he signed for Spanish 3rd division side CD Lugo.
International career Morchiladze was first called up to the U16 team for friendlies against Luxemburg in February 2018. In the same year, he featured for U17s in the 2019 UEFA European Championship first qualifying round, scoring against Denmark.
In November 2021, Morchiladze was included in a U21 team list against England U21, although he did not play until a new qualifying campaign began in September 2023.
Morchiladze took part in five official games held by the youth squad that reached the final stage of the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. He netted against Serbia in a 3–1 friendly win on 25 March 2025.
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupEuropeanOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsDinamo Tbilisi 2021 Erovnuli Liga 241—4 0—281 2023 Erovnuli Liga 10———10 2025 Erovnuli Liga 2711———2711Total52120040005612 Dinamo Tbilisi-2 2021 Liga 4—22——22 2022 Liga 3 21——21 2023 Erovnuli Liga 2 144–——144Total144430000187Telavi (loan) 2023 Erovnuli Liga 16210—2 0192 2024 Erovnuli Liga 31630—2 0366Total478400040558 HNK Rijeka 2026 Croatian Football League 1001020—130Career total1232493604014227
Honours Dinamo Tbilisi Erovnuli Liga: 2020
Georgian Super Cup: 2021 Individual Erovnuli Liga Goal of the Year: 2024
References
External links
Profile on Eliga Profile on national U21 page (in Georgian)