Mamuka Gorgodze Bio

Although his career with Montpellier started slowly, Mamuka Gorgodze soon established himself in the side. Between 2005 and 2014, he represented Montpellier on 168 occasions and regularly challenged for the Top 14 title. Sadly though, he never won the championship with Montpellier because the club’s best finish came in 2011, when they were runners-up. At the end of that season, he was named as the ‘best foreigner in the league’ by French newspaper L'Équipe.

In advance of the 2011-12 season, Mamuka Gorgodze signed a preliminary contract with Toulon. However, he ultimately decided to stay with Montpellier. That said, he finally made the switch in 2014 and stayed with the club until he retired in 2020. During this period, he won the Heineken Champions Cup.

As well as being a giant of French rugby, Mamuka Gorgodze was also a talisman for Georgia. Between 2003 and 2019, he represented his country more than 70 times and captained the side on 13 occasions. Although he briefly retired from international duty in 2017, he returned for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. This meant he represented Georgia in four different editions of the tournament (2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019). Mamuka Gorgodze retired from rugby in 2020 when the Top 14 season was cancelled. Since, he has returned to his native Georgia