Giorgi Schermadini

Giorgi Schermadini
Giorgi Schermadini (2018)
Player information
birthday	April 2, 1989
place of birth	Mtskheta , Georgian SSR , Soviet Union
size	216 cm
position	center
Club information
society	CB 1939 Canarias
league	League ACB
Jersey number	19th
Clubs as active
until 2005 Maccabi Tiflis (youth) 2005–2008 Maccabi Tiflis 2008–2010 Panathinaikos Athens 2010–2011 Union Olimpija 2011–2012 Bennet Cantù 2012 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2012–2013 Olympiakos Piraeus 2013–2014 Basket Saragossa 2002 2014 Olympiakos Piraeus 2014 Basket Saragossa 2002 2014 –2015 Bennet Cantù 2015–2017 BC Andorra 2017–2019 Unicaja Málaga 2019– CB 1939 Canarias00 00000 00000 00000 0000
National team
Since 02006	Georgia

Giorgi Shermadini ( Georgian გიორგი შერმადინი ; * 2. April 1989 in Mtskheta ) is a Georgian basketball player , the m with a height of 2.16 on the position of the center plays.

Career

Giorgi Schermadini began his career in the youth department of Maccabi Tbilisi. Due to his outstanding performance and the fact that he was clearly superior to his fellow players in terms of play and physicality, he received a professional contract in 2005 at the age of only 16 and from then on played in the top division of Georgia. Previously, he had set a number of records in the juniors' points. His record number of points comes from the 2004/2005 season, when he scored 89 points in an encounter against Sukhumi University. Shermadini finished his first year as a professional with an impressive 28.5 points, 14.7 rebounds , 2.8 assists and 3.0 blocks per encounter. After he steadily improved his values ​​in the following years and ended the 2007/2008 season with 33.5 points and 18.4 rebounds on average, the Greek top club Panathinaikos Athens became aware of the now 19-year-old Georgian. In October 2008 Shermadini traveled to Greece to do a trial training in Athens. After he had successfully completed this, Panathinaikos took him under contract. In 2009 he won the first professional title of his career with the Greek club cup .

National team

With the U-16 national team of Georgia Schermadini took part in the European Championship 2005 in Bulgaria. In 2006, Schermadini made his debut at the age of 17 as the youngest player in the history of the Georgian men's national team.

successes

• Greek champion : 2009, 2010
• Greek Cup Winner : 2009
• Slovenian Cup Winner: 2011
• ULEB Euroleague : 2009 , 2013
• Intercontinental Cup : 2020

Awards

• Adidas Superstar Camp World All-Star Team: 2005
• Georgia's Player of the Year: 2006, 2007, 2008
• Nike Hoop Summit World Selection: 2007
• Participation in European Championships : 2011
• Participation in the U-16 European Championship: 2005
• Participation in the U-20 European Championship: 2007, 2008