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{{short description|Georgian basketball player (born 1989)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Giorgi Shermadini<br>გიორგი შერმადინი
| image = Giorgi Shermadini - Penya-Unicaja by unniks-5.jpg
| image_size = 
| caption = Shermadini playing for Unicaja
| position = [[Center (basketball)|Center]]
| height_ft = 7
| height_in = 1.5
| weight_lbs = 265
| league = [[Liga ACB]]
| team = Lenovo Tenerife
| number = 19
| nationality = Georgian
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1989|4|2}}
| birth_place = [[Mtskheta|Natakhtari]], [[Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic|Georgian SSR]],<br>[[Soviet Union]]
| draft_year = 2008
| career_start = 2005
| career_end = 
| years1 = 2005–2008
| team1 = [[Maccabi Brinkford Tbilisi|Maccabi Tbilisi]]
| years2 = 2008–2011
| team2 = [[Panathinaikos B.C.|Panathinaikos]]
| years3 = 2010–2011
| team3 = →[[KK Olimpija|Union Olimpija]]
| years4 = 2011–2012
| team4 = [[Pallacanestro Cantù]]
| years5 = 2012
| team5 = [[Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]
| years6 = 2012–2013
| team6 = [[Olympiacos B.C.|Olympiacos]]
| years7 = 2013
| team7 = [[Basket Zaragoza|Zaragoza]]
| years8 = 2014
| team8 = Olympiacos
| years9 = 2014
| team9 = Zaragoza
| years10 = 2014–2015
| team10 = [[Pallacanestro Cantù]]
| years11 = 2015–2017
| team11 = [[BC Andorra|Andorra]]
| years12 = 2017–2019
| team12 = [[Baloncesto Málaga|Unicaja Malaga]]
| years13 = 2019–present
| team13 = [[CB 1939 Canarias|Lenovo Tenerife]]
| highlights = * 2× [[FIBA Intercontinental Cup]] champion ([[2020 FIBA Intercontinental Cup|2020]], [[2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup|2023]])
* 2× [[EuroLeague]] champion ([[2008–09 Euroleague|2009]], [[2012–13 Euroleague|2013]])
* [[Basketball Champions League|FIBA Champions League]] champion ([[2021–22 Basketball Champions League|2022]])
* 3× [[Basketball Champions League Star Lineup|All-FIBA Champions League First Team]] ([[2019–20 BCL season|2020]]–[[2021–22 Basketball Champions League|2022]])
* [[Basketball Champions League Star Lineup|All-FIBA Champions League Second Team]] ([[2022–23 Basketball Champions League|2023]])
* 2× [[ACB Most Valuable Player Award|Liga ACB MVP]] ([[2020–21 ACB season|2021]], [[2022–23 ACB season|2023]])
* 6x [[All-Liga ACB Team|All-Liga ACB First Team]] ([[2016–17 ACB season|2017]], [[2019–20 ACB season|2020]]–[[2023-24 ACB season|2024]])
* [[All-Liga ACB Team|All-Liga ACB Second Team]] ([[2024–25 ACB season#All-ACB Teams|2025]])
*[[ACB statistical leaders|Liga ACB Top Scorer ]]  ([[2020–21 ACB season|2021]])
* [[Greek Basket League|Greek League]] champion (2009)
* [[Greek Basketball Cup|Greek Cup]] winner (2009)
}}
'''Giorgi Shermadini''' ({{lang-ka|გიორგი შერმადინი}}; born 2 April 1989) is a Georgian professional [[basketball]] player for [[CB 1939 Canarias|Lenovo Tenerife]] of the Spanish [[Liga ACB]]. He was born in the village of [[Mtskheta|Natakhtari]], [[Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic|Georgia]] on April 2, 1989. He is {{convert|2.17|m|ftin|1}} tall,<ref>[http://www.euroleague.net/competihe then [tion/players/showplayer?pcode=001386 SHERMADINI, GIORGI HEIGHT: 2.17.]</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=H18 | title=Giorgi Shermadini | publisher=acb.com | quote=posiciòn {{!}} altura: P {{!}} 2.17 m | language=es | access-date=30 June 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019120736/http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=H18 | archive-date=19 October 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and he plays at the [[center (basketball)|center]] position.

==Early career==
In the 2004–05 season, Shermadini was the top scorer of the Georgian Youth League. His highest point total in one game was 89 points scored against the Sokhumi State University team, and he also had a 76 point, 16 rebound, and 6 assist game as well.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZURhKgsEpI 76 points, 16 rebounds, 6 assists game.]</ref> He also had a 52 point game, a 54 point game, and another game, where he scored 60 points, grabbed 17 rebounds, and dished out 7 assists. He also participated in the Adidas Superstar Camp. His performance at the Adidas Superstar Camp earned him a selection to the World All-Star Team. In January 2005, he had his first practice with Maccabi Tbilisi’s Junior Team. 

==Professional career==
Shermadini started playing basketball professionally when he was 16 years old, on the senior men's Georgian basketball team, [[Maccabi Brinkford Tbilisi|Maccabi Tbilisi]]. In his first season in the [[Georgian Super Liga|Georgian Super League]], during the 2005–06 season, he averaged 28.5 points per game, 14.7 rebounds per game, 2.8 assists per game, 3.0 blocks per game, and 1.2 steals per game, at the age of 17. Following the 2005–06 season, Shermadini was invited to the "[[Basketball Without Borders]]" (BWB) Europe camp, conducted at [[Vilnius]], [[Lithuania]], from June 30 to July 3. During the 2006–07 season, at 18 years old, he averaged the highest points per game ever in the Georgian Super League. He averaged 35.1 points per game, 16.4 rebounds per game, 4.7 assists per game, 3.4 blocks per game, and 2.6 steals per game. This included a game where he scored 60 points, grabbed 17 rebounds, and dished out 6 assists. During the 2007–08 season, at the age of 19, he averaged 33.5 points per game, 18.4 rebounds per game, 4.8 assists per game, 3.2 blocks per game, and 2.3 steals per game, in the Georgian Super League.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cache.nba.com/draft2008/profiles/GiorgiShermadini.html |title=NBA.com player bio. |access-date=13 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612104714/http://cache.nba.com/draft2008/profiles/GiorgiShermadini.html |archive-date=12 June 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In April 2007, Shermadini was invited to the "[[Nike Hoop Summit]]" World Select Team. Unfortunately, he did not play with the World Select Team, due to an injury to his [[Meniscus (anatomy)|meniscus]], which required surgery. He declared as an early-entry candidate for the [[NBA draft]] in 2008, but he failed to be selected in the [[2008 NBA draft]], as some concerns still remained among NBA scouts over his injury.

Shermadini signed with the [[EuroLeague]] giants, the [[Greek Basket League|Greek League]] club [[Panathinaikos B.C.|Panathinaikos]], in 2008.<ref>[http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/38322/180/panathinaikos-lands-teen-center Euroleague.net PAO signs Shermadini.]</ref> He debuted on 29 November 2008, in the game against [[Egaleo B.C.|Egaleo]], playing for 6 minutes, and scoring 4 points. His EuroLeague debut came on 17 December 2008, playing for 10 minutes, and scoring 1 point against [[SLUC Nancy Basket|SLUC Nancy]]. His next game came in the Greek League, on 15 February 2009, against [[Trikala 2000 B.C.|Trikala 2000]]. He scored 9 points (a personal high for him to that date while at Panathinaikos), with two dunks and 5/5 free throws. He surpassed his personal best again, although playing only for 12 minutes, by scoring 13 points in a home game against [[Union Kavala-Panorama BC|Union Kavala-Panorama]], on 15 April 2009.

In October 2010, he was sent by Panathinaikos, on a one-year [[sports loan|loan]], to [[KK Olimpija|Union Olimpija]] of the [[Adriatic League]].<ref>[http://www.thehoopsmarket.com/news/union-olimpija-lands-giorgi-shermadini-on-loan.aspx Union Olimpija lands Giorgi Shermadini on loan.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310231942/http://www.thehoopsmarket.com/news/union-olimpija-lands-giorgi-shermadini-on-loan.aspx |date=2012-03-10 }}</ref> In October 2011, he was again loaned by Panathinaikos, this time to the [[Lega Basket Serie A|Italian league]] club [[Pallacanestro Cantù|Cantù]].<ref>{{in lang|it}} [http://www.pallacanestrocantu.com/news.aspx?Id=2222&lang=it LA BENNET INGAGGIA GIORGI SHERMADINI.]</ref> In June 2012, he signed a two-year deal with the [[Israeli Basketball Super League|Israeli Super League]] club [[Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]].<ref>[http://www.sportando.net/eng/europe/israel/39283/giorgi-shermadini-i-had-an-offer-from-barca-but-i-chose-maccabi.html Giorgi Shermadini: 'I had an offer from Barça, but I chose Maccabi'.]</ref>

In December 2012, he signed a deal with the Greek League club [[Olympiacos B.C.|Olympiacos]]. With Olympiacos, he won the [[2012–13 Euroleague|2012–13 season]] championship of the [[EuroLeague]]. In the summer of 2013, he signed with [[Basket Zaragoza|CAI Zaragoza]] of the [[Liga ACB|Spanish League]]. He left the team in February 2014, in order to come back to [[Olympiacos B.C.|Olympiacos]].<ref>[http://www.euroleague.net/euroleaguenews/transactions/2013-14-signings/i/133008/8177 Olympiacos Piraeus brings back Shermadini]; Euroleague.net, 26 February 2014.</ref> On August 9, 2015, he signed with [[BC Andorra|MoraBanc Andorra]].<ref>[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/spain/172170/morabanc-andorra-announces-giorgi-shermadini.html MoraBanc Andorra announces Giorgi Shermadini.]</ref>

On July 9, 2019, Shermadini signed with the Spanish club [[CB 1939 Canarias|Iberostar Tenerife]].<ref>{{cite news |title=ACB.COM - Giorgi Shermadini, pura ilusión aurinegra |url=http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=147153 |access-date=3 July 2019 |work=www.acb.com |date=3 July 2019 |language=es-ES |archive-date=6 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706152121/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=147153 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He averaged 18.3 points and 7.3 rebounds per game during the 2019-20 season. On May 27, 2020, he signed a three-year extension with the club.<ref>{{cite news |title=Giorgi Shermadini signs multi-year extension with Tenerife |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/giorgi-shermadini-signs-multi-year-extension-with-tenerife/ |website=Sportando |access-date=May 27, 2020 |date=May 27, 2020|last1=Carchia |first1=Emiliano }}</ref> On May 26, 2021, Shermadini was named the [[Liga ACB MVP|Most Valuable Player]] of the [[2020–21 ACB season]] after averaging 17.0 points, 5.4 rebounds and a [[Performance Index Rating|PIR]] of 22.5.<ref>{{cite news |title=Giorgi Shermadini named ACB 2020-21 season MVP |url=https://www.eurohoops.net/en/acb/1210530/giorgi-shermadini-named-acb-2020-21-season-mvp/ |access-date=20 March 2022 |work=Eurohoops |date=26 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

==National team career==
===Georgian junior national team===
In June 2005, despite his brief playing experience, Shermadini was selected to the Under-16 Junior National Team of Georgia, and he played at the [[Youth Olympic Games]], in Moscow. Later in 2005, he played at the [[2005 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship]], in [[Bulgaria]].

Following his surgery and rehabilitation, for his [[Meniscus (anatomy)|meniscus]] injury that he suffered in 2007; he was invited to the Under-20 Junior National Team of Georgia. At 18 years old, he played at the [[2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship]], in [[Nova Gorica]], [[Slovenia]]. Despite playing at much less than full strength, due to his recent surgery and rehabilitation, he was the top scorer on the Georgian Under-20 National Team, averaging 12.5 points per game, 7.4 rebounds per game, and 1.5 assists per game, in 23.8 minutes played per game. He was also the second-leading shot blocker in the Under-20 European Championship, averaging 2.1 blocked shots per game.<ref>[http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.playerID_53367.compID_UIfgjyQcGqk-fPlnl66Tj0.season_2007.roundID_5499.teamID_2187.html 2007 Under-20 Championship stats.]</ref> At the [[2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship]], Shermadini shot 74% from the field, averaged 21.5 points per game, 10.5 rebounds per game, 1.2 assists per game, and 3.7 blocks per game.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fibaeurope-u20men.com/en/cid_FW2Ym8GSJEAe2vpbWdQMR0.compID_UIfgjyQcGqk-fPlnl66Tj0.roundID_6074.season_2008.teamID_2187.playerID_53367.html |title=2008 Under-20 Championship stats. |access-date=14 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711000041/http://www.fibaeurope-u20men.com/en/cid_FW2Ym8GSJEAe2vpbWdQMR0.compID_UIfgjyQcGqk-fPlnl66Tj0.roundID_6074.season_2008.teamID_2187.playerID_53367.html |archive-date=11 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Georgian senior national team===
In August 2006, Shermadini was the youngest player ever selected to the senior men's [[Georgia national basketball team|Georgian national basketball team]], when he made the men's senior national team at the age of just 17. He played alongside teammates, [[Zaza Pachulia]] ([[Atlanta Hawks]]), [[Nikoloz Tskitishvili]] ([[Teramo Basket]]), [[Shammond Williams]] ([[Valencia Basket|Valencia]]), [[Viktor Sanikidze]] ([[Tartu Ülikool/Rock]]), [[Manu Markoishvili]] ([[KK Union Olimpija|Olimpija Ljubljana]]), and [[Vladimir Boisa]] ([[Menorca Bàsquet]]).

With the Georgia's senior national team, he played at the [[2013 EuroBasket]] and the [[2017 EuroBasket]].

In February 2023, Shermadini was on there roster that made Georgia qualify for its first-ever [[FIBA Basketball World Cup|World Cup]] in [[2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup|2023]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-26 |title=Georgia make history, book first World Cup ticket |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023/european-qualifiers/news/georgia-make-history-book-first-world-cup-ticket |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=FIBA.basketball |language=en}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{{Euroleague player statistics legend}}

===EuroLeague===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="background:#AFE6BA; width:3em;"|†
| Denotes seasons in which Shermadini won the [[EuroLeague champion|EuroLeague]]
|}

{{Euroleague player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;"| [[2008–09 Euroleague|2008–09]]†
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]]
| 1 || 0 || 10.0 || .000 || .000 || .500 || 1.0 || {{sort|-|—}} || '''1.0''' || 1.0 || 1.0 || -4.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2009–10 Euroleague|2009–10]]
| 12 || 0 || 9.2 || '''.667''' || .000 || .750 || 2.2 || {{sort|-|—}} || .5 || .3 || 4.5 || 4.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2010–11 Euroleague|2010–11]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[KK Olimpija|Olimpija]]
| 16 || 2 || 15.6 || '''.667''' || .000 || '''.848''' || 3.4 || .5 || .3 || '''1.1''' || 7.4 || 10.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2011–12 Euroleague|2011–12]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Pallacanestro Cantù|Cantù]]
| 16 || 2 || '''21.6''' || .564 || {{sort|-|—}} || .841 || '''5.5''' || '''.8''' || .5 || .6 || '''10.9''' || '''15.3'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;" rowspan="2"| [[2012–13 Euroleague|2012–13]]†
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.|Maccabi]]
| 9 || 2 || 9.7 || .520 || {{sort|-|—}} || .630 || 2.3 || .1 || {{sort|-|—}} || .2 || 4.8 || 5.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Olympiacos B.C.|Olympiacos]]
| 17 || 6 || 10.5 || .568 || {{sort|-|—}} || .750 || 2.9 || .4 || .4 || .7 || 4.4 || 6.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2013–14 EuroLeague|2013–14]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Olympiacos B.C.|Olympiacos]]
| 9 || 6 || 14.0 || .600 || {{sort|-|—}} || .778 || 3.6 || .4 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || 5.7 || 7.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2017–18 EuroLeague|2017–18]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Baloncesto Málaga|Málaga]]
| '''23''' || '''10''' || 14.4 || .470 || .000 || .747 || 3.5 || .5 || .3 || .5 || 6.5 || 8.0
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2|Career
| 103 || 28 || 14.0 || .557 || .000 || .778 || 3.4 || .4 || .3 || .6 || 6.5 || 8.3
{{S-end}}

==Player profile==
Shermadini is a legitimate seven-footer who understands well how to use his body to maintain good positioning. He possesses a nice jump hook shot and he has excellent fundamentals and offensive skills. He is a defensive presence with his long wingspan and his shot-blocking ability.

==Awards and accomplishments==
*Adidas Superstar Camp World All-Star Team: (2005)
*3× ''[[Eurobasket.com]]'' website's [[Georgian Superliga|Georgian League]] Player of the Year: (2006, 2007, 2008)
*[[Nike Hoop Summit]] World Select Team: (2007)
*[[Greek Basketball Cup|Greek Cup]] Winner: (2009)
*[[Greek Basket League|Greek League]] Champion: (2009)
*2× [[EuroLeague]] Champion: ([[2008–09 Euroleague|2009]], [[2012–13 Euroleague|2013]])
*[[European Basketball Triple Crown|Triple Crown]] Champion: (2009)
*[[All-Liga ACB Team|All-Liga ACB First Team]]: ([[2016–17 ACB season|2017]])
*[[ACB Most Valuable Player Award|Spanish League MVP]]: ([[2020–21 ACB season|2021]])
*[[FIBA Intercontinental Cup]]: ([[2020 FIBA Intercontinental Cup|2020]], [[2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup|2023]])

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131019120736/http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=H18 Giorgi Shermadini] at acb.com {{in lang|es}}
* [http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Giorgi-Shermadini-5166/ Giorgi Shermadini] at draftexpress.com
* [http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Giorgi_Shermadini/78377 Giorgi Shermadini] at eurobasket.com
* [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=001386#!careerstats Giorgi Shermadini] at euroleague.net
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180424072403/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/giorgi%20shermadini/pid//_//players.html Giorgi Shermadini] at fiba.com
* [http://web.legabasket.it/player/?id=SHE-GIO-89 Giorgi Shermadini] at legabasket.it {{in lang|it}}

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