Tornike Shengelia · TheSportsDB · Courtesy of TheSportsDB
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Tornike Shengelia is a male basketball player and athlete from Georgia. Born in Tbilisi on October 5, 1991, he plays the power forward and small forward positions. His birth name is თორნიკე შენგელია, and he is also known by the nickname tornike. He wears the number 21.
Shengelia has played for several teams, including Valencia BC, RBC Verviers-Pepinster, the Brooklyn Nets, the Springfield Armor, and FC Barcelona Basquet. He was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers and has competed in the National Basketball Association and the NBA G League. His career began in 2008.
He has represented Georgia in international competition, participating in the FIBA EuroBasket tournaments of 2011, 2015, and 2017.
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Film & TV
Acting
Known for
- Fanzone — Self - Interviewee2026
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Team
- FC Barcelona Basquet
- Position
- Power Forward
- Nationality
- Georgia
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Georgia (country)
- Place of birth
- Tbilisi
- Occupation
- athlete
- Participant in
- FIBA EuroBasket 2017
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- Georgia men's national basketball team
- Position played
- small forward
- Country for sport
- Georgia (country)
- Mass
- 109
- Image
- Tornike Shengelia 21 Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna Euroleague 20250131 (9).jpg
- Height
- 206
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- date of birth
- 1991-10-05
- drafted by
- Philadelphia 76ers
- sport number
- 21
- birth name
- თორნიკე შენგელია
- nickname
- tornike
- Commons category
- Tornike Shengelia
- start of work period
- 2008-00-00
- social media followers
- 60742
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