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Tornike Shengelia

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Tornike Shengelia
Born (1991-10-05) October 5, 1991 (age 35)
Tbilisi, Georgia
Other namesToko Shengelia
OccupationProfessional basketball player
Years active2008–present
Known forPlaying for FC Barcelona, Georgian national basketball team, All-EuroLeague First Team (2018)

Tornike "Toko" Shengelia (; born 5 October 1991) is a professional basketball athlete from Georgia currently playing for FC Barcelona in both the Liga ACB and EuroLeague. He also competes internationally with the senior Georgian national team and was honored with an All-EuroLeague First Team distinction in 2018.

Early career

Between 2008 and 2010, Shengelia competed for Valencia Basket as well as its junior squad, Valencia BC Sunny Delight. In 2010, he joined Belgium’s Spirou Charleroi, who loaned him to VOO Verviers-Pepinster for the 2010–11 campaign. He returned to Spirou Charleroi for the following 2011–12 season.

Brooklyn Nets (2012–2014)

Selected 54th overall in the 2012 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers, Shengelia was immediately traded to the Brooklyn Nets. He participated in the 2012 NBA Summer League with the Nets, averaging 10.2 points and 3.6 rebounds across five games.

On July 24, 2012, he officially signed with Brooklyn. Throughout his first two NBA seasons, Shengelia was assigned multiple times to the Springfield Armor of the NBA D-League.

Chicago Bulls (2014)

On January 21, 2014, Shengelia was traded to the Chicago Bulls in exchange for Marquis Teague. The Bulls waived him on April 14, 2014.

Baskonia (2014–2020)

Shengelia inked a three-year contract with Baskonia on June 21, 2014.

During a Basque derby on March 1, 2015, against Bilbao Basket, a fight broke out involving Shengelia and Dejan Todorović. Both players were ejected along with several others. This event triggered disciplinary changes by the ACB. Shengelia received a suspension lasting five games.

On June 7, 2017, he committed to Baskonia for an additional three years. In May 2018, Shengelia earned a spot on the All-EuroLeague First Team for the 2017–18 season, posting career-best averages of 13.7 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 2.2 assists over 33 contests. That season, he was runner-up in voting for the Liga ACB MVP. On August 19, 2018, he extended his deal through 2022. After six seasons with Baskonia, Shengelia parted ways with the club in July 2020.

CSKA Moscow (2020–2022)

Shengelia signed a three-year agreement with Russian outfit CSKA Moscow on July 9, 2020. However, on February 26, 2022, he ended his contract in protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, declaring: "I do not consider it possible to continue playing for the Red Army club." CSKA stands for Central Sports Club of the Army. The club accused him and others of breaching contracts; nevertheless, due to Russia’s suspension from EuroLeague and FIBA competitions, CSKA was unable to take legal action.

Virtus Bologna (2022–2025)

On March 7, 2022, Shengelia joined Italian team Virtus Bologna until season’s end. After defeating Lietkabelis, Ulm, and Valencia during playoffs, Virtus secured its first-ever EuroCup title on May 11, 2022 by overcoming Frutti Extra Bursaspor 80–67. This victory qualified them for the EuroLeague after a fourteen-year absence. Despite finishing atop the regular season standings and sweeping Pesaro and Tortona in early playoff rounds, Virtus fell short in the national finals losing to Olimpia Milano by four games to two.

Shengelia extended his contract with Virtus through June 2024 on September 13. On September 29, Virtus captured its third Italian Basketball Supercup by narrowly defeating Banco di Sardegna Sassari 72–69; Shengelia missed this match due to a shoulder injury. The team ended the EuroLeague campaign in fourteenth place without reaching playoffs and lost the Italian Basketball Cup final against Brescia. In June, after sweeping Brindisi and Tortona in earlier rounds, Virtus succumbed to Olimpia Milan in a tightly contested seven-game national final.

On September 24, 2023, Virtus claimed its fourth Supercup title—and third consecutively—by defeating Germani Brescia decisively at 97–60; Shengelia was awarded MVP honors. Despite a promising start to the season, Virtus finished tenth in the EuroLeague regular season and qualified for the play-in tournament but failed to advance after losses to Baskonia. The team topped Italy’s regular season but was defeated by Milan again in their third straight final appearance by a series score of three games to one.

During the 2024-25 EuroLeague season, Shengelia posted a personal best scoring output of thirty-five points against Fenerbahçe Beko. This season marked his most successful tenure with Virtus as they secured the Italian championship over Pallacanestro Brescia; he earned both the LBA Finals MVP title and selection to the All-Lega Serie A Team.

FC Barcelona (2025–present)

On July 21, 2025, Shengelia committed to a three-year deal with FC Barcelona, competing in both the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague.

National team career

Shengelia has been an integral figure for the senior Georgian national team, taking part in the 2011 EuroBasket, 2015 EuroBasket, and 2017 EuroBasket. In February 2023, he was instrumental in securing Georgia's inaugural qualification for the 2023 World Cup.

Regular season

|- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Brooklyn | 19 || 0 || 4.9 || .435 || .500 || .563 || 1.2 || .2 || .2 || .1 || 1.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Brooklyn | 17 || 0 || 8.1 || .458 || .000 || .375 || .8 || .7 || .1 || .1 || 1.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago | 9 || 0 || 1.9 || .500 || .000 || .000 || .2 || .2 || .1 || .0 || .4 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;"| Career | style="text-align:left;"| | 45 || 0 || 5.5 || .451 || .125 || .500 || .9 || .4 || .1 || .1 || 1.3


EuroLeague

* Led the league

|- | style="text-align:left;"| 2011–12 | style="text-align:left;"| Charleroi | 9 || 9 || 20.6 || .500 || .286 || .682 || 4.3 || 1.0 || .3 || .1 || 8.3 || 7.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="6"| Baskonia | 24 || 23 || 21.6 || .439 || .229 || .820 || 4.8 || .8 || .6 || .7 || 9.5 || 10.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16 | 9 || 7 || 19.2 || .561 || .500 || .682 || 3.8 || 1.2 || .8 || .6|| 9.1||10.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2016–17 |24||13||20.8||.511||.542||.778||4.1||1.4||.8||.3||10.8||12.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2017–18 |33||17||25.5||569||.326||.681||6.1||2.2||.8||.5||13.7||18.2 |- | style="text-align:left;" |2018–19 

|20||15||24.2||.503||.393||.529||4.3||1.6||1.1||.6||11.4||13.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;" |2019–20
|style="background:#CFECEC;" |28*||style="background:#CFECEC;" |28*|||30.4|||.533|||.391|||.769|||5.6|||2.9|||1.0|||.5|||15.9|||18.5
|-
|style="text-align:left;" |2020–21
|style="text-align:left" rowspan="2"|CSKA Moscow
|37|||35|||24.9|||.455|||.315|||.651|||4.9|||2.3|||1.2|||.2|||11.2|||12.1
|-
|style="text-align:left;" |2021–22
|15|||13|||24.8|||.474|||.341|||.733|||4.7|||2.5|||0..9|||0..3|||12..7|||14..1
|-
|style="text-align:left;" |2022–23
|style="text-align:left" rowspan="3"|Virtus Bologna
|23|||17|||22..6|||..484|||..462|||..753|||3..1|||3..1|||..9|||..4|||9..4|||11..5
|-
|style="text-align:left;" |2023–24
|33|||31|||27..4|||..491||||255||||788||||5..0||||3..3||||1..0||||.2'||||14..5||||17..4
|- 
|style="text-align:left;" |2024-25 
|28||||25||||27..7||||513||||362||||.824'||||5..0||||2..7||||0..7||||0..4||||15..6||||17..5 
|- class= "sortbottom" 
| style= "text-align:center;" colspan= "2" | Career 
|283||||233||||24..5||||537||||343||||729||||4..8||||2..3||||0..9||||0..4||||12..4||||14..4


Domestic leagues

Season Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2008–09 Spain Pamesa Valencia ACB 6 10.5 .620 .000 .800 1.7 .5 .5 .2 3.3
2009–10 Spain Pamesa Valencia B EBA 21 29.5 .539 .290 .481 8.0 1.9 .9 1.0 15.7
2010–11 Belgium Verviers-Pepinster BLB 32 17.0 .511 .130 .750 4.1 .5 .8 .3 6.5
2011–12 Belgium Belgacom Spirou BLB 29 18.4 .494 .279 .628 4.8 1.1 1.1 .3 8.8
2012–13 United States Springfield Armor NBA D-League 10 36.6 .581 .366 .675 8.2 4.0 2.3 1.0 24.3
2013–14 United States Springfield Armor NBA D-League 4 27.3 .615 .200 .818 5.0 1.5 .5 1.3 13.3
2014–15 Spain Baskonia ACB 31 20.3 .532 .362 .804 4.0 1.0 .5 .4 10.1
2015–16 Spain Baskonia ACB 19 17.0 .580 .300 .750 3.6 0.9 .6 .5 8.7
2016–17 Spain Baskonia ACB 31 22.1 .541 .324 .694 4.8 1.3 1.0 .7 10.5
2017–18 Spain Baskonia ACB 41 24.2 .608 .350 .717 5.4 1.7 1.0 .3 14.9
2018–19 Spain Baskonia ACB 25 23.0 .634 .422 .573 4.8 2.4 1.3 .3 13.4
2019–20 Spain Baskonia ACB 29 32.0 .543 .295 .718 6.1 2.8 1.2 .3 15.9
2020–21] style="text-align:left;" |Template:Flagicon RussiaCSKA Moscow] VTBUL] 26 23,3 573 294 656 4,4 1,8 ,6 ,4 13,9
2021-22] style="text-align:left;" |Template:Flagicon RussiaCSKA Moscow] VTBUL] 9 20,1 609 250 698 4,1 3,1 ,8 ,4 11,2
2021-22] style="text-align:left;" |Template:Flagicon ItalyVirtus Bologna] LBA] 19 24,3 560 250 632 5,2 2,7 ,9 ,5 12,8
2022-23] style="text-align:left;" |Template:Flagicon ItalyVirtus Bologna] LBA] 32 24,1 533 346 741 5,9 3,2 1,2 ,3 11,5
2023-24] style="text-align:left;" |Template:Flagicon ItalyVirtus Bologna] LBA] 36 23,6 533 382 808 4,9 3,1 ,7 ,2 13,6
2024-25] style="text-align:left;" |Template:Flagicon ItalyVirtus Bologna] LBA] 35 24,4 563 306 815 5,5 2,8 7 5 15,1


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