Revaz Gotsiridze

Revaz Gotsiridze
რევაზ გოცირიძე
Personal information
Full name Revaz Gotsiridze
Date of birth (1981-01-17) 17 January 1981
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1991– Norchi Dinamo
1998–1999 Dinamo Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 WIT Georgia 25 (7)
2000–2001 TSU Tbilisi 18 (3)
2001–2002 Gorda Rustavi 35 (11)
2003 SV Waldhof Mannheim 0 (0)
2003 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 4 (0)
2003–2004 WIT Georgia 33 (20)
2004–2006 KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny 40 (2)
2007 Olimpi Rustavi 13 (8)
2007–2008 Ameri Tbilisi 25 (10)
2008–2009 Sioni Bolnisi 27 (3)
2009 Spartaki Tskhinvali 15 (4)
2009–2010 Hapoel Petah Tikva 3 (0)
2010 Ahva Arraba 13 (2)
2010–2011 Sioni Bolnisi 16 (2)
2011–2012 Torpedo Kutaisi 40 (13)
2012–2013 Chikhura Sachkhere 19 (4)
2013–2014 Saburtalo Tbilisi 24 (4)
International career
2005–2006 Georgia 3 (0)
Managerial career
2015–2016 Saburtalo Tbilisi (assistant)
2016–2018 Saburtalo Tbilisi (youth)
2019–2021 Telavi
2022 Shukura
2023–2024 Locomotive
2025– Gonio
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Revaz Gotsiridze (Georgian: რევაზ გოცირიძე; born 17 January 1981) is a Georgian football manager and a former player, currently in charge of Erovnuli Liga 2 club Gonio.

Club career

Gotsiridze started playing football at the age of 10 at Norchi Dinamo. Later he joined the reserve team of Dinamo Tbilisi under Vakhtang Kopaleishvili before signing for WIT Georgia.[1]

Gotsiridze left Georgia for Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih in April 2003.[2] But in end of season he was sent back to WIT Georgia. At WIT Georgia, he became team top-scorer and scored in champions playoffs to win Umaglesi Liga in 2004. At the end of season he left Georgia again, this time to KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny of Russian First Division. In January 2007, Gotsiridze returned to Caucasus for Olimpi Rustavi,[3] where he won Umaglesi Liga again.

International career

Gotsiridze played twice for Georgia, including one friendly in Malta International Football Tournament 2006.

Managerial career

In 2015, Gotsiridze started his managerial activities. During a two-year stint at Telavi he led the club to promotion to the top tier in 2019.[4] Later he won Liga 2 with Shukura Kobuleti, but had to leave the club after some disagreements arose with the management.[5]

In May 2023, Gotsiridze was appointed at relegation-threatened second division side Locomotive Tbilisi, who were sitting bottom of the table with six points after 11 games.[6] The club stayed up in the league after a convincing play-off victory over Rustavi. Gotsiridze left the team in December 2024 as they finished in fourth place.[7]

In June 2025, Gotsiridze took charge of Erovnuli Liga 2 club Gonio.[8]

Personal life

Revaz Gotsiridze has three children. He is the father of footballer Davit Gotsiridze and son-in-law of Soviet-era Dinamo Tbilisi star Ramaz Shengelia.

Honours

References

  1. ^ "რა ისწავლა რამაზ შენგელიასგან ფეხბურთელმა სიძემ" [What Ramaz Shengelia taught his son-in-law] (in Georgian). sarkenews.ge. 7 April 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Kryvbas snap up Georgian starlet". UEFA. 9 April 2003. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
  3. ^ "Georgia abuzz with transfer talk". UEFA. 17 January 2007. Archived from the original on 6 March 2007. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
  4. ^ "თელავმა რევაზ გოცირიძე გაათავისუფლა". croco.ge (in Georgian).
  5. ^ ""შუქურა" - ხელმძღვანელობა იძულებული გახდა, მთავარ მწვრთნელთან ხელშეკრულება შეეწყვიტა". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 18 January 2023.
  6. ^ ""ლოკომოტივის" ახალმა მწვრთნელმა რევაზ გოცირიძემ ასისტენტები წარადგინა" [Locomotive's new coach Revaz Gotsiridze presents his assistants]. 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 8 May 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  7. ^ "გოცირიძე "ლოკომოტივს" დაემშვიდობა" [Gotsiridze bids farewell to Locomotive] (in Georgian). 18 December 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  8. ^ "საფეხბურთო კლუბ "გონიოს" ახალ მთავარ მწვრთნელად რევაზ გოცირიძე ინიშნება" [Gotsiridze to be appointed as new coach at Gonio]. ajaratimes.ge (in Georgian). 8 June 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.