Otar Korgalidze
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Otar Korghalidze | ||
| Date of birth | 2 September 1960 | ||
| Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgia | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977–1978 | Guria | 18 | (4) |
| 1980 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 0 | (0) |
| 1981 | Lokomotivi Tbilisi | 0 | (0) |
| 1982–1986 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 154 | (42) |
| 1987–1988 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 29 | (4) |
| 1988–1992 | Guria | 141 | (83) |
| 1992–1993 | Alazani | 27 | (23) |
| 1993 | Guria | 5 | (4) |
| 1994 | SV Salzburg | 3 | (0) |
| 1994 | Wiener Sport-Club | 12 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | Wiener SC/Gerasdorf | 5 | (3) |
| 1995 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 5 | (1) |
| 1995 | Neftçi Baku | 4 | (2) |
| 1996 | FC Flora Tallinn | 8 | (3) |
| International career | |||
| 1990 | Georgia | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Otar Korghalidze (Georgian: ოთარ კორღალიძე; born 2 September 1960), also spelled as Korgalidze, is a Georgian former professional football player and manager.
Playing career
[edit]During his playing career Korgalidze played for various clubs in Georgia, Austria, Azerbaijan and Estonia. He spent several seasons in the Soviet Top League and Soviet First League with Guria, Dinamo Tbilisi and Torpedo Kutaisi.[1]
Korgalidze is the two-time Umaglesi Liga topscorer. He is also the first Georgian player to reach the 100 club in just 112 games.[2] He won the 1994–95 season with Dinamo Tbilisi.
Korgalidze scored 3 goals in 8 games during his short spell at Flora Tallinn. He retired in 2000. His last club was FC Kuressaare.
International career
[edit]Korgalidze is a former member of the Georgia national football team, featuring in its first historic international game against Lithuania on 27 May 1990.[3]
Managerial career
[edit]Following his playing career, Korgalidze was a manager for Dinamo Tbilisi, Olimpi and Sioni.[4] In 2012, he was appointed as head coach of the national U19 team.[5] Later he established a football school.[6]
Personal life
[edit]His son Levan Korgalidze played for the Georgia national football team and later became a coach, winning the Erovnuli Liga with Iberia 1999 in 2024.[7] While his two grandchildren also play football, one of them, Tengiz Nebulishvili, received a call-up to the national U17s[8] and took part in four games of the 2025 UEFA European Championship qualifiers.
Honours
[edit]Dinamo Tbilisi
- Umaglesi Liga: 1994–95
Individual
References
[edit]- ^ "Korgalidze Otar". KLISF. Retrieved 24 June 2009.
- ^ "პირველი იყო კორღალიძე" [Korgalidze was 1st]. worldsport.ge (in Georgian). 9 November 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
- ^ "ეროვნული ნაკრების ისტორია: საქართველო 2:2 ლიეტუვა" [History of the national team: Georgia 2–2 Lithuania]. mygoals.ge (in Georgian). Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ^ Kotoreishvili, Soso (16 September 2008). "Zobel backs Dinamo for the double". UEFA. Archived from the original on 16 September 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2009.
- ^ "ოთარ კორღალიძე: "ხელწამოსაკრავი გუნდი არ გვყავს"". worldsport.ge (in Georgian). 6 March 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ^ "თენგიზ ნებულიშვილი – კორღალიძეების საფეხბურთო ტრადიციის გამგრძელებელი" [Tengiz Nebulishvili set to continue football traditions of the Korgalidze family]. atiani.ge (in Georgian). 23 January 2025. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ^ "იბერია 1999 კრისტალბეთ ეროვნული ლიგის ჩემპიონია" [Iberia 1999 are the crowned Eronuli Liga champions]. worldsport.ge (in Georgian). 1 December 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
- ^ "საქართველოს 17-წლამდელ ფეხბურთელთა ნაკრები საკვალიფიკაციო რაუნდს პირველ მატჩს სლოვენიასთან გამართავს". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 9 October 2025. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
External links
[edit]- Otar Korgalidze at National-Football-Teams.com
- Otar Korgalidze at WorldFootball.net
- 1960 births
- Living people
- Men's footballers from Georgia (country)
- Georgia (country) men's international footballers
- Erovnuli Liga players
- FC Guria Lanchkhuti players
- FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
- FC Flora players
- FC Alazani Gurjaani players
- Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Estonia
- FC Kuressaare players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Estonia
- Football managers from Georgia (country)
- FC Dinamo Tbilisi managers
- Footballers from Tbilisi
- Men's association football forwards
- Meistriliiga players
- Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Azerbaijan
- Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan
- Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Austria
- Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
- Soviet men's footballers