Levan Korgalidze
Levan Korgalidze (born 21 February 1980) is a former Georgian midfielder and current manager of Kazakhstan Premier League club Zhenis.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Levan Korgalidze | ||
| Date of birth | 21 February 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Tbilisi, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Zhenis (Manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996 | Guria Lanchkhuti | 3 | (1) |
| 1997 | Dinamo-2 Tbilisi | 15 | (6) |
| 1998 | Arsenali Tbilisi | 14 | (0) |
| 1999–2005 | Skonto | 125 | (23) |
| 2006 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 10 | (2) |
| 2006 | Sioni Bolnisi | 10 | (1) |
| 2007 | Dinaburg FC | 13 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Dacia Chişinău | 39 | (7) |
| 2009–2010 | FC Zestafoni | 28 | (6) |
| 2010–2011 | Dacia Chişinău | 32 | (13) |
| 2012–2013 | Zimbru Chişinău | 15 | (5) |
| 2013–2014 | Metalurgi Rustavi | 13 | (2) |
| 2014 | Dila Gori | 6 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2004 | Georgia | 3 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2017–2018 | Saburtalo Tbilisi (Youth) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Locomotive Tbilisi (Assistant) | ||
| 2019–2020 | Locomotive Tbilisi | ||
| 2020–2022 | Saburtalo Tbilisi | ||
| 2023– | Zhenis | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Korgalidze played regularly for the Georgia national under-21 football team. His debut called up to the national team was in 2003.
He is the son of Otar Korghalidze.
Coaching career
Korgalidze started his coaching career in 2017 at Saburtalo Tbilisi at youth level. In the summer of 2018, he joined Locomotive Tbilisi as assistant manager and head coach of U15s. In April 2019, following some unsatisfactory results, Locomotive fired the manager, replacing him with Korgalidze.[1] Under his leadership, the team not only climbed out of the drop zone, but also qualified for the 2020 Europa League for the first time since 2008.
In early March 2020, the Erovnuli Liga season was suspended due to COVID-19 with Locomotive on top of the table after initial two rounds. By the time the matches resumed in July, the sides had parted ways at the club when a disagreement arose over the planned 70% cut of salaries.[2]
In September 2020, Korgalidze returned to Saburtalo as a head coach.[3] The next year, he guided the team to the Georgian Cup title, but left the club by mutual agreement on 8 June 2022.[4]
In November 2023, Korgalidze was appointed as a manager at Kazakhstan Premier League club Zhetysu, who had just won the promotion from the First Division.[5]
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 11 January 2024
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Locomotive Tbilisi | 9 April 2019 | 30 June 2020 | 36 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 50 | 41 | +9 | 58.33 | |
| Saburtalo Tbilisi | 18 September 2020 | 11 June 2022 | 40 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 58 | 49 | +9 | 40.00 | |
| Zhenis | 22 November 2023 | Present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | |
| Total | 86 | 37 | 16 | 33 | 108 | 90 | +18 | 43.02 | |||
References
- "ლოკომოტივს ლევან კორღალიძე გაწვრთნის". geoliga.ge (in Georgian). 9 April 2019.
- "ლევან კორღალიძე - ფეხბურთს მალე დავუბრუნდები". belive.ge (in Georgian). 7 July 2020.
- ""საბურთალოს" მწვრთნელად ლევან კორღალიძე დანიშნეს". sportall.ge (in Georgian). 19 September 2020.
- "ლევან კორღალიძემ "საბურთალო" დატოვა". worldsport.ge (in Georgian). 8 June 2022.
- "Леван Коргалидзе возглавляет "Женис" перед Премьер-лигой". kpl.kz. 22 November 2023.
External links
- Levan Korgalidze at National-Football-Teams.com
- Levan Korgalidze at WorldFootball.net