Giorgi Chelidze

Georgian professional football player

Georgi Chelidze
Personal information
Full name	Georgi Nodar Chelidze
Date of birth	(1986-10-24) 24 October 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth	Kutaisi, Soviet Union
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Team information
Current team	Samgurali Tskaltubo (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2003	FC Merani-91 Tbilisi	2	(0)
2003	FC Olimpi Tbilisi	10	(6)
2004	FC Tbilisi	19	(3)
2004–2005	FC Dinamo Batumi	16	(7)
2005–2008	FC Lokomotiv Moscow	6	(0)
2006–2007	→ FC Zorya Luhansk (loan)	13	(1)
2007–2008	→ FC Zestafoni (loan)	11	(8)
2008	FC Dinamo Batumi	7	(0)
2008–2009	PFC Neftchi	4	(0)
2009	FC Olimpi Rustavi	1	(0)
2009–2010	Samsunspor	1	(0)
2010	Sektzia Ness Ziona	10	(0)
2010–2011	Sioni Bolnisi	1	(0)
International career
2006	Georgia	1	(0)
Managerial career
2017	Shevardeni 1906
2017	Meshakhte Tkibuli
2018	Shukura Kobuleti
2018–2021	Saburtalo Tbilisi 2
2022	Telavi
2022	Sioni Bolnisi
2023–	Samgurali Tskaltubo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Georgi Chelidze (Georgian: გიორგი ჭელიძე; born 24 October 1986) is a Georgian professional football manager and a former player.

Career

Chelidze made his professional debut with Merani–91 in 2002. He spent first four seasons at different domestic clubs.

He signed with Neftchi after several seasons with FC Lokomotiv Moscow, primarily on loan to other clubs.^[1]

In 2010 he joined Liga Leumit team Sektzia Ness Ziona in Israel.^[2]

Chelidze has made one appearance for the Georgia national football team.^[3]

Since 2016 he has been a football manager. After several years spent at Shevardeni-1906, Meshakhte Tkibuli, Shukura Kobuleti and Saburtalo-2, in January 2022 he was appointed as head coach of Georgian top-tier club Telavi,^[4] where he worked for six months.^[5]

In early November 2022, he took charge of Sioni Bolnisi.^[6] Under his management the club won two of the three remaining matches, but still failed to stay up following the play-offs.

Since January 2023 Chelidze has been the manager of title-chasing Samgurali Tskaltubo.^[7]

References

^ "Giorgi Chelidze signs with Neftchi". geofootball.com. Archived from the original on 23 August 2008. Retrieved 28 September 2008.
^ אנתוני פארקר שוחרר שלושה גיאורגים הצטרפו (in Hebrew)
^ "The National Team of Georgia in 2006". Georgia Football Federation. Archived from the original on 20 May 2007. Retrieved 28 September 2008.
^ "„თელავს" ჭელიძე გაწვრთნის". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 21 January 2022.
^ "თელავი მთავარმა მწვრთნელმა და ხუთმა ფეხბურთელმა დატოვა". live.ge (in Georgian). 11 July 2022.
^ "ჭელიძე სოსიაშვილის ნაცვლად - ბოლნისის სიონში ცვლილებაა". europop.ge (in Georgian). 8 November 2022.
^ "წყალტუბოს სამგურალის მთავარ მწვრთნელად გიორგი ჭელიძე დაინიშნა". europop.ge (in Georgian). 3 January 2023.