Ramaz Svanadze

Georgian football coach

Ramaz Svanadze
Personal information
Full name	Ramaz Svanadze
Date of birth	(1981-03-02) 2 March 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Georgia, Soviet Union
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Georgia U-21 (Manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2000	STU Tbilisi	47	(0)
2000–2001	Dinamo Tbilisi	28	(0)
2002–2003	Sioni Bolnisi	7	(0)
2003–2004	Kolkheti Poti	33	(3)
2004–2005	Locomotive Tbilisi	6	(0)
International career
1999	Georgia U18	2	(0)
2001–2002	Georgia U21	8	(0)
Managerial career
2013–2015	Dinamo Tbilisi (assistant)
2015–2017	Inter Baku (assistant)
2019–2021	Georgia U-19
2020–2021	Georgia
2021–	Georgia U-21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ramaz Svanadze (born 2 March 1981) is a retired Georgian football player and coach, who is currently the head coach of the Georgian U-21 football team.

Playing career

Svanadze played for some Georgian clubs, before was forced to retire in 2005, at the age of 24, due to injury.^[1]

Managerial career

His first managerial job at Dinamo Tbilisi lasted two years. Svanadze worked as an assistant coach under Malkhaz Zhvania and Michal Bílek.

On 1 March 2019, he was appointed as U19 head coach. His team beat all three opponents in the 2020 UEFA U19 qualifiers and advanced to next stage but due to COVID-19, the tournament was suspended.

In February 2021, Svanadze took charge of U21s,^[2] who were due to take part in a European Championship for the first time. The team under his management finished on top of the table and reached quarterfinals only to lose in a penalty shoot-out.^[3]

In January 2024, Svanadze signed a one-year contract extension with the Football Federation.^[4]

He was the caretaker coach of the senior team after Slovak coach Vladimír Weiss resigned from the team, and appeared at the last match of the UEFA Nations League on 18 November 2020, in a match against Estonia, in a 0–0 draw, finishing in third place in League C.^[5]

References

^ "ხვიჩასაც ავარჯიშებდა და ზურიკოსაც - ვინ არის ნაკრების მწვრთნელი რამაზ სვანაძე". popsport.ge (in Georgian). 16 November 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
^ "'ეს ჩემთვის დიდი გამოწვევაა' - ახალგაზრდულ ნაკრებს რამაზ სვანაძე გაწვრთნის". europop.ge (in Georgian). 17 February 2021.
^ "Georgia loses to Israel in penalty shootout of UEFA U21 European Championship quarter-finals". agenda.ge. 2 July 2023.
^ "რამაზ სვანიძემ 21-წლამდეთა ნაკრებთან კონტრაქტი გაახანგრძლივა". palitranews.ge (in Georgian). 25 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
^ "Georgia-Estonia | UEFA Nations League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2021-03-24.