Giorgi (Gia) Tsetsadze (Georgian: გია ცეცაძე, born on 3 September 1974) is a Georgian football manager. Most recently he was the head coach of Telavi.

Giorgi Tsetsadze
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-09-03) 3 September 1974 (age 50)
Managerial career
Years Team
2008–2010 Georgia U17 (assistant)
2010–2011 Dila Gori
2012 Dila Gori (assistant)
2013 Georgia U19
2013 Lokomotivi Tbilisi
2015 Georgia (assistant)
2015–2017 Samtredia
2017–2019 Georgia U21
2018 Samtredia
2020 Saburtalo Tbilisi
2020–2021 FC Lviv
2021–2022 Torpedo Kutaisi
2022–2023 Telavi

Career

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In 2011 Tsetsadze led FC Dila Gori to gain promotion to the Georgia top division (Umaglesi Liga). In 2013 he managed the Georgia national under-19 football team qualifying with it for the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. It was the second time the team qualified for such tournament and the first time since organization was shifted from under-18 competition to under-19.

In 2016 along with FC Samtredia Tsetsadze became a winning head coach in the Georgian national league and the first national title for the club.

In June 2020 Tsetsadze was placed at the head of the FC Lviv coaching staff.[1] He will be helped by Vitaliy Shumskyi and Ihor Rypnovskyi.[2]

Earlier in 2020 Tsetsadze resigned from the manager post of Saburtalo Tbilisi before the start of the 2020 Erovnuli Liga.[3]

His next managerial stints were similarly short, although both at Torpedo Kutaisi and Telavi he successfully coped with survival tasks.[4][5]

Honours

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Samtredia

References

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  1. ^ Tsetsadze placed at the helm of Lviv (Цецадзе возглавил Львов). Football.ua
  2. ^ Giorgi Tsetsadze is a new head coach of PFC Lviv (Георгій Цецадзе – новий головний тренер ПФК "Львів". PFC Lviv.
  3. ^ A month after the appointment - Gia Tsetsadze will no longer coach "Saburtalo"! (დანიშვნიდან 1 თვეში - გია ცეცაძე "საბურთალოს" აღარ გაწვრთნის!). Sportall. 13 February 2020
  4. ^ "ტორპედოს" მთავარმა მწვრთნელმა კლუბი დატოვა" (in Georgian). kutaisipost.ge. 3 May 2022.
  5. ^ "კონტრაქტი შეწყდა: გია ცეცაძე თელავის მწვრთნელი აღარ არის" (in Georgian). europop.ge. 22 March 2023.
  6. ^ Georgia - List of Champions - RSSSF
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