Gela Shekiladze
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 September 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Batumi, Georgia | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1998 | Dinamo Batumi | 239 | (7) |
| 1998–2002 | Lierse | 81 | (2) |
| 2002–2003 | Roeselare | 25 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Arsenal Kyiv | 13 | (0) |
| 2004 | → CSKA Kyiv | 1 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1997–2002 | Georgia | 22 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2007–2008 | Georgia U21 (assistant) | ||
| 2007–2008 | Georgia U17 | ||
| 2008 | Georgia (assistant) | ||
| 2008–2009 | Georgia U19 | ||
| 2009–2010 | Georgia U15 | ||
| 2010–2011 | Georgia U16 | ||
| 2013–2017 | Dinamo Batumi (director of sports) | ||
| 2015–2016 | Afghanistan (assistant) | ||
| 2019–2020 | Maldives (assistant) | ||
| 2022–2024 | Tajikistan (assistant) | ||
| 2024–2025 | Tajikistan | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gela Shekiladze (born 14 September 1970) is a Georgian-Belgian football coach and former football defender from Georgia. He most recently worked as head coach of the Tajikistan national football team from 20 February 2024 to 10 September 2025.
Between 1997 and 2002, Shekiladze was capped 22 times for the national team. His club career began with Dinamo Batumi, where he was a first team regular, eventually spending eight seasons with the club. Highlights from his time in Dinamo Batumi include winning the Georgian Cup in 1998 after defeating Dinamo Tbilisi in the final. During the same year, the club also won the Georgian Super Cup; they again defeated Dinamo Tbilisi with a final score of 2–1. In the summer of 1998, Shekiladze joined Belgian club K. Lierse S.K., with whom he won the 1999 Belgian Super Cup and the 44th Belgian Cup in 1999. Later, K. Lierse S.K. also awarded him with Player of the Year in 2000. In 2003–04, he joined FC Arsenal Kyiv for one season in the Ukrainian league before retiring.