Otar Korgalidze
Georgian footballer and manager
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Otar Korghalidze (Georgian: ოთარ კორღალიძე; born 2 September 1960), also spelled as Korgalidze, is a Georgian former professional football player and manager.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Otar Korghalidze | ||
| Date of birth | 2 September 1960 | ||
| Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgia | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977–1978 | Guria | 18 | (4) |
| 1980 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 0 | (0) |
| 1981 | Lokomotivi Tbilisi | 0 | (0) |
| 1982–1986 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 154 | (42) |
| 1987–1988 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 29 | (4) |
| 1988–1992 | Guria | 141 | (83) |
| 1992–1993 | Alazani | 27 | (23) |
| 1993 | Guria | 5 | (4) |
| 1994 | SV Salzburg | 3 | (0) |
| 1994 | Wiener Sport-Club | 12 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | Wiener SC/Gerasdorf | 5 | (3) |
| 1995 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 5 | (1) |
| 1995 | Neftçi Baku | 4 | (2) |
| 1996 | FC Flora Tallinn | 8 | (3) |
| International career | |||
| 1990 | Georgia | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
During his playing career Korgalidze played for various clubs in Georgia, Austria, Azerbaijan and Estonia. He spent several seasons in the Soviet Top League and Soviet First League with Guria, Dinamo Tbilisi and Torpedo Kutaisi.[1]
Korgalidze is the two-time Umaglesi Liga topscorer. He is also the first Georgian player to reach the 100 club in just 112 games.[2] He won the 1994–95 season with Dinamo Tbilisi.
Korgalidze scored 3 goals in 8 games during his short spell at Flora Tallinn. He retired in 2000. His last club was FC Kuressaare.
International career
Korgalidze is a former member of the Georgia national football team, featuring in its first historic international game against Lithuania on 27 May 1990.[3]
Managerial career
Personal life
His son Levan Korgalidze played for the Georgia national football team and later became a coach, winning the Erovnuli Liga with Iberia 1999 in 2024.[7] While his two grandchildren also play football, one of them, Tengiz Nebulishvili, received a call-up to the national U17s[8] and took part in four games of the 2025 UEFA European Championship qualifiers.