Revaz Dzodzuashvili

Revaz Mikheilis dze Dzodzuashvili (Georgian: რევაზ მიხეილის ძე ძოძუაშვილი; born 15 April 1945) is a Georgian football manager and a former player. He coaches FC Dinamo Sukhumi. He earned 49 caps for the USSR national football team, and participated in the 1970 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1972. After the UEFA Euro 1972 along with his teammates by Soviet Union national football team – Murtaz Khurtsilava and Evgeni Rudakov – he was named by UEFA in the official Team of the Tournament, where also were presented such great players like Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Paul Breitner, Uli Hoeness and Günter Netzer.^[1][2]

Revaz Dzodzuashvili

Personal information
Full name	Revaz Mikheilis dze Dzodzuashvili
Date of birth	(1945-04-15) 15 April 1945 (age 77)
Place of birth	Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Youth career
1963–1964	Torpedo Kutaisi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1964–1967	Torpedo Kutaisi	67	(1)
1968–1976	Dinamo Tbilisi	234	(4)
Total		301	(5)
International career
1969–1974	USSR	49	(0)
Managerial career
1976	SKA Tbilisi
1977	Lokomotiv Samtredia
1978	Torpedo Kutaisi
1979	FC Kolkheti Poti
1988–1989	Torpedo Kutaisi
1991–1993	FC Dinamo Tbilisi
1993–1995	Metallurg Rustavi
1995	FC Temp Shepetivka
1998–1999	Latvia
1999–2000	Locomotive Tbilisi
2000	Al-Ittihad Jeddah
2000–2001	Georgia
2001–2002	Torpedo Kutaisi
2002	FC Uralan Elista
2003	FC Alania
2005	Dynamo Makhachkala
2007	Olimpi Rustavi
2008–2009	Shakhter Karagandy
2010	Turan Tovuz
2013–2014	Georgia U-21
2014	Torpedo Kutaisi
2017–2018	Dinamo Sukhumi
Honours Representing the  Soviet Union UEFA European Championship Runner-up 1972 Belgium Olympic Games 1972 Munich Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

After retiring from competitions he became a football manager, including a stint as head coach of the Latvia national football team. He was a manager of FC Shakhter Karagandy at the start of 2008 season, but his contract was terminated soon.

Personal life

Dzoduashvili's son, Mikheil Dzodzuashvili, is married to Georgian singer Sopho Khalvashi. Together they have two daughters.^[3]

International career

Dzodzuashvili was capped 49 times for Soviet Union national football team, made his debut against Colombia in international friendly match, which was held on Estadio Nemesio Camacho El Campín in Bogota 20 February 1969.^[4]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[5]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Soviet Union	1969	6	0
	1970	8	0
	1971	8	0
	1972	16	0
	1973	9	0
	1974	2	0
Total		49	0

Honours

Player

Dinamo Tbilisi

• Soviet Top League third place: 1969, 1971, 1972, 1976
• Soviet Cup runner-up: 1970

Soviet Union

• Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics third place: 1972
• UEFA European Football Championship runner-up: 1972

Individual

• UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1972^[6]

Manager

Dinamo Tbilisi

• Georgian Umaglesi Liga: 1991–92

Torpedo Kutaisi

• Georgian Umaglesi Liga: 2001–02

Olimpi Rustavi

• Georgian Umaglesi Liga: 2006–07

References

1. "1972 team of the tournament". UEFA. 2 May 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
2. "Team of the tournament of the 1972 UEFA European Championship". uefa.com. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
3. Omanidze, Tsitsi (8 July 2013). "სოფო ხალვაში მეორე გოგონას დედა გახდა". reitingi.ambebi.ge. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
4. "Colombia v USSR, 20 February 1969". footballfacts.ru. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
5. "Revaz Dzodzuashvili". footballfacts.ru. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
6. "1972 team of the tournament". Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 23 January 2015.

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