Giorgi Shashiashvili

Giorgi Shashiashvili (Georgian: გიორგი შაშიაშვილი; born 1 September 1979) is a Georgian football coach and a former player who most recently Shashiashvili was the head coach of Erovnuli Liga club Samtredia.[1] A central defender who also played as a right back, he played for the Georgia national team at International level, making 30 appearances and scoring once.

Giorgi Shashiashvili
Shashiashvili with Sturm Graz
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-09-01) 1 September 1979
Place of birth Tbilisi, Soviet Union
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2005 Dinamo Tbilisi 126 (3)
1998–1999 → TSU Tbilisi (loan) 11 (0)
2005 Alania Vladikavkaz 7 (0)
2006 Dinamo Tbilisi 13 (2)
2006–2007 Chornomorets Odesa 9 (0)
2007–2009 Sturm Graz 64 (0)
2009–2012 Ergotelis 67 (3)
2012 Dila Gori 17 (0)
2013 Dinamo Tbilisi 9 (2)
Total 323 (10)
International career
1999–2001 Georgia U21 11 (0)
2001–2010 Georgia 30 (1)
Managerial career
2017 Shukura Kobuleti
2018 Dila Gori (assistant)
2018 Dila Gori
2019−2021 Shukura Kobuleti
2022–2023 Samtredia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Shashiashvili was a member of six clubs with most of his time spent in Dinamo Tbilisi. For his third and final tenure he joined this club in early 2013[2] when Shashiashvili won all three domestic competitions.

He was regularly called up to the Georgia national team. On 11 October 2006, he scored the equalizer in a 3–1 loss to Italy in a Euro 2008 qualifying game.[3]

Managerial career

After his retirement in 2013 Shashiashvili for three years worked at Dinamo Tbilisi academy with U14 and U19 teams. In 2017, Shukura Kobuleti became the first club that invited him as a manager.[4]

During his second spell at Shukura, in 2020 Shashiashvili guided the team to a Liga 2 title and promotion to the first tier.[5]

In February 2022, he was appointed at Samtredia,[6] where he achieved another success the same year. The team finished third and advanced into Erovnuli Liga via play-offs.[7]

Honours

Player

Dinamo Tbilisi

Manager

Shukura Kobuleti

References
  1. "სამტრედია მწვრთნელის ძიებაშია - გიორგი შაშიაშვილმა გაშვება ითხოვა" (in Georgian). 23 April 2023.
  2. "გიორგი შაშიაშვილი: "თითქმის გადაწყვეტილია, რომ "დინამოში" ვბრუნდები"" (in Georgian). 13 January 2013.
  3. "Georgia v Italy, 11 October 2006".
  4. "ასეთ გუნდში მუშაობა უფრო საინტერესოა! "შუქურას" გიორგი შაშიაშვილი გაწვრთნის" (in Georgian). sportall.ge. 25 May 2017.
  5. ""შუქურა" ეროვნულ ლიგაში დაწინაურდა" (in Georgian). ajaratv.ge. 29 November 2020.
  6. "ახალი მწვრთნელი და ახალი გუნდი - შაშიაშვილის ხელმძღვანელობით „სამტრედიამ" პირველად ითამაშა". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 14 February 2022.
  7. "სამტრედიის "სამტრედია" ეროვნულ ლიგაში დაბრუნდა" (in Georgian). gurianews.com. 11 December 2022.
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