Otari Dzidziguri

Otari Dzidziguri (Georgian: ოთარ ძიძიგური, Russian: Отари Шалвович Дзидзигури; born 6 August 1923 – death date unknown) was a former Soviet army officer, police officer and football coach.

Otari Dzidziguri
Personal information
Full name Otari Shalvovich Dzidziguri
Date of birth (1923-08-06)6 August 1923
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, TSFSR, Soviet Union
Date of death death date unknown
Managerial career
Years Team
1963 Dnipro Kremenchuk
1966 Metallurg Almalyk
1968 Arai Stepnogorsk
1973-1974 Khimik Grodno

Early Life

Dzidziguri was born on 6 August 1923 in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, TSFSR, Soviet Union.[1]

When Nazi Germany invaded Soviet Union, Dzidziguri was called up for military service by Ordzhonikidze Military commissariat of Tbilisi on 2 September 1942. He began service on 15 September with the rank of Senior lieutenant.[2] From June to December 1943 he was divizion chief of the reconnaissance of the 187th Artillery Regiment of the 60th Guards Rifle Division. He became artillery battery commander of the 666th Artillery Regiment of the 222nd Rifle Division from December 1943 to February 1944 with the rank of captain. His service was finished on 29 November 1951. During the war he was awarded Order of the Red Star, Order of the Patriotic War Second Class, twice Medal "For Courage" and Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945".[3] He served in Militsiya in Keda Municipality and Signagi Municipality Georgia.[1]

Coaching career

In 1962 Dzidziguri became an assistant in newly formed Neftyanik Fergana. In the next two years he spent multiple short stints in various clubs. He was coaching in Tashkent Region, Samarkand, Novosibirsk and Kremenchuk. To each of those clubs, he brought his trusted players with him. M. Rozin, head coach of the Football Federation of the Soviet Union described Dzidziguri as "a coach after which grass does not grow". He also stated that "Coaches like that are weeds of football fields, and they certainly have no place in Soviet football".[4] He became a manager at Dnipro in Kremenchuk for the 1963 season replacing Anatolii Sadovskyi.[5] It is unknown when he became manager or when he left, Anatolii Sadovskyi managed every league game.[6][7] In 1966 he joined Metallurg Almalyk as a manager. His next club was newly created Arai Stepnogorsk in 1968 where he became its first manager.[8] His next team was Dinamo Sukhumi where he was Nachalnik Komandy in 1972.[9] Dzidziguri then joined Khimik Grodno in 1972 as Nachalnik Komandy or a director of team. He was a manager from May 1973 to June 1974.[10] He was replaced by Vladimir Zabolotskikh. He had a very unsuccessful year with the team finishing in last place.[11]

Awards
Order of the Red Star, (Unknown date)
Order of the Patriotic War Second Class, (6 April 1985)[12]
Medal "For Courage", (23 August 1943,[13] Unknown date)
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", (Unknown date)

References
  1. "Сведения об Отари Дзидзигури из учётно-послужной картотеки" [Information about Otari Dzidziguri from the service file]. poisk.re (in Russian). Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  2. "Учётная карточка Отари Дзидзигури" [Service card of Otari Dzidziguri]. poisk.re (in Russian). Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  3. Dmitrikov, V.V.; Dmitrikova, N.V.; Petrenko, V.K.; Stoyanova, N.A. (2007), Победители, 1941-1945 [Victors, 1941-1945] (in Russian), vol. II, Maykop, Adygea: The Pentagon, p. 335, ISBN 978-5-9703-0109-8, retrieved 17 October 2023
  4. Rozin, M. (July 1964). "Плевела футбольных полей" [Weeds of football fields]. Sports games (in Russian). 7 (110): 8. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  5. Pyrukhin n.d.b, p. 83.
  6. Pyrukhin n.d.a, p. 40.
  7. Pyrukhin n.d.a, p. 344.
  8. Telezhynskaia, Nataliia (25 August 2018). "Степногорский футбол. Страницы истории" [Stepnogorsk football. Pages of history]. natalya-telezhinskaya.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  9. "Динамо-Химик" [Dinamo-Khimik matchday programme] (PDF). wildstat.ru (in Russian). 24 July 1974. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  10. "Ярошевич Александр Николаевич" [Yaroshevich Aleksandr Nikolaevich]. fcneman.by (in Russian). Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  11. "Поздравляем с Новым Годом!" [Happy New Year!]. fcneman.by (in Russian). 31 December 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  12. "Юбилейная награда Отари Дзидзигури" [Jubilee award of Otari Dzidziguri]. poisk.re (in Russian). Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  13. "Награда Отари Дзидзигури" [Award of Otari Dzidziguri]. poisk.re (in Russian). Retrieved 15 October 2023.

Sources
  • Pyrukhin, Yurii (n.d.a), Днепр Кременчуг футбол 1963-1969 [Dnipro Kremenchuk football 1963-1969] (in Ukrainian), Kremenchuk
  • Pyrukhin, Yurii (n.d.b), Энциклопедия кременчугского футбола [Encyclopedia of Kremenchuk football] (in Russian), Kremenchuk
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