Samson Pruidze

Samson (Soso) Pruidze (Georgian: სამსონ (სოსო) ფრუიძე) (born 6 October 1957 in Kutaisi) is a retired Georgian and Soviet football player and later Georgian manager.

Samson Pruidze
Personal information
Full name Samson Pruidze
Date of birth (1957-10-06) 6 October 1957
Place of birth Kutaisi, Georgian SSR
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Samgurali Tskaltubo
Youth career
Torpedo Kutaisi
Energetik Terjola
Zoovetinstitut Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983 Dinamo Tbilisi 5 (0)
1984−1988 Torpedo Kutaisi 140 (2)
Managerial career
1994 Samgurali Tskhaltubo
1994−1995 Margveti Zestafoni
1995−1996 Samgurali Tskhaltubo
1996−1998 Torpedo Kutaisi
1998−2000 Iberia Samtredia
2002−2003 Torpedo Kutaisi
2004−2005 Borjomi
2008−2020 Chikhura Sachkhere
2020 Locomotive Tbilisi
2021 Samgurali Tskhaltubo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Player

Soso Pruidze spent an uneventful season at Dinamo Tbilisi at a time when the club was experiencing the change of generations following the Cup Winner's 1981 Cup glory. Then followed five seasons in Torpedo Kutaisi as a right defender, including in the Soviet Top League.

Coach

Pruidze has been in charge of different clubs. He earned a first silverware in 2003 with Torpedo Kutaisi when the team came 2nd in the league after three consecutive Championship wins.

Pruidze became mostly known for a long-time managerial career at the helm of Chikhura Sachkhere.[1] Apart from these twelve years being record-breaking in Georgian league history, Pruidze first guided the team to the top tier, then to national Cup and Super Cup titles, also to the silver medals.[2] The fifth place was the lowest Chikhura took during his reign. Given the number of trophies, these years between 2012 and 2020 are known as the golden period in the history of this club. In a statement Pruidze pointed out that he felt exhausted and needed a rest.[3]

In April 2021, Soso Pruidze was appointed as head coach of Samgurali Tskaltubo,[4] where he had started his coaching career in 1994. His return marked another attempt to win the Georgian Cup. The team beat four opponents and reached the final for the second time in a row but failed to clinch the title.

At the end of this season he moved to the management as the head of Samgurali football school.[5]

Honours

Manager

Torpedo Kutaisi

Runner-up (1): 2002–03


Chikhura Sachkhere

Runners-up (1): 2016

Winners (1): 2017

Runner-up (2): 2012–13, 2013–14

Winners (1): 2013

Runner-up (2): 2015, 2018


Samgurali Tskaltubo

Runner-up (1): 2021

References
  1. "Chikhura claim Georgian Super Cup". UEFA.com. 22 December 2013.
  2. "Chikhura's rise from ruins reaches new heights". UEFA.com. 17 July 2013.
  3. "სოსო ფრუიძემ „ჩიხურას" მთავარი მწვრთნელის თანამდებობა დატოვა". gurianews.com (in Georgian). 16 January 2020.
  4. "სამგურალში სოსიაშვილი ფრუიძემ შეცვალა". popsport.com (in Georgian). 15 April 2021.
  5. "ცვლილებები სამგურალში! – სოსო ფრუიძემ კლუბის მენეჯმენტში გადაინაცვლა". primetime.ge (in Georgian). 28 December 2021.


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