Otar Korgalidze

Otar Korgalidze, also spelled Korghalidze, is a Georgian former professional footballer and manager, born on 2 September 1960. As a player he appeared for clubs in Georgia, Austria, Azerbaijan and Estonia, and spent several seasons in the Soviet Top League and the Soviet First League with Guria, Dinamo Tbilisi and Torpedo Kutaisi. He was twice the top scorer of the Georgian Umaglesi Liga, was the first Georgian player to reach the 100 club in just 112 games, and won the 1994-95 league title with Dinamo Tbilisi. He played a short spell at Flora Tallinn, retired in 2000 with FC Kuressaare as his last club, and was a member of the Georgia national team that played its first historic international game, against Lithuania on 27 May 1990. As a manager he later led Dinamo Tbilisi, Olimpi and Sioni, became head coach of the national under-19 team in 2012 and founded a football school. His son Levan also played for Georgia and became a coach.