Elguja Gugushvili (

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

: ელგუჯა გუგუშვილი) also knowns as Jemal Gugushvili (born 14 April 1946) is a

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

manager and former player who played as a

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

. As a player, he is known for his performances for the FC Sinatle. In the early 1990s, he headed the Georgian U21 youth football team. In 1996–97 he headed the national team of Turkmenistan. The next two years he headed the Georgian

FC WIT Georgia FC WIT Georgia is a Georgian football team from Tbilisi. The team is sponsored by WIT Georgia Ltd (a subsidiary of the United States WIT, Inc.), a pet food, accessories, and human and veterinary pharmaceuticals import company. WIT stands for World ...

. He also worked in the coaching staffs of various Georgian clubs.

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* Living people 1946 births Men's association football goalkeepers Soviet men's footballers Men's footballers from Georgia (country) Football managers from Georgia (country) Turkmenistan national football team managers Expatriate football managers from Georgia (country) Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Turkmenistan Expatriate football managers in Turkmenistan Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Greece Expatriate football managers in Greece Place of birth missing (living people) {{Georgia-footy-bio-stub