Giorgi Daraselia (born 17 September 1968 in

Senaki Senaki ( ka, სენაკი; xmf, სანაკი) is a town in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region, western Georgia. It is located at around between the rivers Tekhura/i and Tsivi, at an elevation of 28–38 meters above sea level. Senaki is ...

) is a

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

i (since 2010)

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

coach and former international player. Most recently he was the head coach of Shevardeni-1906.

Career

International goals

Coach

After finishing his playing career in 2004, Giorgi Daraselia became an assistant coach at

Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. ( he, מועדון כדורגל הפועל כפר סבא, ''Moadon Kaduregel Hapoel Kfar Saba'') is an Israeli football club based in Kfar Saba. The club competes in the Liga Leumit and plays home matches at Levita Stadiu ...

. He, along with

Elisha Levy Elisha Levy ( he, אלישע לוי; born on 18 November 1957) is a retired Israeli association footballer and currently the manager of Hapoel Haifa F.C., Hapoel Haifa. Career Player Levy was born in Jerusalem, Israel, to a Jewish family. In the ...

, in different Israeli clubs worked until September 2012. They twice (2008–2009, 2010–2011) led

Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa ( he, מכבי חיפה) is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football ...

to the league title. Giorgi Daraselia passed the coaching requirement courses in the

Israel Football Association The Israel Football Association (IFA; he, ההתאחדות לכדורגל בישראל, ''HaHit'aḥdut leKaduregel beIsrael'', literally "The Association of Football in Israel") is the governing body of football in Israel. It organizes a variet ...

, and in Spring 2010, received the PRO Category License which allows him to coach professional teams. Daraselia received his 1st chance as a head coach in Georgia იn September 2012 with

Dila Gori FC Dila Gori is a Georgian football club based in Gori. The club takes part in Erovnuli Liga, the first tier of Georgian football system, and plays their home games at Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium. Dila won the Georgian Cup in 2012 and Georgian C ...

of Georgian Highest League (

Umaglesi Liga The Erovnuli Liga ( ka, ეროვნული ლიგა - lit. National League) is the top division of professional football in Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional Football League of Georgia and Georgian Football F ...

), and led the team from last to second place while winning 16 out of 18 games. During that season, Daraselia became the only coach in Georigia's football history who was able to defeat each of the 11 members of the

in a span that lasted from September 15, 2012 to November 18, 2012. In January 2013, Giorgi Daraselia became the head coach of

Football Championship of the National League The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн� ...

team of Russia - SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk. After several years spent at different clubs, in June 2021 he was appointed as a manager of

Sioni Bolnisi FC Sioni is a Georgian football club based in Bolnisi. Following the 2022 season, they were relegated to Erovnuli Liga Liga 2, the second tier of Georgian league system. The team has once claimed the national league champion's title. Sioni pla ...

, which competed in the Georgian

second division In sport, the Second Division, also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Following the rise of Premier League style compet ...

. Under his guidance the team gained automatic promotion, but after three top-flight games they parted ways upon mutual consent. In the spring of 2022, he spent a short time as head coach of Liga 2 side Shevardeni-1906.

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