Valeri Abramidze ( ka, ვალერი აბრამიძე; born 17 January 1980) is a former

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footballer. He also holds

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n citizenship.

Spartak Moscow

Abramidze joined

FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow (russian: Футбольный клуб «Спартак» Москва, Futbolʹnyy klub «Spartak» Moskva, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships (second only to Dyna ...

during summer 2002, signed 5-year contract. He made 15 league appearances for Spartak, and 4 2002

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as well, scoring no goals. Being loaned out to

FC Uralan Elista FC Uralan Elista (russian: ФК Уралан Элиста) is a football club based in Elista, Kalmykia, Russia. History FC Elista was founded in 2005 following the dissolution of its predecessor, FC Uralan Elista. The club entered ''South'' zone ...

in 2003, he left Spartak for

FC Khimki FC Khimki (russian: ФК Химки) is a Russian professional football club based in Khimki. The club returned to the Russian Premier League in the 2020–21 season. History The team was formed in 1996 by merging two amateur clubs from Khimki, ...

in 2004.

Khazar scandal

During 2007 summer mid-season, Abramidze had major issues leaving

FK Khazar Lenkoran Khazar Lankaran FK ( tly, Xəzər Lankon Futboli Klub, script=Latn, az, Xəzər Lənkəran Futbol Klubu) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Lankaran that last played in the Azerbaijan Premier League during the 2015–16 season. Since the ...

. While Abramidze was sure he had signed one-year contract in 2006 and now he is free agent,

authorities told that he'd signed contract that is 2-year long. The problem seemed to be with contract in

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language while Abramidze had not knew Azeri and had not have a translated version. As a result, Abramidze had lost a lot of time while trying to be transferred to

Anzhi Football Club Anzhi Makhachkala (russian: link=no, Футбо́льный клуб «Анжи́» Махачкала́, ), known simply as FC Anji, was a Russian professional football club based in the Dagestani capital of Makhachkala. Founde ...

, so the club could not include him into the signing list for Russian First Division in 2007. That's why Abramidze was out of football from September 2007 to the season 2008.

Coach

In May 2022, Valeri Abramidze was appointed as a caretaker coach at

Rustavi Rustavi ( ka, რუსთავი ) is a city in the southeast of Georgia, in the region of Kvemo Kartli and southeast of capital Tbilisi. It has a population of 130,100 (2021), making it the fourth most populous city in Georgia. Its economy is ...

for a few weeks. The next five months he worked at the club as an assistant head coach before becoming an interim head coach in early November 2022.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Abramidze, Valeri 1980 births Living people Footballers from Tbilisi Footballers from Georgia (country) Expatriate footballers from Georgia (country) Georgia (country) men's international footballers Men's association football defenders FC Dinamo Tbilisi players FC Tbilisi players FC Locomotive Tbilisi players FC Torpedo Kutaisi players FC Spartak Moscow players FC Elista players FC Anzhi Makhachkala players FC Khimki players FC Dynamo Barnaul players Expatriate footballers in Russia Expatriate footballers in Azerbaijan Khazar Lankaran FK players Russian Premier League players Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Azerbaijan Shamakhi FK players FC Sioni Bolnisi players Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Russia