Omari Mikhaylovich Tetradze (russian: Омари Михайлович Тетрадзе, ka, ომარ თეთრაძე, el, Ομάρι Τετράντζε; born 13 October 1969 as Omari Mikhaylovich Osipov) is a Georgian-Russian professional

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manager and former player. During his playing career, he represented

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at international level.

Early life

Tetradze was born in Velispiri,

Georgian SSR The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (Georgian SSR; ka, საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა, tr; russian: Грузинская Советская Соц� ...

as Omari Mikhaylovich Osipov (the original surname of his family was Iosifidis) to

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parents. At the age of 18, he decided to change surname when he turned professional. It was the run-up to the

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breakup and the nationalist sentiments in

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were strong enough to affect the young player's career. Because of that, Omari took his maternal grandmother's

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surname – Tetradze. Later he considered restoring his original surname, but decided it would cause too many problems.

Club career

At club level, Tetradze played for

Dinamo Tbilisi Dinamo Tbilisi is a sports club from Tbilisi, Georgia. It was founded in 1925. Among its highest honors, is the European trophy earned by its football team which won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1981, beating FC Carl Zeiss Jena of East Germany 2–1 ...

FC Dynamo Moscow FC Dynamo Moscow (''FC Dynamo Moskva'', russian: Дина́мо Москва́ ) is a Russian football club based in Moscow. Dynamo returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2017–18 season after one season in the second-tier Russian Footb ...

Alania Vladikavkaz FC Alania Vladikavkaz (russian: "Алания" (Владикавказ), os, Футболон клуб "Алани" (Дзæуджыхъæу)) is a Russian football team from Vladikavkaz. Founded in 1921, the club played in the Soviet Top League ...

(where he won a Russian league championship medal in 1995),

AS Roma ' (''Rome Sport Association''), commonly referred to as Roma (), is a professional football club based in Rome, Italy. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma has participated in the top tier of Italian football for all of its existence, except for ...

, and

PAOK FC P.A.O.K. FC ( el, ΠΑΕ ΠΑΟΚ, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινουπολιτών, '' Panthessaloníkios Athlitikós Ómilos Konstadinoupolitón'', "Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of ...

(Greece).

International career

Tetradze played for

at international level, and appeared at

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and

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. At the latter tournament, he played superbly in each of Russia's three games despite the team's poor results, and was arguably the best

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in the competition.

Managing career

After finishing his playing career in 2005, Tetradze became an assistant coach at

Krylia Sovetov Samara PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara (russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб «Крылья Советов» Самара) is a football club from Russia based in Samara. It returned to the Russian Premier League for the 20 ...

. He was later the manager of

Anzhi Makhachkala 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. Founded ...

. He threatened to resign the post in September 2008 following a 1–0 defeat against

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, but subsequently stayed on as manager. Anzhi finally returned to

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for 2010 season after finishing champion in First Division. On 19 March 2010 the Coach has quit Anzhi Makhachkala. In September 2014, Tetradze and his coaching staff left

FC Zhetysu Jetisu Taldykorgan ( kk, Жетісу Талдықорған футбол клубы, ''Jetisý Taldyqorǵan Fýtbol Klýby'') is a Kazakh professional football club based at the Zhetysu stadium in Taldykorgan. They are founding members of the K ...

by mutual consent. On 30 May 2016, Tetradze was appointed as manager of

FC Tobol FC Tobol ( kk, Тобыл футбол клубы, Tobyl Futbol Kluby) is a Kazakh professional football club based at the Central Stadium in Kostanay. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992. They ...

. He left Tobol by mutual consent on 27 June 2017.

Personal life

In the early 1990s he received Greek citizenship but later renounced it. Tetradze considers himself to be a Greek by ethnicity, but says Georgia is his homeland.

Career statistics

Honours

Player

winner in 1995 (with Spartak-Alania) *

Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup ( el, Κύπελλο Ελλάδος Ποδοσφαίρου), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Kypello Elladas is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second most im ...

winner in 2001 (with PAOK) * Russian Premier League runner-up: 1994, 1996. * Georgian

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 ...

winner: 1990. * Russian Cup finalist: 2004.

Manager

Anzhi Makhachkala *

Russian First Division 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� ...

winner: 2009 *

best manager: 2009.Лауреаты сезона 2009–го года
Volga Nizhny Novgorod *

runner-up: 2010

References

External links

Club profile

at RussiaTeam
Tetradze threatens to quit Anzhi
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tetradze, Omari 1969 births Living people Georgian people of Greek descent Russian people of Greek descent Russian sportspeople of Georgian descent Naturalized citizens of Greece Georgian emigrants to Greece People from Kvemo Kartli Soviet footballers Footballers from Georgia (country) Russian footballers Association football fullbacks FC Dinamo Tbilisi players FC Mertskhali Ozurgeti players FC Dynamo Moscow players FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players A.S. Roma players PAOK FC players FC Anzhi Makhachkala players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players Soviet Top League players Russian Premier League players Serie A players Super League Greece players Dual internationalists (football) Soviet Union international footballers Russia international footballers 1994 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 1996 players Russian expatriate footballers Russian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Russian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Greece Expatriate footballers in Italy Russian football managers FC Anzhi Makhachkala managers FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod managers FC Khimki managers FC Zhetysu managers FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk managers FC Tobol managers Russian Premier League managers Russian expatriate football managers Russian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Expatriate football managers in Kazakhstan