Giorgi Daraselia

Giorgi Daraselia
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-09-17) 17 September 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth Mikha Tskhakaya (now Senaki), Georgian SSR
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Attacking Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Hapoel Nof HaGalil (sporting director)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986 Dinamo Tbilisi 0 (0)
1988–1989 Torpedo Kutaisi 45 (9)
1989 Dinamo Tbilisi 9 (0)
1990–1993 Torpedo Kutaisi 110 (32)
1993–1995 Kolkheti-1913 Poti 54 (43)
1995–1996 Samtredia 26 (13)
1996–1997 Kolkheti-1913 Poti 28 (15)
1997–1998 Hapoel Tel Aviv 29 (6)
1998 Iberia Samtredia 8 (2)
1998–1999 Hapoel Tzafririm Holon 25 (7)
1999–2002 Hapoel Kfar Saba 38 (8)
2002–2004 Hapoel Tzafririm Holon 39 (12)
Total 411 (147)
International career
1991–1999 Georgia 9 (2)
Managerial career
2004–2006 Hapoel Kfar Saba (assistant)
2006–2008 Bnei Sakhnin (assistant)
2008–2012 Maccabi Haifa (assistant)
2012 Hapoel Be'er Sheva (assistant)
2012 Dila Gori
2013 SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk
2013–2014 Zugdidi
2014–2015 Torpedo Kutaisi
2017–2018 Dila Gori
2018 Samtredia
2019 Bnei Sakhnin
2020 Merani Tbilisi
2021–2022 Sioni Bolnisi
2022 Shevardeni-1906 Tbilisi
2022– Hapoel Nof HaGalil (sporting director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giorgi Daraselia (Georgian: გიორგი დარასელია; born 17 September 1968) is a Georgian-Israeli (since 2010) association football coach and former international player. He is the sporting director with the Israeli club Hapoel Nof HaGalil.

Career

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 2 July 1991 Stadionul Republican, Chișinău, Moldova  Moldova 2–0 4–2 Friendly
2. 17 September 1992 David Kipiani Stadium, Gurjaani, Georgia  Azerbaijan 3–1 6–3 Friendly

Coach

After finishing his playing career in 2004, Giorgi Daraselia became an assistant coach at Hapoel Kfar Saba. He, along with Elisha Levy, in different Israeli clubs worked until September 2012. They twice (2008–2009, 2010–2011) led Maccabi Haifa to the league title.

Giorgi Daraselia passed the coaching requirement courses in the Israel Football Association, 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 of Georgian Highest League (Umaglesi Liga), 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 Umaglesi Liga 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 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, which competed in the Georgian second division.[1] Under his guidance the team gained automatic promotion, but after three top-flight games they parted ways upon mutual consent.[2] In the spring of 2022, he spent a short time as head coach of Liga 2 side Shevardeni-1906.

References

  1. ^ "ბოლნისის „სიონი" დარასელიამ ჩაიბარა - იმედია, მომავალ წელს ეროვნულ ლიგაში ვითამაშებთ". 1tv.ge (in Georgian), 25 June 2021.
  2. ^ "გიორგი დარასელიამ ურთიერთ შეთანხმების საფუძველზე ,,სიონის"მთავარი მწვრთნელის პოსტი დატოვა". gazetibolnisi.ge (in Georgian), 11 March 2022.