// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Levan Korgalidze? A Georgian giant, he's a big cheese.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Levan Korgalidze | ||
| Date of birth | 21 February 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996 | Guria Lanchkhuti | 3 | (1) |
| 1997 | Dinamo-2 Tbilisi | 15 | (6) |
| 1998 | Arsenali Tbilisi | 14 | (0) |
| 1999–2005 | Skonto | 125 | (23) |
| 2006 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 10 | (2) |
| 2006 | Sioni Bolnisi | 10 | (1) |
| 2007 | Dinaburg FC | 13 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Dacia Chişinău | 39 | (7) |
| 2009–2010 | FC Zestaponi | 28 | (6) |
| 2010–2011 | Dacia Chişinău | 32 | (13) |
| 2012–2013 | Zimbru Chişinău | 15 | (5) |
| 2013–2014 | Metalurgi Rustavi | 13 | (2) |
| 2014 | Dila Gori | 6 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2001 | Georgia U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 2004 | Georgia | 3 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2017–2018 | Saburtalo (Youth) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Locomotive (Assistant) | ||
| 2019–2020 | Locomotive | ||
| 2020–2022 | Saburtalo | ||
| 2023–2024 | Zhenis | ||
| 2024–2025 | Iberia 1999 | ||
| 2026 | Dila | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Levan Korgalidze (Georgian: ლევან კორღალიძე; born 21 February 1980), also spelled as Korghalidze, is a former Georgian midfielder and manager, who was most recently in charge of Erovnuli Liga club Dila.
Korgalidze played regularly for the Georgia national under-21 football team. His debut call-up to the national team was in 2003.
He is the son of Otar Korghalidze.
Coaching career
[edit]Korgalidze started his coaching career in 2017 at Saburtalo Tbilisi at youth level. In the summer of 2018, he joined Locomotive Tbilisi as assistant manager and head coach of U15s. In April 2019, following some unsatisfactory results, Locomotive fired their manager, replacing him with Korgalidze.[1] Under his leadership, the team not only climbed out of the drop zone, but also qualified for a UEFA European competition for the first time since 2008.
In early March 2020, the Erovnuli Liga season was suspended due to COVID-19 with Locomotive on top of the table after initial two rounds. By the time the matches resumed in July, the sides had parted ways at the club when a disagreement arose over the planned 70% cut of salaries.[2]
In September 2020, Korgalidze returned to Saburtalo as a head coach.[3] The next year, he guided the team to the Georgian Cup title, but left the club by mutual agreement on 8 June 2022.[4]
In November 2023, Korgalidze was appointed as a manager at Kazakhstan Premier League club Zhenis, who had just won the promotion from the First Division.[5] On 21 May 2024, he left the club by mutual consent.[6]
Six weeks later Korgalidze was appointed at Saburtalo for the third time with the club renamed as Iberia 1999.[7] His club was in crisis after losing seven out of eight matches across all competitions, but Korgalidze managed to rectify the situation and lead Iberia 1999 to their second champion's title in six years. He was named Manager of the Year by the Football Federation on 10 December 2024.[8]
Korgalidze left the club on 31 July 2025 after a six-game winless run across all competitions which included a premature exit from the European season,[9] although his team had at the same time achieved a thirty-game unbeaten run in the league.[10]
On 13 May 2026, Korgalidze was appointed at Dila where he had ended his career as a player twelve years earlier.[11] After four matches in charge, the club announced his departure citing his health condition as a reason.[12]
Managerial statistics
[edit]- As of match played 11 January 2024
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Locomotive |  |
9 April 2019 | 30 June 2020 | 36 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 50 | 41 | +9 | 58.33 |
| Saburtalo | |
18 September 2020 | 11 June 2022 | 40 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 58 | 49 | +9 | 40.00 |
| Zhenis |  |
22 November 2023 | 21 May 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
| Iberia 1999 | |
6 July 2024 | 31 July 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
| Dila | |
13 May 2026 | 6 June 2026 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0.00 |
| Total | 90 | 37 | 17 | 36 | 111 | 97 | +14 | 41.11 | |||
Honours
[edit]Saburtalo / Iberia 1999
[edit]- Erovnuli Liga (1): 2024
- Georgian Cup (1): 2021
References
[edit]- ↑ "ლოკომოტივს ლევან კორღალიძე გაწვრთნის". geoliga.ge (in Georgian). 9 April 2019.
- ↑ "ლევან კორღალიძე - ფეხბურთს მალე დავუბრუნდები". belive.ge (in Georgian). 7 July 2020.
- ↑ ""საბურთალოს" მწვრთნელად ლევან კორღალიძე დანიშნეს". sportall.ge (in Georgian). 19 September 2020.
- ↑ "ლევან კორღალიძემ "საბურთალო" დატოვა". worldsport.ge (in Georgian). 8 June 2022.
- ↑ "Леван Коргалидзе возглавляет "Женис" перед Премьер-лигой". kpl.kz. 22 November 2023.
- ↑ "Клуб КПЛ объявил об уходе главного тренера". sports.kz (in Russian). 21 May 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ↑ ""იბერიამ" მიქაძე გაუშვა და კორღალიძე მთავარ მწვრთნელად უკვე მესამედ დანიშნა". sportall.ge (in Georgian). Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ↑ "CRYSTALBET ELIGA AWARDS 2024". eliga.ge (in Georgian). 10 December 2024.
- ↑ "ცნობილია, რატომ დატოვა ლევან კორღალიძემ იბერიას მთავარი მწვრთნელის პოსტი". etablo.ge (in Georgian). 31 July 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- ↑ "კრისტალბეთ ეროვნული ლიგა განახლდა: მოგებები 10 კაცით" [Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga resumes]. sportall.ge (in Georgian). 3 August 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- ↑ ""დილას" მწვრთნელად ლევან კორღალიძე დანიშნეს" [Levan Korgalidze becomes Dila coach]. sportall.ge (in Georgian). 13 May 2026. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
- ↑ "ლევან კორღალიძემ დილა დატოვა" [Levan Korgalidze leaves Dila] (in Georgian). FC Dila. 6 June 2026. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
External links
[edit]- Levan Korgalidze at National-Football-Teams.com
- Levan Korgalidze at WorldFootball.net
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Men's footballers from Georgia (country)
- Georgia (country) men's international footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country)
- Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova
- FC Guria Lanchkhuti players
- FC Zestaponi players
- FC Torpedo Kutaisi players
- FC Metalurgi Rustavi players
- FC Sioni Bolnisi players
- Skonto FC players
- Dinaburg FC players
- FC Dila Gori managers
- FC Iberia 1999 managers
- FC Locomotive Tbilisi managers
- FC Zhenis managers
- FC Dacia Chișinău players
- Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Moldova
- Footballers from Tbilisi
- Men's association football midfielders