Gocha Jamarauli

Gocha Jamarauli (Georgian: გოჩა ჯამარაული; born 23 July 1971) is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He collected 62 caps and as of 2008 is the tenth most capped player of the Georgia national team.

Gocha Jamarauli

Personal information
Date of birth	(1971-07-23) 23 July 1971 (age 54)
Place of birth	Gardabani, Soviet Union
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1996	Dinamo Tbilisi	123	(35)
1996	Alania Vladikavkaz	9	(0)
1997–1998	Trabzonspor	27	(3)
1998–2002	FC Zürich	68	(12)
2002	→ Luzern (loan)	8	(2)
2002–2004	Metalurh Donetsk	59	(5)
2005	Dinamo Tbilisi	8	(1)
2005–2006	Anorthosis Famagusta
Total		311	(57)
International career
1994–2004	Georgia	62	(6)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Jamarauli's club career started in Dinamo Tbilisi when Georgian football league was formed in 1990, the Dinamo team won several titles in a row, and Jamarauli was a key player during this period. In 1996, he wanted to play abroad, and moved to Russian (North Ossetian) team Alania Vladikavkaz, and the next season to Trabzonspor of Turkey.

Neither spell was very successful, so he got a transfer to Swiss club FC Zürich in summer 1998 where he spent four seasons until leaving following a contract dispute. Via another Swiss team, FC Luzern, he joined Metalurh Donetsk in the Ukrainian league,^[1] where he would spend two and a half seasons. Following brief spells with Dinamo Tbilisi^[2] and Anorthosis Famagusta he announced his retirement from professional football.

International career

Jamarauli was a regular in the Georgia national team, and played 62 international matches and scored 6 goals between 1994 and 2004.^[3] With his team won Malta International Football Tournament 1998.^[4] He made his début on 8 February 1994.

Career statistics

Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jamarauli goal.

List of international goals scored by Gocha Jamarauli

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	23 June 1994	Riga, Latvia	Latvia		3–1	Friendly
2	27 March 1996	Limassol, Cyprus	Cyprus		2–0	Friendly
3	6 February 1998	Valletta, Malta	Latvia		2–1	Friendly
4
5	10 February 1998	Valletta, Malta	Malta		3–1	Friendly
6	1 September 2001	Tbilisi, Georgia	Hungary		3–1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

FC Zürich

• Swiss Cup: 1999–2000^[5]