Levan Korgalidze

Levan Korgalidze (born 21 February 1980) is a former Georgian midfielder and current manager of Georgian Erovnuli Liga club Iberia 1999.

Levan Korgalidze

Personal information
Full name	Levan Korgalidze
Date of birth	(1980-02-21) 21 February 1980 (age 45)
Place of birth	Tbilisi, Soviet Union
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Iberia 1999 (Manager)
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
2004	Georgia	3	(0)
Managerial career
2017–2018	Saburtalo Tbilisi (Youth)
2018–2019	Locomotive Tbilisi (Assistant)
2019–2020	Locomotive Tbilisi
2020–2022	Saburtalo Tbilisi
2023–2024	Zhenis
2024–2025	Iberia 1999
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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 the manager, replacing him with Korgalidze.^[1] Under his leadership, the team not only climbed out of the drop zone, but also qualified for the 2020 Europa League 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]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 11 January 2024

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Locomotive Tbilisi		9 April 2019	30 June 2020	36	21	4	11	50	41	+9	058.33
Saburtalo Tbilisi		18 September 2020	11 June 2022	40	16	12	12	58	49	+9	040.00
Zhenis		22 November 2023	Present	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				86	37	16	33	108	90	+18	043.02

Honours

Saburtalo / Iberia 1999

• Erovnuli Liga (1): 2024

• Georgian Cup (1): 2021