Omari Tetradze

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Mikhaylovich and the family name is Tetradze.

Omari Mikhaylovich Tetradze (Russian: Омари Михайлович Тетрадзе, Georgian: ომარ თეთრაძე, Greek: Ομάρι Τετράντζε; born 13 October 1969 as Omari Mikhaylovich Osipov) is a Georgian-Russian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Russian club Ufa. During his playing career, he played as a defender or midfielder, and represented Russia at international level.

Omari Tetradze

Personal information
Birth name	Omari Mikhailovich Osipov
Date of birth	(1969-10-13) 13 October 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth	Velispiri, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Right-back, defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Ufa (manager)
Youth career
1978–1982	DYuSSh Avaza Tbilisi
1982–1987	FSh-35 Minprosa Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1990	Dinamo Tbilisi	24	(0)
1990–1991	Mertskhali Ozurgeti	30	(4)
1991–1995	Dynamo Moscow	101	(11)
1995–1997	Alania Vladikavkaz	61	(1)
1997–1999	Roma	15	(0)
1999–2001	PAOK	60	(2)
2001–2002	Alania Vladikavkaz	29	(0)
2002–2004	Anzhi Makhachkala	40	(1)
2004–2005	Krylia Sovetov Samara	26	(0)
Total		386	(19)
International career
1991	Soviet Union	5	(0)
1992–2002[2]	Russia	40	(1)
Managerial career
2003	Anzhi Makhachkala (assistant)
2007–2010	Anzhi Makhachkala
2010–2011	Volga Nizhny Novgorod
2012–2013	Khimki
2013–2014	Zhetysu
2015–2016	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk
2016–2017	Tobol
2023	Saburtalo Tbilisi
2025	Ufa (sporting director)
2025–	Ufa
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

Tetradze was born in Velispiri, Georgian SSR as Omari Mikhaylovich Osipov (the original surname of his family was Iosifidis) to ethnic Greek parents. At the age of 18, he decided to change surname when he turned professional. It was the run-up to the USSR breakup and the nationalist sentiments in Georgia were strong enough to affect the young player's career. Because of that, Omari took his maternal grandmother's Georgian 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, FC Dynamo Moscow, Alania Vladikavkaz (where he won a Russian league championship medal in 1995), AS Roma, and PAOK FC (Greece).

International career

Tetradze played for Russia at international level, and appeared at World Cup 1994 and Euro 1996. 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 right-back in the competition.

Managing career

After finishing his playing career in 2005, Tetradze became an assistant coach at Krylia Sovetov Samara. He was later the manager of Anzhi Makhachkala. He threatened to resign the post in September 2008 following a 1–0 defeat against Belgorod, but subsequently stayed on as manager. Anzhi finally returned to Russian Premier League 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 by mutual consent.^[3]

On 30 May 2016, Tetradze was appointed as manager of FC Tobol.^[4] He left Tobol by mutual consent on 27 June 2017.^[5]

Personal life

In the early 1990s he received Greek citizenship but later renounced it.^[6] Tetradze considers himself to be a Greek by ethnicity, but says Georgia is his homeland.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League
		Division	Apps	Goals
Dinamo Tbilisi	1987	Soviet Top League	00	0
	1988	Soviet Top League	09	0
	1989	Soviet Top League	15	0
	1990	Soviet Top League
	Total
Mertskhali Ozurgeti
Dynamo Moscow	1991	Soviet Top League	21	0
	1992	Russian Top League	25	6
	1993	Russian Top League	32	4
	1994	Russian Top League	23	1
	Total		101	11
Alania Vladikavkaz	1995	Russian Top League	30	0
	1996	Russian Top League	31	1
	Total		61	1
Roma	1996–97	Serie A	08	0
	1997–98	Serie A	07	0
	1998–99	Serie A	00	0
	Total		15	0
PAOK	1999-00	Super League Greece	27	0
	2000–01	Super League Greece	22	2
	2001–02	Super League Greece	05	0
	Total		54	2
Alania Vladikavkaz	2002	Russian Premier League	29	0
Anzhi Makhachkala	2003	Russian First Division	40	1
Krylia Sovetov	2004	Russian Premier League	14	0
	2005	Russian Premier League	12	0
	Total		26	0

Honours

Player

• Russian Premier League winner in 1995 (with Spartak-Alania)
• Greek Cup winner in 2001 (with PAOK)
• Russian Premier League runner-up: 1994, 1996.
• Georgian Umaglesi Liga winner: 1990.
• Russian Cup finalist: 2004.

Manager

Anzhi Makhachkala

• Russian First Division winner: 2009
• Russian First Division best manager: 2009.^[7]

Volga Nizhny Novgorod

• Russian First Division runner-up: 2010