Otar Martsvaladze

Otar Martsvaladze (Georgian: ოთარ მარცვალაძე; born 14 July 1984) is a Georgian former professional footballer who played for the Georgia national team.

Otar Martsvaladze

Martsvaladze in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth	(1984-07-14) 14 July 1984 (age 41)
Place of birth	Tbilisi, Georgia SSR
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
2000–2002	WIT Georgia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2006	WIT Georgia	82	(33)
2006–2008	Dynamo Kyiv	6	(0)
2006–2008	Dynamo-2 Kyiv	11	(2)
2007	→ Zakarpattia Uzhhorod (loan)	17	(1)
2009–2010	Anzhi Makhachkala	22	(13)
2010	→ Volga Nizhny Novgorod (loan)	33	(21)
2011	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	13	(5)
2011–2012	Krasnodar	22	(3)
2013	SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk	7	(4)
2013–2014	Alania Vladikavkaz	9	(3)
2014	Dinamo Tbilisi	14	(6)
2014–2015	Tosno	7	(1)
2015–2016	Dila Gori	27	(19)
2016–2017	Ordabasy	18	(3)
2017	Dinamo Batumi	13	(1)
2018	Rustavi	23	(4)
International career
2000	Georgia U17	2	(0)
2001	Georgia U19	3	(2)
2003–2005	Georgia U21	7	(1)
2006–2014	Georgia	22	(2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Club

Otar Martsvaladze was born in Tbilisi. He spent first four years of his professional career at WIT Georgia, where he secured championship title in 2004. Two years later Martsvaladze was named the best player of the season.^[1]

He signed for Dynamo Kyiv along with countryman Kakhaber Aladashvili in 2006.^[2]

In 2014 he returned to Umaglesi Liga and initially joined Dinamo Tbilisi for six months,^[3] followed by another year at Dila Gori.^[4] His prolific performance was duly appreciated with Otar named among the best three players of the 2014–15 season.^[5]

On 22 June 2016, Martsvaladze signed for FC Ordabasy in the Kazakhstan Premier League.^[6]

Rustavi turned out the last club Martsvaladze played for in 2018. At the age of 34 he ended his career and moved to futsal.^[7]

International career

He was also a member of Georgian national football team. Martsvaladze made his debut in the 2006 Malta International Football Tournament, he then played five games in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying and five more friendlies. In 2011 he assisted Levan Kobiashvili in the 90th minute in Georgia's 1–0 win against Croatia.

Otar Martsvaladze bade farewell to the national team during a ceremony held in March 2019.^[8]

Personal life

His father was killed in a car crash, Otar was in the same car but received lighter injuries.^[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 July 2017^[10][11]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
WIT Georgia	2002–03	Umaglesi Liga	7	0			0	0	–		7	0
	2003–04		32	7			2	0	–		34	7
	2004–05		28	12			2	1	–		30	13
	2005–06		15	14			1	0	–		16	14
	Total		82	33			5	1	-	-	87	34
Dynamo Kyiv	2005–06	Ukrainian Premier League	4	0			0	0	–		4	0
	2006–07		2	0			0	0	–		2	0
	2007–08		0	0			0	0	–		0	0
	2008–09		0	0			0	0	–		0	0
	Total		6	0			0	0	-	-	6	0
Zakarpattia (loan)	2007–08	Ukrainian Premier League	17	1			–		–		17	1
Anzhi Makhachkala	2009	Russian National League	21	12			–		–		21	12
	2010	Russian Premier League	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
	Total		21	12			-	-	-	-	21	12
Volga Nizhny Novgorod (loan)	2010	Russian National League	33	21	2	2	–		–		35	23
Volga Nizhny Novgorod	2011–12	Russian Premier League	13	5	0	0	–		–		13	5
Krasnodar	2011–12	Russian Premier League	22	3	0	0	–		–		22	3
SKA-Energia	2012–13	Russian National League	6	4	0	0	–		1	0	7	4
Alania Vladikavkaz	2013–14	Russian National League	9	3	0	0	–		–		9	3
Dinamo Tbilisi	2013–14	Umaglesi Liga	14	6	4	4	2	0	–		20	8
Tosno	2014–15	Russian National League	7	1	0	0	–		–		7	1
Dila Gori	2015–16	Umaglesi Liga	27	19	2	0	2	0	1	0	32	19
Ordabasy	2016	Kazakhstan Premier League	10	2	0	0	0	0	–		10	2
	2017		8	1	2	0	0	0	–		10	1
	Total		18	3	2	0	0	0	-	-	20	3
Dinamo Batumi	2017	Umaglesi Liga	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
Career total			275	111	10	6	11	1	2	0	298	118

International

As of match played 29 May 2014^[10]

Georgia national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2006	5	1
2007	6	0
2008	1	1
2009	1	0
2010	1	0
2011	6	0
2012	1	0
2013	0	0
2014	1	0
Total	22	2

International goals

As of 12 November 2015^[10]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref
1.	28 February 2006	Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta	Malta	1–0	2–0	Friendly	[12]
2.	19 November 2008	Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest, Romania	Romania	1–0	1–2	Friendly	[13]

Honours

• Umaglesi Liga best player: 2005–06

• Russian First Division top scorer: 2010 (21 goals).^[14]