Revaz Dzodzuashvili

Revaz Mikheilis dze Dzodzuashvili (Georgian: რევაზ მიხეილის ძე ძოძუაშვილი; born 15 April 1945) is a Georgian football manager and a former player. He earned 49 caps for the USSR national football team, and participated in the 1970 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1972. After the UEFA Euro 1972 along with his teammates by Soviet Union national football team – Murtaz Khurtsilava and Evgeni Rudakov – he was named by UEFA in the official Team of the Tournament, where also were presented such great players like Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Paul Breitner, Uli Hoeness and Günter Netzer.^[1][2]

Revaz Dzodzuashvili

Personal information
Full name	Revaz Mikheilis dze Dzodzuashvili
Date of birth	(1945-04-15) 15 April 1945 (age 80)
Place of birth	Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Youth career
	Torpedo Kutaisi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1962	Imereti Kutaisi
1962–1963	Dinamo Tbilisi	0	(0)
1964	Torpedo Kutaisi	0	(0)
1964–1965	Dinamo Sukhumi
1966–1967	Torpedo Kutaisi	67	(1)
1968–1976	Dinamo Tbilisi	234	(4)
Total		301	(5)
International career
1969–1974	USSR	49	(0)
Managerial career
1976	SKA Tbilisi
1977	Lokomotiv Samtredia
1978	Torpedo Kutaisi
1979	Kolkheti Poti
1988–1989	Torpedo Kutaisi
1990–1991	Iberia Tbilisi (assistant)
1991–1993	Dinamo Tbilisi
1993–1995	Metalurgi Rustavi
1995	Temp Shepetivka
1995–1996	Metalurgi Rustavi
1996	Metalurgi Rustavi (consultant)
1997	Skonto (consultant)
1997	Georgia (consultant)
1997–1999	Latvia
1999	Al-Ittihad Jeddah
2000	Locomotive Tbilisi
2000–2001	Georgia
2001–2002	Torpedo Kutaisi
2002	Uralan Elista
2002–2003	Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz
2004	Kaunas (advisor)
2005	Dynamo Makhachkala
2005	Skonto (VP)
2005–2006	Torpedo Kutaisi
2007	Metalurgi Rustavi
2007–2008	Shakhter Karagandy
2010	Turan Tovuz
2013–2014	Georgia U-21
2014	Torpedo Kutaisi
2017	Dinamo Sukhumi
2017–2018	Meshakhte Tkibuli
2022	Algeti Marneuli
2023	Shukura Kobuleti
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union UEFA European Championship Runner-up 1972 Belgium Olympic Games 1972 Munich Team competition
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

After retiring from competitions he became a football manager, including a stint as head coach of the Latvia national football team. He was a manager of Shakhter Karagandy at the start of 2008 season, but his contract was terminated soon.

Personal life

Dzoduashvili's son, Mikheil Dzodzuashvili, is married to Georgian singer Sopho Khalvashi. Together they have two daughters.^[3]

International career

Dzodzuashvili was capped 49 times for Soviet Union national football team, made his debut against Colombia in international friendly match, which was held on Estadio Nemesio Camacho El Campín in Bogota 20 February 1969.^[4]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[5]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Soviet Union	1969	6	0
	1970	8	0
	1971	8	0
	1972	16	0
	1973	9	0
	1974	2	0
Total		49	0

Honours

Player

Dinamo Tbilisi

• Soviet Top League third place: 1969, 1971, 1972, 1976
• Soviet Cup runner-up: 1970

Soviet Union

• Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics third place: 1972
• UEFA European Football Championship runner-up: 1972

Individual

• UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1972^[6]
• FUWO European Team of the Season: 1972^[7]

Manager

Dinamo Tbilisi

• Georgian Umaglesi Liga: 1991–92

Torpedo Kutaisi

• Georgian Umaglesi Liga: 2001–02

Olimpi Rustavi

• Georgian Umaglesi Liga: 2006–07