Zaur Svanadze

Zaur Svanadze (Georgian: ზაურ სვანაძე; born 23 January 1958) is a Georgian football manager and former player. He is the assistant manager of Dinamo Tbilisi.

Zaur Svanadze

Personal information
Date of birth	(1958-01-23) 23 January 1958
Place of birth	Kutaisi, Georgian SSR
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Dinamo Tbilisi (assistant manager)
Youth career
1972–1976	Torpedo Kutaisi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1976–1980	Torpedo Kutaisi	158	(17)
1981–1989	Dinamo Tbilisi	245	(8)
1990	IFK Holmsund	24	(1)
1991	Umeå FC
1991–1992	Motala AIF
1993–1995	Gällivare Malmbergets FF
Managerial career
1995–2000	Gällivare Malmbergets FF
2001–2002	Locomotive Tbilisi (assistant)
2002–2003	Locomotive Tbilisi
2005–2006	Dinamo Tbilisi (assistant)
2006–2008	Georgia (assistant)
2008–2009	Georgia U19
2009–2011	Georgia U21 (assistant)
2012–2015	Inter Baku (assistant)
2015–2017	Inter Baku
2018–2019	Dinamo Tbilisi
2019–	Dinamo Tbilisi (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Having spent some years in his hometown club Torpedo Kutaisi, Svanadze moved to Dinamo Tbilisi in 1981. He was one of the members of the famous Dinamo Tbilisi squad, which won UEFA Cup Winners' Cup back in 1980–81, being substituted by Nukri Kakilashvili in the final against Carl Zeiss Jena.

Managing career

Svanadze worked at some Georgian clubs before moving to Azerbaijan.

He joined the coaching staff of Kakhaber Tskhadadze at Inter Baku in 2012, before taking charge at the club three years later, after Tskhadadze was appointed as the manager of Georgia national football team.

Honours

Dinamo Tbilisi

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1980–81

External links

• Zaur Svanadze at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)