Giorgi Daraselia

Giorgi Daraselia
Personal information
Date of birth	17 September 1968 (age 55)
Place of birth	Mikha Tskhakaya (now Senaki), Georgian SSR
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Attacking Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Hapoel Nof HaGalil (sporting director)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1986	Dinamo Tbilisi
1988–1989	Torpedo Kutaisi
1989	Dinamo Tbilisi
1990–1993	Torpedo Kutaisi
1993–1995	Kolkheti-1913 Poti
1995–1996	Samtredia
1996–1997	Kolkheti-1913 Poti
1997–1998	Hapoel Tel Aviv
1998	Iberia Samtredia
1998–1999	Hapoel Tzafririm Holon
1999–2002	Hapoel Kfar Saba
2002–2004	Hapoel Tzafririm Holon
Total
International career
1991–1999	Georgia
Managerial career
2004–2006	Hapoel Kfar Saba (assistant)
2006–2008	Bnei Sakhnin (assistant)
2008–2012	Maccabi Haifa (assistant)
2012	Hapoel Be'er Sheva (assistant)
2012	Dila Gori
2013	SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk
2013–2014	Zugdidi
2014–2015	Torpedo Kutaisi
2017–2018	Dila Gori
2018	Samtredia
2019	Bnei Sakhnin
2020	Merani Tbilisi
2021–2022	Sioni Bolnisi
2022	Shevardeni-1906 Tbilisi
2022–	Hapoel Nof HaGalil (sporting director)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giorgi Daraselia (Georgian: გიორგი დარასელია; born 17 September 1968) is a Georgian-Israeli (since 2010) association football coach and former international player. He is the sporting director with the Israeli club Hapoel Nof HaGalil.

Career[edit]

International goals[edit]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	2 July 1991	Stadionul Republican, Chișinău, Moldova	Moldova	2–0	4–2	Friendly
2.	17 September 1992	David Kipiani Stadium, Gurjaani, Georgia	Azerbaijan	3–1	6–3	Friendly

Coach[edit]

After finishing his playing career in 2004, Giorgi Daraselia became an assistant coach at Hapoel Kfar Saba. He, along with Elisha Levy, in different Israeli clubs worked until September 2012. They twice (2008–2009, 2010–2011) led Maccabi Haifa to the league title.

Giorgi Daraselia passed the coaching requirement courses in the Israel Football Association, and in Spring 2010, received the PRO Category License which allows him to coach professional teams.

Daraselia received his 1st chance as a head coach in Georgia იn September 2012 with Dila Gori of Georgian Highest League (Umaglesi Liga), and led the team from last to second place while winning 16 out of 18 games. During that season, Daraselia became the only coach in Georigia's football history who was able to defeat each of the 11 members of the Umaglesi Liga in a span that lasted from September 15, 2012 to November 18, 2012.

In January 2013, Giorgi Daraselia became the head coach of Football Championship of the National League team of Russia - SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk.

After several years spent at different clubs, in June 2021 he was appointed as a manager of Sioni Bolnisi, which competed in the Georgian second division.^[1] Under his guidance the team gained automatic promotion, but after three top-flight games they parted ways upon mutual consent.^[2] In the spring of 2022, he spent a short time as head coach of Liga 2 side Shevardeni-1906.

References[edit]

^ "ბოლნისის „სიონი" დარასელიამ ჩაიბარა - იმედია, მომავალ წელს ეროვნულ ლიგაში ვითამაშებთ". 1tv.ge (in Georgian), 25 June 2021.
^ "გიორგი დარასელიამ ურთიერთ შეთანხმების საფუძველზე ,,სიონის"მთავარი მწვრთნელის პოსტი დატოვა". gazetibolnisi.ge (in Georgian), 11 March 2022.

External links[edit]

Giorgi Daraselia coach profile at Soccerway

[1] "ბოლნისის „სიონი" დარასელიამ ჩაიბარა - იმედია, მომავალ წელს ეროვნულ ლიგაში ვითამაშებთ". 1tv.ge (in Georgian), 25 June 2021.

[2] "გიორგი დარასელიამ ურთიერთ შეთანხმების საფუძველზე ,,სიონის"მთავარი მწვრთნელის პოსტი დატოვა". gazetibolnisi.ge (in Georgian), 11 March 2022.

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