Revaz Dzodzuashvili

{{Short description|Georgian football manager and former player}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Revaz Dzodzuashvili

| image = Revaz Dzodzuashvili c1970.jpg

| upright = 1.1

| fullname = Revaz Mikheilis dze Dzodzuashvili

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1945|4|15}}

| birth_place = Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union

| height = 1.73 m

| currentclub =

| position = Right-back

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Torpedo Kutaisi

| years1 = 1962

| clubs1 = Imereti Kutaisi

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1962–1963

| clubs2 = Dinamo Tbilisi

| caps2 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1964

| clubs3 = Torpedo Kutaisi

| caps3 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1964–1965

| clubs4 = Dinamo Sukhumi

| caps4 =

| goals4 =

| years5 = 1966–1967

| clubs5 = Torpedo Kutaisi

| caps5 = 67

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 1968–1976

| clubs6 = Dinamo Tbilisi

| caps6 = 234

| goals6 = 4

| totalcaps = 301

| totalgoals = 5

| nationalyears1 = 1969–1974

| nationalteam1 = USSR

| nationalcaps1 = 49

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1976

| managerclubs1 = SKA Tbilisi

| manageryears2 = 1977

| managerclubs2 = Lokomotiv Samtredia

| manageryears3 = 1978

| managerclubs3 = Torpedo Kutaisi

| manageryears4 = 1979

| managerclubs4 = Kolkheti Poti

| manageryears5 = 1988–1989

| managerclubs5 = Torpedo Kutaisi

| manageryears6 = 1990–1991

| managerclubs6 = Iberia Tbilisi (assistant)

| manageryears7 = 1991–1993

| managerclubs7 = Dinamo Tbilisi

| manageryears8 = 1993–1995

| managerclubs8 = Metalurgi Rustavi

| manageryears9 = 1995

| managerclubs9 = Temp Shepetivka

| manageryears10 = 1995–1996

| managerclubs10 = Metalurgi Rustavi

| manageryears11 = 1996

| managerclubs11 = Metalurgi Rustavi (consultant)

| manageryears12 = 1997

| managerclubs12 = Skonto (consultant)

| manageryears13 = 1997

| managerclubs13 = Georgia (consultant)

| manageryears14 = 1997–1999

| managerclubs14 = Latvia

| manageryears15 = 1999

| managerclubs15 = Al-Ittihad Jeddah

| manageryears16 = 2000

| managerclubs16 = Locomotive Tbilisi

| manageryears17 = 2000–2001

| managerclubs17 = Georgia

| manageryears18 = 2001–2002

| managerclubs18 = Torpedo Kutaisi

| manageryears19 = 2002

| managerclubs19 = Uralan Elista

| manageryears20 = 2002–2003

| managerclubs20 = Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz

| manageryears21 = 2004

| managerclubs21 = Kaunas (advisor)

| manageryears22 = 2005

| managerclubs22 = Dynamo Makhachkala

| manageryears23 = 2005

| managerclubs23 = Skonto (VP)

| manageryears24 = 2005–2006

| managerclubs24 = Torpedo Kutaisi

| manageryears25 = 2007

| managerclubs25 = Metalurgi Rustavi

| manageryears26 = 2007–2008

| managerclubs26 = Shakhter Karagandy

| manageryears27 = 2010

| managerclubs27 = Turan Tovuz

| manageryears28 = 2013–2014

| managerclubs28 = Georgia U-21

| manageryears29 = 2014

| managerclubs29 = Torpedo Kutaisi

| manageryears30 = 2017

| managerclubs30 = Dinamo Sukhumi

| manageryears31 = 2017–2018

| managerclubs31 = Meshakhte Tkibuli

| manageryears32 = 2022

| managerclubs32 = Algeti Marneuli

| manageryears33 = 2023

| managerclubs33 = Shukura Kobuleti

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|the {{URS}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|UEFA European Championship}}

{{Medal|RU|1972 Belgium|}}

{{MedalOlympics}}

{{MedalBronze | 1972 Munich| Team competition}}

}}

Revaz Mikheilis dze Dzodzuashvili ({{lang-ka|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 teamMurtaz 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/news/0253-0d7bd0da58f2-d557c23f55fa-1000--euro-1972-team-of-the-tournament/|title=1972 team of the tournament|date=2 May 2011|access-date=2 June 2013|work=UEFA|archive-date=30 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630202927/http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid%3D1621340.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1972/index.html|title=Team of the tournament of the 1972 UEFA European Championship|publisher=UEFA|access-date=31 January 2017|archive-date=30 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630162444/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1972/index.html|url-status=dead}}

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.{{Cite web |last=Omanidze |first=Tsitsi |date=8 July 2013 |title=სოფო ხალვაში მეორე გოგონას დედა გახდა |url=https://reitingi.ambebi.ge/top-news/407-sofo-khalvashi-meore-gogonas-deda-gakhda.html?lang=ka-GE |access-date=22 July 2022 |website=reitingi.ambebi.ge |archive-date=19 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119145854/https://reitingi.ambebi.ge/top-news/407-sofo-khalvashi-meore-gogonas-deda-gakhda.html?lang=ka-GE |url-status=live }}

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.{{cite web|url=http://footballfacts.ru/matches/147488-3-1|title=Colombia v USSR, 20 February 1969|publisher=footballfacts.ru|access-date=7 January 2017|archive-date=8 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108093428/http://footballfacts.ru/matches/147488-3-1|url-status=live}}

Career statistics

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|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year{{FootballFacts.ru|23164-dzodzuashvilirevazmihaylovich}}

National teamYearAppsGoals
rowspan="6"|Soviet Union

|1969

60
197080
197180
1972160
197390
197420
colspan="2"|Total490

Honours

=Player=

Dinamo Tbilisi

Soviet Union

Individual

  • UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1972{{cite news |title=1972 team of the tournament |url=https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/news/0253-0d7bd0da58f2-d557c23f55fa-1000--euro-1972-team-of-the-tournament/ |work=Union of European Football Associations |access-date=23 January 2015 |archive-date=30 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630202927/http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid%3D1621340.html |url-status=live }}
  • FUWO European Team of the Season: 1972{{cite web |url=https://www.fcc-supporters.org/fuwo/files/FUWO%201973/FUWO%201973%2002.pdf |website=FCC-Wiki |title=FUWO 1973 |access-date=23 April 2024 |archive-date=24 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424014948/https://www.fcc-supporters.org/fuwo/files/FUWO%201973/FUWO%201973%2002.pdf |url-status=live }}

=Manager=

References

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