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Omari Tetradze

Personal information
Birth name	Omari Mikhailovich Osipov
Date of birth	(1969-10-13) 13 October 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth	Velispiri, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Right-back, defensive midfielder
Youth career
1978–1982	DYuSSh Avaza Tbilisi
1982–1987	FSh-35 Minprosa Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1990	Dinamo Tbilisi	24	(0)
1990–1991	Mertskhali Ozurgeti	30	(4)
1991–1995	Dynamo Moscow	101	(11)
1995–1997	Alania Vladikavkaz	61	(1)
1997–1999	Roma	15	(0)
1999–2001	PAOK	60	(2)
2001–2002	Alania Vladikavkaz	29	(0)
2002–2004	Anzhi Makhachkala	40	(1)
2004–2005	Krylia Sovetov Samara	26	(0)
Total		386	(19)
International career
1991	Soviet Union	5	(0)
1992–2002	Russia	40	(1)
Managerial career
2003	Anzhi Makhachkala (assistant)
2007–2010	Anzhi Makhachkala
2010–2011	Volga Nizhny Novgorod
2012–2013	Khimki
2013–2014	Zhetysu
2015–2016	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk
2016–2017	Tobol
2023	Saburtalo Tbilisi
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Omari Mikhaylovich Tetradze (Russian: Омари Михайлович Тетрадзе, Georgian: ომარ თეთრაძე, Greek: Ομάρι Τετράντζε; born 13 October 1969 as Omari Mikhaylovich Osipov) is a Georgian-Russian professional football manager and former player. During his playing career, he played as a defender or midfielder, and represented Russia at international level.

Early life

Tetradze was born in Velispiri, Georgian SSR as Omari Mikhaylovich Osipov (the original surname of his family was Iosifidis) to ethnic Greek parents. At the age of 18, he decided to change surname when he turned professional. It was the run-up to the USSR breakup and the nationalist sentiments in Georgia were strong enough to affect the young player's career. Because of that, Omari took his maternal grandmother's Georgian surname – Tetradze. Later he considered restoring his original surname, but decided it would cause too many problems.

Club career

At club level, Tetradze played for Dinamo Tbilisi, FC Dynamo Moscow, Alania Vladikavkaz (where he won a Russian league championship medal in 1995), AS Roma, and PAOK FC (Greece).

International career

Tetradze played for Russia at international level, and appeared at World Cup 1994 and Euro 1996. At the latter tournament, he played superbly in each of Russia's three games despite the team's poor results, and was arguably the best right-back in the competition.

Managing career

After finishing his playing career in 2005, Tetradze became an assistant coach at Krylia Sovetov Samara. He was later the manager of Anzhi Makhachkala. He threatened to resign the post in September 2008 following a 1–0 defeat against Belgorod, but subsequently stayed on as manager. Anzhi finally returned to Russian Premier League for 2010 season after finishing champion in First Division. On 19 March 2010 the Coach has quit Anzhi Makhachkala.

In September 2014, Tetradze and his coaching staff left FC Zhetysu by mutual consent.

On 30 May 2016, Tetradze was appointed as manager of FC Tobol. He left Tobol by mutual consent on 27 June 2017.

Personal life

In the early 1990s he received Greek citizenship but later renounced it. Tetradze considers himself to be a Greek by ethnicity, but says Georgia is his homeland.

Career statistics

Honours

Player

• Russian Premier League winner in 1995 (with Spartak-Alania)
• Greek Cup winner in 2001 (with PAOK)
• Russian Premier League runner-up: 1994, 1996.
• Georgian Umaglesi Liga winner: 1990.
• Russian Cup finalist: 2004.

Manager

Anzhi Makhachkala

• Russian First Division winner: 2009
• Russian First Division best manager: 2009.

Volga Nizhny Novgorod

• Russian First Division runner-up: 2010

References

1. "Omari Mikhailovich Tetradze - International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
2. Тетрадзе покинул тренерский пост в казахстанском "Жетысу". vesti.ru/ (in Russian). vesti.ru. 23 September 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
3. Омари Тетрадзе возглавил костанайский Тобол. fc-tobol.kz (in Russian). FC Tobol. 30 May 2016. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
4. Омари Тетрадзе завершил отношения с "Тоболом" (in Russian). 27 June 2017.
5. Ванденко А. (30 March 2010). Тетрадзе. Омари в собственном соку (in Russian). Sovetsky Sport – Football. Archived from the original on 22 October 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
6. Лауреаты сезона 2009–го года Archived 28 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Club profile (in Russian)
• Profile at RussiaTeam (in Russian)
• Tetradze threatens to quit Anzhi

Russia squads

v t e Russia squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Cherchesov 2 Kuznetsov 3 Gorlukovich 4 Galyamin 5 Nikiforov 6 Ternavskiy 7 Pyatnitsky 8 Popov 9 Salenko 10 Karpin 11 Beschastnykh 12 Tetradze 13 Borodyuk 14 Korneev 15 Radchenko 16 Kharine (c) 17 Tsymbalar 18 Onopko 19 Mostovoi 20 Ledyakhov 21 Khlestov 22 Yuran Coach: Sadyrin v t e Russia squad – UEFA Euro 1996 1 Kharine 2 Tetradze 3 Nikiforov 4 Tsymbalar 5 Kovtun 6 Karpin 7 Onopko (c) 8 Kanchelskis 9 Kolyvanov 10 Mostovoi 11 Kiriakov 12 Cherchesov 13 Bushmanov 14 Dobrovolski 15 Shalimov 16 Simutenkov 17 Beschastnykh 18 Yanovsky 19 Radimov 20 Gorlukovich 21 Khokhlov 22 Ovchinnikov Coach: Romantsev

• 1969 births
• Sportspeople from Kvemo Kartli
• Living people
• Georgian people of Greek descent
• Russian people of Greek descent
• Russian sportspeople of Georgian descent
• Emigrants from Georgia (country) to Greece
• Soviet men's footballers
• Men's footballers from Georgia (country)
• Russian men's footballers
• Men's association football fullbacks
• Dual internationalists (men's football)
• Soviet Union men's international footballers
• Russia men's international footballers
• FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
• FC Mertskhali Ozurgeti players
• FC Dynamo Moscow players
• FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players
• AS Roma players
• PAOK FC players
• FC Anzhi Makhachkala players
• PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players
• Soviet Top League players
• Erovnuli Liga players
• Russian Premier League players
• Serie A players
• Super League Greece players
• Russian First League players
• 1994 FIFA World Cup players
• UEFA Euro 1996 players
• Russian expatriate men's footballers
• Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
• Russian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
• Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
• Russian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
• Russian football managers
• FC Anzhi Makhachkala managers
• FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod managers
• FC Khimki managers
• FC Zhetysu managers
• FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk managers
• FC Tobol managers
• FC Iberia 1999 managers
• Russian First League managers
• Russian Premier League managers
• Kazakhstan Premier League managers
• Erovnuli Liga managers
• Russian expatriate football managers
• Russian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan
• Expatriate football managers in Kazakhstan
• 20th-century Russian sportsmen