Omari Tetradze

Omari Tetradze
Personal information
Full name	Omari Mikhailovich Osipov / Tetradze
Date of birth	(1969-10-13) 13 October 1969 (age 44)
Place of birth	Velospiri, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Coach (former Right Back)
Club information
Current team	Zhetysu (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1987–1989	Dinamo Tbilisi	24	(0)
1990	Mertskhali Ozurgeti	30	(4)
1991–1994	Dynamo Moscow	101	(11)
1995–1996	Alania Vladikavkaz	61	(1)
1997–1999	Roma	15	(0)
1999–2001	PAOK Thessaloniki FC	60	(2)
2002	Alania Vladikavkaz	29	(0)
2003	Anzhi Makhachkala	40	(1)
2004–2005	Krylia Sovetov Samara	26	(0)
Total		386	(19)
National team
1991	Soviet union (olympic)	5	(0)
1992[1]	CIS	3	(0)
1992–2002[1]	Russia	37	(1)
Teams managed
2003	Anzhi Makhachkala (assistant)
2007–2010	Anzhi Makhachkala
2010–2011	Volga Nizhny Novgorod
2012	Khimki
2013-	Zhetysu
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Omari Mikhailovich Tetradze (Russian: Омари Михайлович Тетрадзе) (born 13 October 1969 as Omari Mikhailovich Osipov) is a former football player of Georgian Greek descent who, during his playing career, represented Russia at international level. He is currently head coach of FC Zhetysu

Early life

Known as Omari Osipov until 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.

Career

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

Playing career

* – played games and goals

International career

He played for Russia at international level, and appeared at USA 94 and Euro 96. 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, he 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.

Personal life

In the early 1990s he received Greek citizensip but later renounced it.^[2] Tetradze considers himself to be a Greek by ethnicity, but says Georgia is his homeland.

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.
• Russian Premier League bronze: 1992, 1993, 2004.
• Georgian Umaglesi Liga winner: 1990.
• Russian Cup finalist: 2004.

Manager

Anzhi Makhachkala

• Russian First Division winner: 2009
• Russian First Division best manager: 2009.^[3]

Volga Nizhny Novgorod

• Russian First Division runner-up: 2010

References

External links

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