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Omari Tetradze 
Personal information Full name Omari Mikhailovich Osipov / Tetradze Date of birth 13 October 1969 Place of birth Velospiri, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Playing position Coach (former Right Back) 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) National team 1991 Soviet Union (olympic) 5 (0) 1992 CIS 3 (0) 1992–2002 Russia 37 (1) Teams managed 2003 FC Anzhi Makhachkala (assistant) 2007–2010 FC Anzhi Makhachkala 2010–2011 FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod * 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.
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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
1987 
FC Dinamo TbilisiTop League 1st level 0/0 1988 FC Dinamo TbilisiTop League 1st level 9/0 1989 FC Dinamo TbilisiTop League 1st level 15/0 1990 Iberia TbilisiTop League 1st level FC Mertskhali Ozurgeti1991 Dynamo MoscowTop League 1st level 21/0 1992 
Dynamo MoscowTop League 1st level 25/6 1993 Dynamo MoscowTop League 1st level 32/4 1994 Dynamo MoscowTop League 1st level 23/1 1995 Spartak-Alania VladikavkazTop League 1st level 30/0 1996 Alania VladikavkazTop League 1st level 31/1 1996–97 
A.S. RomaSerie A 1st level 8/0 1997–98 A.S. RomaSerie A 1st level 7/0 1998–99 A.S. RomaSerie A 1st level 0/0 1999-00 
PAOK F.C.Super League 1st level 27/0 2000–01 PAOK F.C.Super League 1st level 22/2 2001–02 PAOK F.C.Super League 1st level 5/0 2002 Alania VladikavkazPremier League 1st level 29/0 2003 AnzhiFirst Division 2nd level 40/1 2004 Krylia SovetovPremier League 1st level 14/0 2005 Krylia SovetovPremier League 1st level 12/0 * – 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.
Coaching 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.[1] Tetradze considers himself to be a Greek by ethnicity, but says Georgia is his homeland.
Honours
- 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.
- Russian First Division winner: 2009 (with Anzhi Makhachkala as manager)
- Russian First Division best manager: 2009.[2]
- Russian First Division runner-up: 2010 (with Volga Nizhny Novgorod as manager)
References
- ^ Ванденко А. (30 March 2010). "Тетрадзе. Омари в собственном соку" (in Russian). Sovetsky Sport – Football. http://www.sovsport.ru/gazeta/article-item/378371. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
- ^ Лауреаты сезона 2009–го года
External links
- Club profile (Russian)
- Profile at RussiaTeam (Russian)
- Tetradze threatens to quit Anzhi
Russia squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Cherchesov • 2 Kuznetsov • 3 Gorlukovich • 4 Galiamin • 5 Nikiforov • 6 Ternavski • 7 Piatnitski • 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 Lediakhov • 21 Khlestov • 22 Yuran • Coach: Sadyrin
Russia squad – UEFA Euro 1996 1 Kharine • 2 Tetradze • 3 Nikiforov • 4 Tsymbalar • 5 Kovtun • 6 Karpin • 7 Onopko • 8 Kanchelskis • 9 Kolyvanov • 10 Mostovoi • 11 Kiriakov • 12 Cherchesov • 13 Bushmanov • 14 Dobrovolski • 15 Shalimov • 16 Simutenkov • 17 Beschastnykh • 18 Yanovskiy • 19 Radimov • 20 Gorlukovich • 21 Khokhlov • 22 Ovchinnikov • Coach: RomantsevFC Anzhi Makhachkala – managers - Kerimov (1992)
- Petrov (1993)
- Alaskarov (1994)
- Safarov (1994–95)
- Markarov (1995c)
- Malofeyev (1996–98)
- Reshetnyak (1998c)
- Shubin (1998)
- Reshetnyak (1998c)
- Gadzhiyev (1999–2001)
- Markarov (2001c)
- Tkachenko (2001–02)
- Markevych (2002)
- Gadzhiyev (2002–03)
- Piskaryov (2003c)
- Reshetnyak (2003c)
- Gadzhiyev (2003)
- Markarov (2003c)
- Kuznetsov (2004)
- Reshetnyak (2004c)
- Galiamin (2004–06)
- Markarov (2006)
- Tetradze (2007–10)
- Akayev (2010c)
- Gadzhiyev (2010–11)
- Gordeyev (2011c–)
(c) caretakerFC Volga Nizhny Novgorod – managers - Zinovyev (1998–2007)
- Petrenko (2008–09)
- Perednya (2009c)
- Dyshekov (2009)
- Pobegalov (2010)
- Tetradze (2010–11)
- Cheryshev (2011–)
(c) caretakerCategories:- 1969 births
- Living people
- Soviet footballers
- Soviet Union international footballers
- Footballers from Georgia (country)
- Russian footballers
- Russia international footballers
- FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
- FC Dynamo Moscow players
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz players
- A.S. Roma players
- PAOK F.C. players
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara players
- 1994 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 1996 players
- Russian football managers
- Russian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- FC Anzhi Makhachkala players
- FC Anzhi Makhachkala managers
- Dual internationalists (football)
- Serie A footballers
- Superleague Greece players
- Russian Premier League players
- Russian Premier League managers
- Georgian people of Greek descent
- Russian people of Greek descent
- Naturalized citizens of Greece
- Greek people of Georgian descent
- FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod managers
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