Ramaz Svanadze

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Ramaz Svanadze
Personal information
Full name Ramaz Svanadze
Date of birth (1981-03-02) 2 March 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Georgia, Soviet Union
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Georgia U-21 (Manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–2000 STU Tbilisi 47 (0)
2000–2001 Dinamo Tbilisi 28 (0)
2002–2003 Sioni Bolnisi 7 (0)
2003–2004 Kolkheti Poti 33 (3)
2004–2005 Locomotive Tbilisi 6 (0)
International career
1999 Georgia U18 2 (0)
2001–2002 Georgia U21 8 (0)
Managerial career
2013–2015 Dinamo Tbilisi (assistant)
2015–2017 Inter Baku (assistant)
2019–2021 Georgia U-19
2020–2021 Georgia
2021– Georgia U-21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ramaz Svanadze (born 2 March 1981) is a retired Georgian football player and coach, who is currently the head coach of the Georgian U-21 football team.

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Playing career

Svanadze played for some Georgian clubs, before was forced to retire in 2005, at the age of 24, due to injury. [1]

Managerial career

His first managerial job at Dinamo Tbilisi lasted two years. Svanadze worked as an assistant coach under Malkhaz Zhvania and Michal Bílek.

On 1 March 2019, he was appointed as U19 head coach. His team beat all three opponents in the 2020 UEFA U19 qualifiers and advanced to next stage but due to COVID-19, the tournament was suspended.

In February 2021, Svanadze took charge of U21s, [2] who were due to take part in a European Championship for the first time. The team under his management finished on top of the table and reached quarterfinals only to lose in a penalty shoot-out. [3]

In January 2024, Svanadze signed a one-year contract extension with the Football Federation. [4]

He was the caretaker coach of the senior team after Slovak coach Vladimír Weiss resigned from the team, and appeared at the last match of the UEFA Nations League on 18 November 2020, in a match against Estonia, in a 0–0 draw, finishing in third place in League C. [5]

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