Valeri Abramidze

Valeri Abramidze
Personal information
Full name Valeri Buduyevich Abramidze
Date of birth (1980-01-17) 17 January 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgian SSR
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Rustavi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 Dinamo Tbilisi 1 (0)
1999 FC Tbilisi 13 (0)
1999–2000 Locomotive Tbilisi 27 (1)
2000–2002 Torpedo Kutaisi 43 (1)
2002–2004 Spartak Moscow 15 (0)
2003Uralan Elista (loan) 7 (0)
2004 Khimki 14 (1)
2005–2006 Neftchi Baku 29 (4)
2006–2007 Khazar Lenkoran 21 (0)
2007–2008 Anzhi Makhachkala 39 (3)
2009 Dynamo Barnaul 12 (1)
2009–2010 Neftchi Baku 13 (3)
2010–2013 Inter Baku 55 (1)
2013–2014 Sioni Bolnisi 24 (4)
2014–2015 Torpedo Kutaisi 12 (0)
International career
1999–2001 Georgia U21 15 (1)
2001–2003 Georgia 6 (0)
Managerial career
2022– Rustavi
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Valeri Abramidze (Georgian: ვალერი აბრამიძე; born 17 January 1980) is a former Georgian footballer. He also holds Russian citizenship.

Spartak Moscow

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Abramidze joined FC Spartak Moscow during summer 2002, signed 5-year contract.[1] He made 15 league appearances for Spartak, and 4 2002 UEFA Champions League as well, scoring no goals.

Being loaned out to FC Uralan Elista in 2003, he left Spartak for FC Khimki in 2004.

Khazar scandal

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During 2007 summer mid-season, Abramidze had major issues leaving FK Khazar Lenkoran. While Abramidze was sure he had signed one-year contract in 2006 and now he is free agent, FK Khazar Lenkoran authorities told that he'd signed contract that is 2-year long. The problem seemed to be with contract in Azeri language while Abramidze had not knew Azeri and had not have a translated version.[2]

As a result, Abramidze had lost a lot of time while trying to be transferred to Anzhi, so the club could not include him into the signing list for Russian First Division in 2007. That's why Abramidze was out of football from September 2007 to the season 2008.

Coach

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In May 2022, Valeri Abramidze was appointed as a caretaker coach at Rustavi for a few weeks.[3] The next five months he worked at the club as an assistant head coach before becoming an interim head coach in early November 2022.

References

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  1. ^ Spartak news [1] August 2002
  2. ^ Article on Azeri resource (Russian) [2] 4 June 2007
  3. ^ "ჯელაძე წავიდა, რუსთავს დროებით საქართველოს ნაკრების ყოფილი მცველი დაუნიშნეს". lelo.ge (in Georgian), 2 May 2022.
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