Otar Gabelia

Otar Gabelia
Personal information
Full name	Otar Ambrosievic Gabelia
Date of birth	(1953-03-24) 24 March 1953
Place of birth	Zugdidi, USSR
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	FC Dinamo Zugdidi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1970-1971	FC Dinamo Zugdidi
1972-1973	FC Dinamo Sokhumi
1974-1976	FC Torpedo Kutaisi	109	(0)
1977-1982	FC Dinamo Tbilisi	129	(0)
1983-1984	FC Torpedo Kutaisi	29	(0)
1985-1990	FC Dinamo Tbilisi	142	(0)
National team
1979	USSR	1	(0)
Teams managed
2002-2004	FC Merani Tbilisi
2004-2005	FC Torpedo Kutaisi
2009-	Georgia U-21
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Otar Ambrosievich Gabelia (Georgian: ოთარ გაბელია) (born 24 March 1953) is a retired Georgian football player and coach.

Honours

Soviet Top League winner: 1978.
Soviet Cup winner: 1979.
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winner: 1981.
Soviet Goalkeeper of the Year: 1979.

International career

Gabelia played his only game for USSR on November 21, 1979 in a friendly against West Germany.

References

(Russian) Profile

FC Zugdidi – managers

Khurtsilava (1977–78) ... (1979–89) Gabelia (1990–92) Tutberidze (1993–96) Khurtsilava (1996–97) Chedia (1998–99) ... (2000–08) Zanker (2008–09) Kometiani (2009–11) Tkebuchava (2012) Kometiani (2012–13) Tsitaishvili (2013) Gabelaia (2013^c) Daraselia (2014) Mumladze (2014) Sherozia (2014–15) Bakalov (2016–)

FC Dinamo Batumi – managers

Filippov (1939) Ramishvili (1966–68) Dzhazadze (1969) Tsirik (1971–72) Antadze (1976–78) Chhartishvili (1983–88) Cheyshvili (1989) Carnevali (2000–02) Gabelia (2005–09) Guruli (2012–13) Zhorzhikashvili (2013–)

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