Otar Martsvaladze
Martsvaladze in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-07-14) 14 July 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgia SSR
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
2000–2002 WIT Georgia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006 WIT Georgia 82 (33)
2006–2008 Dynamo Kyiv 6 (0)
2006–2008 Dynamo-2 Kyiv 11 (2)
2007 → Zakarpattia Uzhhorod (loan) 17 (1)
2009–2010 Anzhi Makhachkala 22 (13)
2010 → Volga Nizhny Novgorod (loan) 33 (21)
2011 Volga Nizhny Novgorod 13 (5)
2011–2012 Krasnodar 22 (3)
2013 SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk 7 (4)
2013–2014 Alania Vladikavkaz 9 (3)
2014 Dinamo Tbilisi 14 (6)
2014–2015 Tosno 7 (1)
2015–2016 Dila Gori 27 (19)
2016–2017 Ordabasy 18 (3)
2017 Dinamo Batumi 13 (1)
2018 Rustavi 23 (4)
International career
2000 Georgia U17 2 (0)
2001 Georgia U19 3 (2)
2003–2005 Georgia U21 7 (1)
2006–2014 Georgia 22 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Otar Martsvaladze (Georgian: ოთარ მარცვალაძე; born 14 July 1984) is a Georgian former professional footballer who played for the Georgia national team.

Career

Club

Otar Martsvaladze was born in Tbilisi. He spent first four years of his professional career at WIT Georgia, where he secured championship title in 2004. Two years later Martsvaladze was named the best player of the season.[1]

He signed for Dynamo Kyiv along with countryman Kakhaber Aladashvili in 2006.[2]

In 2014 he returned to Umaglesi Liga and initially joined Dinamo Tbilisi for six months,[3] followed by another year at Dila Gori.[4] His prolific performance was duly appreciated with Otar named among the best three players of the 2014–15 season.[5]

On 22 June 2016, Martsvaladze signed for FC Ordabasy in the Kazakhstan Premier League.[6]

Rustavi turned out the last club Martsvaladze played for in 2018. At the age of 34 he ended his career and moved to futsal.[7]

International career

He was also a member of Georgian national football team. Martsvaladze made his debut in the 2006 Malta International Football Tournament, he then played five games in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying and five more friendlies. In 2011 he assisted Levan Kobiashvili in the 90th minute in Georgia's 1–0 win against Croatia.

Otar Martsvaladze bade farewell to the national team during a ceremony held in March 2019.[8]

Personal life

His father was killed in a car crash, Otar was in the same car but received lighter injuries.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 July 2017[10][11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
WIT Georgia 2002–03 Umaglesi Liga 7 0 0 0 – 7 0
2003–04 32 7 2 0 – 34 7
2004–05 28 12 2 1 – 30 13
2005–06 15 14 1 0 – 16 14
Total 82 33 5 1 - - 87 34
Dynamo Kyiv 2005–06 Ukrainian Premier League 4 0 0 0 – 4 0
2006–07 2 0 0 0 – 2 0
2007–08 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
2008–09 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
Total 6 0 0 0 - - 6 0
Zakarpattia (loan) 2007–08 Ukrainian Premier League 17 1 – – 17 1
Anzhi Makhachkala 2009 Russian National League 21 12 – – 21 12
2010 Russian Premier League 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
Total 21 12 - - - - 21 12
Volga Nizhny Novgorod (loan) 2010 Russian National League 33 21 2 2 – – 35 23
Volga Nizhny Novgorod 2011–12 Russian Premier League 13 5 0 0 – – 13 5
Krasnodar 2011–12 Russian Premier League 22 3 0 0 – – 22 3
SKA-Energia 2012–13 Russian National League 6 4 0 0 – 1 0 7 4
Alania Vladikavkaz 2013–14 Russian National League 9 3 0 0 – – 9 3
Dinamo Tbilisi 2013–14 Umaglesi Liga 14 6 4 4 2 0 – 20 8
Tosno 2014–15 Russian National League 7 1 0 0 – – 7 1
Dila Gori 2015–16 Umaglesi Liga 27 19 2 0 2 0 1 0 32 19
Ordabasy 2016 Kazakhstan Premier League 10 2 0 0 0 0 – 10 2
2017 8 1 2 0 0 0 – 10 1
Total 18 3 2 0 0 0 - - 20 3
Dinamo Batumi 2017 Umaglesi Liga 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
Career total 275 111 10 6 11 1 2 0 298 118

International

As of match played 29 May 2014[10]
Georgia national team
Year Apps Goals
2006 5 1
2007 6 0
2008 1 1
2009 1 0
2010 1 0
2011 6 0
2012 1 0
2013 0 0
2014 1 0
Total 22 2

International goals

As of 12 November 2015[10]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref
1. 28 February 2006 Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta  Malta
1–0
2–0
 Friendly [12]
2. 19 November 2008 Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest, Romania  Romania
1–0
1–2
 Friendly [13]

Honours

References

  1. ^ "სეზონის რჩეულები: 2006". mygoals.ge (in Georgian).
  2. ^ "Dynamo swoop for Georgian duo". UEFA.com. 3 March 2006. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
  3. ^ "დინამოში მარცვალაძე და იენსე წარადგინეს". fanebi.com (in Georgian). 17 February 2014.
  4. ^ "ოთარ მარცვალაძე: "ერთად დგომით ბევრს მივაღწევთ"". fanebi.com (in Georgian). 3 July 2015.
  5. ^ "წლის რჩეულები: 2015". mygoals.ge (in Georgian).
  6. ^ "ФК Ордабасы подписал контракт с Отаром Марцваладзе". fcordabasy.kz (in Russian). FC Ordabasy. 22 June 2016. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  7. ^ "ოთარ მარცვალაძემ კარიერა დაასრულა და ფუტსალში გადაერთო". fanebi.com (in Georgian). 11 February 2019.
  8. ^ "შვეიცარიასთან მატჩის წინ ეროვნული ნაკრებიდან ოთხი ფეხბურთელი გააცილეს". europop.ge (in Georgian). 23 March 2019.
  9. ^ Отар МАРЦВАЛАДЗЕ: "УВЕРЕН, "АНЖИ" БУДЕТ В ПРЕМЬЕР-ЛИГЕ"
  10. ^ a b c "Otar Martsvaladze". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  11. ^ "O.Martsvaladze". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  12. ^ "Malta vs. Georgia". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams. 1 March 2006. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  13. ^ "Romania vs. Georgia". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  14. ^ Лауреаты сезона 2010-го года Archived 17 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine

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