Varlam Kilasonia
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 August 1967 | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder/Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Rustavi (head coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986 | FC Metallurg Rustavi | 23 | (1) |
| 1990 | FC Alazani Gurjaani | 36 | (9) |
| 1991–1992 | FC Kakheti Telavi | 52 | (36) |
| 1992–1995 | FC Metalurgi Rustavi | 78 | (57) |
| 1995–1996 | FC Lokomotiv St. Petersburg | 55 | (39) |
| 1996–1998 | FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 16 | (1) |
| 1997 | → FC Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk | 2 | (0) |
| 1998 | FC Kuban Krasnodar | 9 | (1) |
| 1998–1999 | FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi | 6 | (3) |
| 1999–2000 | FC Gorda Rustavi | 34 | (24) |
| 2000–2001 | PFC Turan Tovuz | 13 | (5) |
| 2001–2003 | FC Gorda Rustavi | 8 | (4) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2009–2010 | Olimpi Rustavi | ||
| 2013–2015 | Olimpi Rustavi | ||
| 2015–2016 | Sioni Bolnisi | ||
| 2016–2017 | Rustavi | ||
| 2018 | Rustavi | ||
| 2019–2020 | Rustavi | ||
| 2020–2021 | Sioni Bolnisi | ||
| 2022 | Merani Martvili | ||
| 2023– | Rustavi | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Varlam Kilasonia (born 13 August 1967) is a Georgian professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Liga 2 club Rustavi.
Career
[edit]As a player, Varlam Kilasonia spent 17 years in four different countries.
He started his managerial career at Olimpi Rustavi in 2006.
Twice in a row, in 2016 and 2017, he led the newly created football club Rustavi to championship titles in the second tier, which in the second case implied automatic promotion to Erovnuli Liga.[1]
Following three spells with this club, from July 2020 to June 2021 Kilasonia was in charge of Sioni Bolnisi,[2] where he was named the best manager in the first phase of the season.[3]
In late July 2022 he was announced as head coach of Merani Martvili.[4] After his departure from this club at the end of this season, Kilasonia returned to Rustavi in February 2023. [5]
Personal life
[edit]His brother Giorgi Kilasonia played for the Georgia national football team.
Honours
[edit]- Russian First League top scorer: 1996 (22 goals).
References
[edit]- ^ ""რუსთავი" ეროვნულ ლიგაში ითამაშებს!". fanebi.com (in Georgian), 23 November 2017.
- ^ "კილასონია მთავარი სიონის მწვრთნელი გახდა (in Georgian)". crystalsport.ge, 31 July 2020.
- ^ "ვარლამ კილასონია – "ეროვნული ლიგა 2"-ის პირველი წრის საუკეთესო მწვრთნელი". crystalsport.ge, 10 June 2021.
- ^ "ვარლამ კილასონია ახალ გუნდში". leadersport.ge (in Georgian), 31 July 2022.
- ^ "რუსთავს" ისევ კილასონია გაწვრთნის". 1tv.ge (in Georgian), 16 February 2023.
External links
[edit]- Varlam Kilasonia at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
- Profile on Soccerway
- 1967 births
- Living people
- Soviet men's footballers
- Men's footballers from Georgia (country)
- Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country)
- Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine
- Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Ukraine
- Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan
- FC Dnipro players
- FC Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk players
- FC Kuban Krasnodar players
- Football managers from Georgia (country)
- Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Azerbaijan
- Turan Tovuz players
- FC Metalurgi Rustavi players
- FC Alazani Gurjaani players
- Ukrainian Premier League players
- Men's association football forwards
- Men's association football midfielders
- FC Lokomotiv Saint Petersburg players