Revaz Dzodzuashvili

Revaz Mikheilis dze Dzodzuashvili (Georgian: რევაზ მიხეილის ძე ძოძუაშვილი; born 15 April 1945) is a Georgian football manager and a former player. He coaches FC Dinamo Sukhumi. He earned 49 caps for the USSR national football team, and participated in the 1970 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1972. After the UEFA Euro 1972 along with his teammates by Soviet Union national football team – Murtaz Khurtsilava and Evgeni Rudakov – he was named by UEFA in the official Team of the Tournament, where also were presented such great players like Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Paul Breitner, Uli Hoeness and Günter Netzer.[1][2]

Revaz Dzodzuashvili

Personal information
Full name	Revaz Mikheilis dze Dzodzuashvili
Date of birth	15 April 1945
Place of birth	Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Youth career
1963–1964	Torpedo Kutaisi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1964–1967	Torpedo Kutaisi	67	(1)
1968–1976	Dinamo Tbilisi	234	(4)
Total		301	(5)
National team
1969–1974	USSR	49	(0)
Teams managed
1976	SKA Tbilisi
1977	Lokomotiv Samtredia
1978	Torpedo Kutaisi
1979	FC Kolkheti Poti
1988–1989	Torpedo Kutaisi
1991–1993	FC Dinamo Tbilisi
1993–1995	Metallurg Rustavi
1995	FC Temp Shepetivka
1998–1999	Latvia
1999–2000	FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi
2000	Al-Ittihad Jeddah
2000–2001	Georgia
2001–2002	Torpedo Kutaisi
2002	FC Uralan Elista
2003	FC Alania
2005	FC Dynamo Makhachkala
2007	FC Olimpi Rustavi
2008–2009	FC Shakhter Karagandy
2010	PFC Turan Tovuz
2013–2014	Georgia U-21
2014	FC Torpedo Kutaisi
2017–2018	FC Dinamo Sukhumi
Honours Representing the  Soviet Union UEFA European Championship Runner-up 1972 Belgium Olympic Games 1972 Munich Team competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

After retiring from competitions he became a football manager, including a stint as head coach of the Latvia national football team. He was a manager of FC Shakhter Karagandy at the start of 2008 season, but his contract was terminated soon.

International career

Dzodzuashvili was capped 49 times for Soviet Union national football team, made his debut against Colombia in international friendly match, which was held on Estadio Nemesio Camacho El Campín in Bogota 20 February 1969.[3]

Career statistics

[4]

International

Soviet Union
Year	Apps	Goals
1969	6	0
1970	8	0
1971	8	0
1972	16	0
1973	9	0
1974	2	0
Total	49	0

Honours

Club

Dinamo Tbilisi

• Third place : Soviet Top League: 1969, 1971, 1972, 1976
• Runners-up : Soviet Cup: 1970

International

Soviet Union

• Third place : Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics: 1972
• Runners-up : UEFA European Football Championship: 1972

Club

Dinamo Tbilisi

• Georgian Umaglesi Liga: 1991–92

FC Torpedo Kutaisi

• Georgian Umaglesi Liga: 2001–02

FC Olimpi Rustavi

• Georgian Umaglesi Liga: 2006–07

Matches for Soviet Union National Football Team

20 February 1969	Colombia	1–3	Soviet Union	Estadio Nemesio Camacho, Bogotá
	Gustavo Santa  41'		Gershkovich  23' Khmelnytskyi  78' Khmelnytskyi  85'	Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Omar Gómez (Colombia)

10 September 1969	Northern Ireland	0–0	Soviet Union	Windsor Park, Belfast
20:00 UTC±00:00		Report		Attendance: 35,138 Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)

24 September 1969	Yugoslavia	1–3	Soviet Union	Partizan Stadium, Belgrade
	Džajić  17'		Asatiani  21' Nodia  37' Byshovets  62'	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Andrei Rădulescu (Romania)

15 October 1969	Soviet Union	3–0	Turkey	Central Stadium, Kiev
	Muntjan  43', 78' Nodia  62'	Report		Attendance: 71,115 Referee: Bertil Wilhelm Lööw (Sweden)

22 October 1969	Soviet Union	2–0	Northern Ireland	Lenin Stadium, Moscow
	Nodia  24' Byshovets  79'	Report		Attendance: 83,057 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)

16 November 1969	Turkey	1–3	Soviet Union	Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul
	Ender  24'	Report	Asatiani  3', 60' Khmelnitsky  34'	Attendance: 29,642 Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

14 February 1970	Peru	0–0	Soviet Union	Estadio Nacional, Lima
				Attendance: 41,535 Referee: Alberto Tejada Burga[5] (Peru)

22 February 1970	El Salvador	0–2	Soviet Union	Nacional Flor Blanca, San Salvador
			Puzach  3', 32' Serebryanikov  46'	Attendance: 31,283 Referee: Diego De Leo[6] (Italy)

5 May 1970	Bulgaria	3–3	Soviet Union	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
	Zhekov  3' Zhekov  34' Bonev  70'		Yevryuzhikhin  20' Byshovets  44' Nodia  75'	Attendance: 11,169 Referee: Andrei Rădulescu (Romania)

6 May 1970	Bulgaria	0–0	Soviet Union	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
				Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Aurel Bentu (Romania)

6 June 1970	Soviet Union	4–1	Belgium	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
16:00 UTC−06:00	Byshovets  14', 63' Asatiani  57' Khmelnytskyi  76'	Report	Lambert  86'	Attendance: 95,261 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)

10 June 1970	Soviet Union	2–0	El Salvador	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
16:00 UTC−06:00	Byshovets  51', 74'	Report		Attendance: 89,979 Referee: Rafael Hormazábal Díaz (Chile)

14 June 1970	Soviet Union	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Uruguay	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
12:00 UTC−06:00		Report	Espárrago  117'	Attendance: 26,085 Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)

28 October 1970	Soviet Union	4–0	Yugoslavia	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
	Shevchenko  20' Fedotov  34' Kolotov  55' Nodia  76'			Attendance: 102,000 Referee: Marian Środecki (Poland)

30 May 1971	Soviet Union	2–1	Spain	Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow
18:30	Kolotov  79' Shevchenko  83'		Rexach  88'	Attendance: 81,700 Referee: Biwersi (West Germany)

22 September 1971	Soviet Union	1–0	Northern Ireland	Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow
19:30	Muntyan  43' (pen.)			Attendance: 51,186 Referee: Ove Dahlberg (Sweden)

13 October 1971	Northern Ireland	1–1	Soviet Union	Windsor Park, Belfast
16:00	Nicholson  13'		Byshovets  32'	Attendance: 16,573 Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway)

27 October 1971	Spain	0–0	Soviet Union	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville
20:30				Attendance: 40,169 Referee: Norman Burtenshaw (England)

30 April 1972	Yugoslavia	0–0	Soviet Union	Stadion Crvena zvezda, Belgrade
16:00 CET/UTC+1		Report		Attendance: 58,312 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)

13 May 1972	Soviet Union	3–0	Yugoslavia	Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow
15:00 CET/UTC+1	Kolotov  53' Banishevski  74' Kozynkevych  90'	Report		Attendance: 90,300 Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)

14 June 1972	Hungary	0–1	Soviet Union	Stade Émile Versé, Brussels
20:00 CET/UTC+1		Report	Konkov  53'	Attendance: 16,590 Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)

18 June 1972	West Germany	3–0	Soviet Union	Heysel Stadium, Brussels
16:00 CET/UTC+1	Müller  27', 58' Wimmer  52'	Report		Attendance: 43,437 Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

13 October 1972	France	1–0	Soviet Union	Paris, France
	Bereta  61'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 29,746 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)

18 October 1972	Republic of Ireland	1–2	Soviet Union	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
	Conroy  83'	Report	Fedotov  55' Kolotov  65'	Stadium: Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 27,656 Referee: Henry Verner Øberg (Norway)

13 May 1973	Soviet Union	1–0	Republic of Ireland	Moscow, Soviet Union
	Onyshchenko  58'	Report		Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 65,527 Referee: Ove Dahlberg (Sweden)

26 May 1973	Soviet Union	2–0	France	Moscow, Soviet Union
	Blokhin  81' Onyshchenko  84'	Report		Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 76,604 Referee: Biwersi (West Germany)

21 June 1973	Soviet Union	0–0	Brazil	Moscow, Soviet Union
				Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Weyland (West Germany)

5 August 1973	Soviet Union	0–0	Sweden	Moscow, Soviet Union
				Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 82,000 Referee: Josef Jegel[7] (Austria)

5 September 1973	Soviet Union	0–1	West Germany	Moscow, Soviet Union
			Müller  62'	Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 61,647 Referee: Mladenović[8] (Yugoslavia)

26 September 1973	Soviet Union	0–0	Chile	Moscow, Soviet Union
				Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 48,891 Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil)

17 April 1974	Yugoslavia	0–1	Soviet Union	Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica
			Kipiani  50'	Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Sándor Petri[9] (Hungary)

References

1. "1972 team of the tournament". UEFA. 2 May 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
2. "Team of the tournament of the 1972 UEFA European Championship". uefa.com. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
3. "Colombia v USSR, 20 February 1969". footballfacts.ru. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
4. "Revaz Dzodzuashvili". footballfacts.ru. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
5. "Alberto Tejada Burga was the first Peruvian referee to take charge of a World Cup qualifier". worldreferee.com. Retrieved 9 January 2017. Alberto Tejada is the father of the World Cup referee Alberto Tejada Noriega
6. "Diego de Leo – A Chilean-Italian referee who officiated at the 1970 World Cup as a Mexican". worldreferee.com. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
7. "Josef Jegel was on the international list in 1972 and 1973". worldreferee.com. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
8. "Nikola Mladenović". worldreferee.com. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
9. "Sándor Petri was National referee between 1958 and 1977 and FIFA badge holder between 1968 and 1977". worldreferee.com. Retrieved 9 January 2017.

External links

• Revaz Dzodzuashvili – FIFA competition record
• Revaz Dzodzuashvili at WorldFootball.net
• Revaz Dzodzuashvili at National-Football-Teams.com
• Revaz Dzodzuashvili at rusteam.permian.ru