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{{short description|Georgian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Levan Korgalidze
| fullname = Levan Korgalidze
| image = 
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1980|2|21}} 
| birth_place = [[Tbilisi]], [[Soviet Union]]
| height = {{height|meter=1.72}}
| currentclub  = [[FC Iberia 1999|Iberia 1999]] (Manager)
| clubnumber = 
| position = [[Midfielder]] 
| youthyears1= 
| youthclubs1= 
| years1 = 1996 | years2 = 1997 | years3 = 1998 | years4 = 1999–2005 | years5 = 2006 | years6 = 2006 | years7 = 2007 | years8 = 2008–2009 | years9 = 2009–2010 | years10 =2010–2011 | years11 = 2012–2013 | years12 = 2013–2014 | years13 = 2014
| clubs1 = [[FC Guria Lanchkhuti|Guria Lanchkhuti]] | clubs2 = [[FC Dinamo-2 Tbilisi|Dinamo-2 Tbilisi]] | clubs3 = [[FC Arsenali Tbilisi|Arsenali Tbilisi]] | clubs4 = [[Skonto FC|Skonto]] | clubs5 = [[FC Torpedo Kutaisi|Torpedo Kutaisi]] | clubs6 = [[FC Sioni Bolnisi|Sioni Bolnisi]] | clubs7 = [[Dinaburg FC]] | clubs8 = [[FC Dacia Chişinău|Dacia Chişinău]] | clubs9 = [[FC Zestaponi]] | clubs10 =[[FC Dacia Chişinău|Dacia Chişinău]] | clubs11 = [[FC Zimbru Chişinău|Zimbru Chişinău]] | clubs12 = [[FC Metalurgi Rustavi|Metalurgi Rustavi]] | clubs13 = [[FC Dila Gori|Dila Gori]]
| caps1 = 3 | goals1 = 1 | caps2 = 15 | goals2 = 6 | caps3 = 14 | goals3 = 0  | caps4 = 125 | goals4 = 23  | caps5 = 10 | goals5 = 2 | caps6 = 10 | goals6 = 1 | caps7 = 13 | goals7 = 0 | caps8 = 39 | goals8 = 7 | caps9 = 28 | goals9 = 6 | caps10 = 32 | goals10 = 13 | caps11 = 15 | goals11 = 5 | caps12 = 13| goals12 = 2 | caps13 = 6| goals13 = 0
| nationalyears1= 2004
| nationalteam1= [[Georgia national football team|Georgia]]
| nationalcaps1= 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1  = 2017–2018 
|  managerclubs1 = [[FC Saburtalo Tbilisi|Saburtalo Tbilisi]] ''(Youth)''
| manageryears2  = 2018–2019 
|  managerclubs2 = [[FC Locomotive Tbilisi|Locomotive Tbilisi]] ''(Assistant)''
| manageryears3  = 2019–2020
|  managerclubs3 = [[FC Locomotive Tbilisi|Locomotive Tbilisi]] 
| manageryears4  = 2020–2022
|  managerclubs4 = [[FC Saburtalo Tbilisi|Saburtalo Tbilisi]] 
| manageryears5 = 2023–2024
| managerclubs5 = [[FC Zhenis|Zhenis]]
| manageryears6 = 2024–
| managerclubs6 = [[FC Iberia 1999|Iberia 1999]]
| pcupdate = 
| ntupdate =
}}

'''Levan Korgalidze''' (born 21 February 1980) is a former [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]n midfielder and current manager of Georgian [[Erovnuli Liga]] club [[FC Iberia 1999|Iberia 1999]].

Korgalidze played regularly for the [[Georgia national under-21 football team]]. His debut call-up to the [[Georgia national football team|national team]] was in 2003.

He is the son of [[Otar Korghalidze]].

==Coaching career==
Korgalidze started his coaching career in 2017 at [[FC Saburtalo Tbilisi|Saburtalo Tbilisi]] at youth level. In the summer of 2018, he joined [[Locomotive Tbilisi]] as assistant manager and head coach of U15s. In April 2019, following some unsatisfactory results, Locomotive fired the manager, replacing him with Korgalidze.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://geoliga.ge/news-0191/ |website=geoliga.ge |title=ლოკომოტივს ლევან კორღალიძე გაწვრთნის |date=9 April 2019 |language=KA}}</ref> Under his leadership, the team not only climbed out of the drop zone, but also qualified for the [[2020-21 UEFA Europa League|2020 Europa League]] for the first time since 2008.

In early March 2020, the [[2020 Erovnuli Liga|Erovnuli Liga]] season was suspended due to [[COVID-19]] with Locomotive on top of the table after initial two rounds. By the time the matches resumed in July, the sides had parted ways at the club when a disagreement arose over the planned 70% cut of salaries.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.belive.ge/fexburti/levan-korghalidze-phekhburths-male-davubrundebi |website=belive.ge |title=ლევან კორღალიძე - ფეხბურთს მალე დავუბრუნდები |date=7 July 2020 |language=KA}}</ref>

In September 2020, Korgalidze returned to Saburtalo as a head coach.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sportall.ge/fekhburthi/fekhburthii/erovnuli-liga/142916-qsaburthalosq-mtsvrthnelad-levan-korghalidze-danishnes.html |website=sportall.ge |title="საბურთალოს" მწვრთნელად ლევან კორღალიძე დანიშნეს |date=19 September 2020 |language=KA}}</ref> The next year, he guided the team to the [[2021 Georgian Cup|Georgian Cup]] title, but left the club by mutual agreement on 8 June 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=ლევან კორღალიძემ "საბურთალო" დატოვა |url=https://www.worldsport.ge/ge/page/219290_levan-korgalidzem-saburtalo-datova?ShowAllAdvSpaces |website=worldsport.ge (in Georgian) |date=8 June 2022}}</ref>      

In November 2023, Korgalidze was appointed as a manager at [[Kazakhstan Premier League]] club [[FC Zhenis|Zhenis]], who had just won the promotion from the [[Kazakhstan First Division|First Division]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kpl.kz/kazfootball/levan-korgalidze-vozglavljaet-zhenis-pered-premer-ligoj/ |website=kpl.kz |title=Леван Коргалидзе возглавляет “Женис” перед Премьер-лигой |date=22 November 2023}}</ref> On 21 May 2024, he left the club by mutual consent.<ref>{{cite web |title=Клуб КПЛ объявил об уходе главного тренера |url=https://www.sports.kz/news/klub-kpl-obyyavil-ob-uhode-glavnogo-trenera |website=sports.kz (in Russian) |date=21 May 2024 |access-date=5 July 2024}}</ref>

Six weeks later Korgalidze was appointed at Saburtalo for the third time with the club renamed as Iberia 1999.<ref>{{cite web |title="იბერიამ" მიქაძე გაუშვა და კორღალიძე მთავარ მწვრთნელად უკვე მესამედ დანიშნა |url=https://sportall.ge/fekhburthi/fekhburthii/erovnuli-liga/172218-qiberiamq-miqadze-gaushva-da-korghalidze-mthavar-mtsvrthnelad-ukve-mesamed-danishna.html |website=sportall.ge (in Georgian) |access-date=5 July 2024}}</ref> His club was in crisis after losing seven out of eight matches across all competitions, but Korgalidze managed to rectify the situation and lead Iberia 1999 to their second champion's title in six years. He was named [[Erovnuli Liga awards|Manager of the Year]] by the [[Georgian Football Federation|Football Federation]] on 10 December 2024.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://erovnuliliga.ge/ge/news/8267-crystalbet-eliga-awards-2024-nominantebi-da-gamarjvebulebi |website=eliga.ge |title=CRYSTALBET ELIGA AWARDS 2024 |date=10 December 2024 |language=KA}}</ref> 

==Managerial statistics==
{{updated|match played 11 January 2024}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Managerial record by team and tenure
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|Nat
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="8"|Record
|-
!{{Tooltip|G|Games managed}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}	
|-
|align=left|[[FC Locomotive Tbilisi|Locomotive Tbilisi]]
|{{Flagicon|Georgia}}
|align=left|9 April 2019
|align=left|30 June 2020
{{WDL|36|21|4|11|for=50|against=41|diff=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[[FC Saburtalo Tbilisi|Saburtalo Tbilisi]]
|{{Flagicon|Georgia}}
|align=left|18 September 2020
|align=left|11 June 2022
{{WDL|40|16|12|12|for=58|against=49|diff=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[[FC Zhenis|Zhenis]]
|{{Flagicon|Kazakhstan}}
|align=left|22 November 2023
|align=left|''Present''
{{WDL|0|0|0|0|for=0|against=0|diff=yes}}
|-
!colspan="4"|Total
{{WDLtot|86|37|16|33|for=108|against=90|diff=yes}}
|}
==Honours==
=== Saburtalo / Iberia 1999 ===
* '''Erovnuli Liga''' (1): [[2024 Erovnuli Liga|2024]]

* '''Georgian Cup''' (1): [[2021 Georgian Cup|2021]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*{{NFT player|id=2556}}
*{{WorldFootball.net|levan-korgalidze}}

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[[Category:1980 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Men's footballers from Georgia (country)]]
[[Category:Georgia (country) men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country)]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova]]
[[Category:FC Guria Lanchkhuti players]]
[[Category:Skonto FC players]]
[[Category:Dinaburg FC players]]
[[Category:FC Dacia Chișinău players]]
[[Category:Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Moldova]]
[[Category:Footballers from Tbilisi]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]


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