Giorgi Shashiashvili (Georgian: გიორგი შაშიაშვილი; born 1 September 1979) is a Georgian football coach and a former player who most recently Shashiashvili was the head coach of Erovnuli Liga club Samtredia.[1] A central defender who also played as a right back, he played for the Georgia national team at International level, making 30 appearances and scoring once.
Shashiashvili was a member of six clubs with most of his time spent in Dinamo Tbilisi. For his third and final tenure he joined this club in early 2013[2] when Shashiashvili won all three domestic competitions.
He was regularly called up to the Georgia national team. On 11 October 2006, he scored the equalizer in a 3–1 loss to Italy in a Euro 2008 qualifying game.[3]
After his retirement in 2013 Shashiashvili for three years worked at Dinamo Tbilisi academy with U14 and U19 teams. In 2017, Shukura Kobuleti became the first club that invited him as a manager.[4]
During his second spell at Shukura, in 2020 Shashiashvili guided the team to a Liga 2 title and promotion to the first tier.[5]
In February 2022, he was appointed at Samtredia,[6] where he achieved another success the same year. The team finished third and advanced into Erovnuli Liga via play-offs.[7]
Dinamo Tbilisi
Shukura Kobuleti