Otar Martsvaladze ( ka, ოთარ მარცვალაძე; born 14 July 1984) is a Georgian former professional

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who played for the Georgia national team.

Career

Club

Otar Martsvaladze was born in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი, ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), ( ka, ტფილისი, tr ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia ( ...

. He spent first four years of his professional career at

WIT Georgia FC WIT Georgia is a Georgian football team from Tbilisi. The team is sponsored by WIT Georgia Ltd (a subsidiary of the United States WIT, Inc.), a pet food, accessories, and human and veterinary pharmaceuticals import company. WIT stands for Worl ...

, where he secured championship title in 2004. Two years later Martsvaladze was named the best player of the

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. He signed for

Dynamo Kyiv The Football Club 'Dynamo Kyiv', also known as Dynamo Kyiv, or simply Dynamo, ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society ...

along with countryman

Kakhaber Aladashvili Kakhaber (Kakha) Aladashvili ( ka, კახაბერ (კახა) ალადაშვილი; born 11 August 1983) is a professional Georgian football player. Career Aladashvili joined Dynamo Kyiv in March 2006 and signed on 24 Decem ...

in 2006. In 2014 he returned to

Umaglesi Liga The Erovnuli Liga ( ka, ეროვნული ლიგა; ) is the top division of professional top tier football in Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional Football League of Georgia and Georgian Football Federati ...

and initially joined

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for six months, followed by another year at

Dila Gori FC Dila ('' Georgian'': საფეხბურთო კლუბი დილა) is a Georgian professional football club based in Gori. The club takes part in the Erovnuli Liga, the first tier of Georgian football, and plays their home ga ...

. His prolific performance was duly appreciated with Otar named among the best three players of the 2014–15 season. On 22 June 2016, Martsvaladze signed for

FC Ordabasy FC Ordabasy () is a professional association football, football club from Kazakhstan based at the Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium (Shymkent), Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium in Shymkent. Ordabasy was formed in 1949, following the merger of two exi ...

in the

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Rustavi Rustavi ( ka, რუსთავი ) is a city in the southeast of Georgia, in the region of Kvemo Kartli and southeast of capital Tbilisi. It has a population of 127,154 (January 2024), making it the third most populous city in Georgia. Its eco ...

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

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International career

He was also a member of

Georgian national football team The Georgia national football team ( ka, საქართველოს ეროვნული საფეხბურთო ნაკრები, tr) represents Georgia (country), Georgia in men's international association football, foo ...

. Martsvaladze made his debut in the 2006 Malta International Football Tournament, he then played five games in the

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and five more friendlies. In 2011 he assisted

Levan Kobiashvili Levan Kobiashvili ( ka, ლევან კობიაშვილი, born 10 July 1977) is a Georgian former professional footballer and the current president of the Georgian Football Federation and a member of Parliament of Georgia. He pla ...

in the 90th minute in Georgia's 1–0 win against

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

Personal life

His father was killed in a car crash, Otar was in the same car but received lighter injuries.Отар МАРЦВАЛАДЗЕ: "УВЕРЕН, "АНЖИ" БУДЕТ В ПРЕМЬЕР-ЛИГЕ"
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Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

Honours

best player: 2005–06 *

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top scorer: 2010 (21 goals).Лауреаты сезона 2010-го года

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Martsvaladze, Otar 1984 births Living people Men's association football forwards Men's footballers from Georgia (country) Georgia (country) men's international footballers Georgia (country) men's under-21 international footballers 21st-century sportsmen from Georgia (country) Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country) FC WIT Georgia players FC Dynamo Kyiv players FC Anzhi Makhachkala players FC Hoverla Uzhhorod players FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod players FC Krasnodar players FC SKA-Khabarovsk players FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Footballers from Tbilisi Erovnuli Liga players Russian Premier League players Ukrainian Premier League players Kazakhstan Premier League players FC Dinamo Tbilisi players FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv players Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Ukraine FC Tosno players FC Ordabasy players FC Metalurgi Rustavi players