Certified & Licensed Football Manager
February 13, 2025
On February 8th, we played a friendly match in Güneysu, Turkey.After the match, I had the opportunity to meet with Rize Governor Ihsan Selim Baydaş, Güneysu Mayor Rifat Ozer and Güneysu Provincial Directorate of Youth and Sports Akif Kalça.I thank everyone for today and believe that our cooperation will continue in the future.
January 24, 2025
On January 21-22 an international youth football tournament was held in the Turkish city of Rize. 8 clubs participated in the tournament: Çaykur Rizespor, Dinamo Batumi, Çayelispor, West Georgia, Pazarspor, Portus Batumi, Artvin Hopaspor & Black Sea Batumi I am proud that I managed to unite friends around one idea, and the team from Batumi…
January 5, 2025
2025 is starting off very productively. On January 3-4, a meeting was held in Rize (a Black Sea city in Turkey) with local football functionaries. As part of this trip, we visited the Academy of the Rizespor Football Club, got acquainted with the philosophy of the academy, how they work & agreed on future cooperation….
December 30, 2024
European Scout Tips Zambian Players On How To Break Into Europe Irakli Khvedeliani said Zambia has talent but there was a need to tie some loose ends. Georgian football manager and scout Irakli Khvedeliani says there is a need to exchange programs between Zambian academies and those in Europe in a bid to develop players…
December 27, 2024
The end of 2024 turned out to be quite interesting. I was honored to receive an invitation from Mulambo Haimbe (Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Zambia) to be part of the Scouting Tournament In Lusaka City. The main mediator of this project was FIFA licensed agent Mwanza Banda. December 21-25 turned out…
November 11, 2024
On 09.11.2024 in the city of Rize, I attended the match of the 12th round of the Turkish Super League. People from two different cities of Black Sea have been waiting for this day for a long time, to watch the Karadeniz Derby again. The match between Çaykur Rizespor and Trabzonspor turned out to be…
November 2, 2024
Il calcio in Georgia è una cosa seria I recenti exploit della nazionale di Kvaratskhelia e compagni hanno sorpreso, ma sono arrivati al culmine di una strada che parte da lontano. Il ritorno della Georgia sulla cartina dell’Europa del pallone non è solo una bella favola da raccontare, ma è un vero e proprio manifesto…
October 21, 2024
On October 18-20 I attended football matches in different cities of the Karadeniz / Black Sea. On October 18, in the city of Batumi Football Center, I attended a match between Dinamo Batumi and Gagra. The Black Sea team appointed a new head coach before this game & earned first victory with a score of…
August 19, 2024
U16 Team of FC Locomotive Tbilisi (born in 2008) will participate in the biggest tournament in the region – Vitali Daraselia Cup. Teams participating in this tournament: FC Locomotive Tbilisi (Georgia), FC Dinamo Tbilisi (Georgia), FC Juventus (Italy), FC Watford (England), FC Valencia (Spain) and SK Galatasaray (Turkey) There is a short interview with the…
August 14, 2024
I had the honour of attending the opening match of the 2024/2025 Turkish Super League season. I watched a very tense and spectacular match between Çaykur Rizespor and İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. The game ended in a draw – 1:1 I would like to thank our friends from Çaykur Rizespor who personally invited me to this…
