{{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, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union | height = {{height|meter=1.72}} | currentclub = Dila (head coach) | 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 = Guria Lanchkhuti | clubs2 = Dinamo-2 Tbilisi | clubs3 = Arsenali Tbilisi | clubs4 = Skonto | clubs5 = Torpedo Kutaisi | clubs6 = Sioni Bolnisi | clubs7 = Dinaburg FC | clubs8 = Dacia Chişinău | clubs9 = FC Zestaponi | clubs10 =Dacia Chişinău | clubs11 = Zimbru Chişinău | clubs12 = Metalurgi Rustavi | clubs13 = 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= 2001 | nationalteam1= Georgia U21 | nationalcaps1= 4 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2= 2004 | nationalteam2= Georgia | nationalcaps2= 3 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | manageryears1 = 2017–2018 | managerclubs1 = Saburtalo ''(Youth)'' | manageryears2 = 2018–2019 | managerclubs2 = Locomotive ''(Assistant)'' | manageryears3 = 2019–2020 | managerclubs3 = Locomotive | manageryears4 = 2020–2022 | managerclubs4 = Saburtalo | manageryears5 = 2023–2024 | managerclubs5 = Zhenis | manageryears6 = 2024–2025 | managerclubs6 = Iberia 1999 | manageryears7 = 2026– | managerclubs7 = Dila | pcupdate = | ntupdate = }}
'''Levan Korgalidze''' ({{langx|ka|ლევან კორღალიძე}}; born 21 February 1980), also spelled as ''Korghalidze'', is a former Georgian midfielder and manager, currently in charge of Erovnuli Liga club Dila.
Korgalidze played regularly for the Georgia national under-21 football team. His debut call-up to the national team was in 2003.
He is the son of Otar Korghalidze.
==Coaching career== Korgalidze started his coaching career in 2017 at 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 their 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 a UEFA European competition for the first time since 2008.
In early March 2020, the 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 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 Zhenis, who had just won the promotion from the 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 Manager of the Year by the 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>
Korgalidze left the club on 31 July 2025 after a six-game winless run across all competitions which included a premature exit from the European season,<ref>{{cite web |title=ცნობილია, რატომ დატოვა ლევან კორღალიძემ იბერიას მთავარი მწვრთნელის პოსტი |url=https://etablo.ge/ცნობილია-რატომ-დატოვა-ლე/ |website=etablo.ge |access-date=23 January 2026 |language=ka |date=31 July 2025}}</ref> although his team had at the same time achieved a thirty-game unbeaten run in the league.<ref>{{cite web |title=კრისტალბეთ ეროვნული ლიგა განახლდა: მოგებები 10 კაცით |url=https://sportall.ge/article/179314-kristalbet-erovnuli-liga-ganaxlda-mogebebi-10-kacit/ |website=sportall.ge |access-date=24 May 2026 |language=ka |date=3 August 2025 |trans-title=Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga resumes}}</ref>
On 13 May 2026, Korgalidze was appointed at Dila where he had ended his career as a player twelve years earlier.<ref>{{cite web |title="დილას" მწვრთნელად ლევან კორღალიძე დანიშნეს |url=https://sportall.ge/article/184644-dilas-mcvrtnelad-levan-korgalize-danishnes/ |website=sportall.ge |access-date=13 May 2026 |language=ka |date=13 May 2026 |trans-title=Levan Korgalidze becomes Dila coach}}</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|Locomotive |{{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|Saburtalo |{{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|Zhenis |{{Flagicon|Kazakhstan}} |align=left|22 November 2023 |align=left|21 May 2024 {{WDL|0|0|0|0|for=0|against=0|diff=yes}} |- |align=left|Iberia 1999 |{{Flagicon|Georgia}} |align=left|6 July 2024 |align=left|31 July 2025 {{WDL|0|0|0|0|for=0|against=0|diff=yes}} |- |align=left|Dila |{{Flagicon|Georgia}} |align=left|13 May 2026 |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
* '''Georgian Cup''' (1): 2021
==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{NFT player|id=2556}} *{{WorldFootball.net|levan-korgalidze}}
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