Varlam Kilasonia

Varlam Kilasonia
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-08-13) 13 August 1967
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position
Team information
Current team
Sioni (head coach)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1986FC Metalurgi Rustavi 23 (1)
1990FC Alazani Gurjaani 36 (9)
1991–1992FC Kakheti Telavi 52 (36)
1992–1995FC Metalurgi Rustavi 78 (57)
1995–1996FC Lokomotiv St. Petersburg 55 (39)
1996–1998FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 16 (1)
1997 → FC Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk 2 (0)
1998FC Kuban Krasnodar 9 (1)
1998–1999FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi 6 (3)
1999–2000FC Gorda Rustavi 34 (24)
2000–2001PFC Turan Tovuz 13 (5)
2001–2003 FC Gorda Rustavi 8 (4)
Managerial career
2009–2010Olimpi Rustavi
2013–2015Olimpi Rustavi
2015–2016Sioni
2016–2017Rustavi
2018Rustavi
2019–2020Rustavi
2020–2021Sioni
2022Merani Martvili
2023–2025Rustavi
2025Sioni
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Varlam Kilasonia (born 13 August 1967) is a Georgian professional footballmanager and former player who works at Erovnuli Liga 2 club Sioni.

Career

As a player, Varlam Kilasonia spent 17 years in four different countries.

He started his managerial career at Olimpi Rustavi in 2006.

Twice in a row, in 2016 and 2017, he led the newly created football club Rustavi to championship titles in the second tier, which in the second case implied automatic promotion to Erovnuli Liga.[1]

Following three spells with this club, from July 2020 to June 2021 Kilasonia was in charge of Sioni Bolnisi,[2] where he was named the best manager in the first phase of the season.[3]

In late July 2022, he was announced as head coach of Merani Martvili.[4] After his departure from this club at the end of this season, Kilasonia returned to Rustavi in February 2023. [5] In April 2025, he was appointed by the club as Chairman of the Youth Development Programme.[6] However, a month later he took charge of Sioni for the third spell.[7]

Personal life

His brother Giorgi Kilasonia played for the Georgia national football team.

Honours

References

  1. ^""რუსთავი" ეროვნულ ლიგაში ითამაშებს!". fanebi.com (in Georgian), 23 November 2017.
  2. ^"კილასონია მთავარი სიონის მწვრთნელი გახდა (in Georgian)". crystalsport.ge, 31 July 2020.
  3. ^"ვარლამ კილასონია – "ეროვნული ლიგა 2"-ის პირველი წრის საუკეთესო მწვრთნელი". crystalsport.ge, 10 June 2021.
  4. ^""მერანი" ვარლამ კილასონიამ ჩაიბარა". atiani.ge (in Georgian). 31 July 2022.
  5. ^""რუსთავს" ისევ კილასონია გაწვრთნის". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 16 February 2023.
  6. ^"ვარლამ კილასონია "რუსთავის" მთავარი მწვრთნელი აღარ არის, მაგრამ კლუბში რჩება" (in Georgian). 23 April 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  7. ^"კილასონიამ "სიონი" მესამედ ჩაიბარა". Lelo (in Georgian). 24 May 2025. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
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