Temur Ketsbaia

Ketsbaia began his professional career in 1986 with Georgian clubs Dinamo Sokhumi and Dinamo Tbilisi. In 1992 he moved to Cyprus to play for Anorthosis Famagusta, displaying impressive performance. On 1 June 1994, was transferred to the Greek champions, AEK Athens for a fee of 100 million drachmas. In his first official match against Rangers, for the UEFA Champions League qualifiers, he seriously injured his hand. He returned after a few months, but his performance in his first season was not as expected, affected by both the injury and his adaptation to a more demanding league. He was the only scorer in the league derby against Olympiacos in AEK's away victory on 19 November 1994. The following season, Ketsbaia won the Cup with AEK and was named by his colleagues in the league as the best foreign footballer of the season. On 28 September 1995, he scored against Sion for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. In the semi-finals, he scored in both legs against Panathinaikos. His next season, he helped AEK win the Greek Super Cup. On 17 October 1996, he opened the score in AEK's 2–0 win against Olimpija Ljubljana for round 16 of the UEFA Winners' Cup. On 7 July 1997 Ketsbaia moved to England to play for Newcastle United on a free transfer. Early in his Newcastle career, he scored a goal in extra time against Dinamo Zagreb, ensuring a place for Newcastle in the UEFA Champions League for the first time in their history. However, his time in England is mostly remembered for his celebration…

He won the Malta International Football Tournament whilst on international duty with Georgia in 1998, the only International honour in his career.

Anorthosis (first spell)

In January 2004, while still a player for Anorthosis, Ketsbaia took his first managerial position there. He won two championships as the manager of Anorthosis, in 2004–05 and in 2007–08, and one cup in 2006–07. In 2005 Anorthosis reached in the third-round of the Champions League, over running Trabzonspor in the second round, and in 2008–09 reached in the UEFA Champions League Group Stage, the first Cypriot team to do so. On 28 September 2008, he stated his interest for the vacant Newcastle manager position. In an interview with the Sunday Mirror, he said: "I had a great opportunity to play at Newcastle as a player, so why not as a manager?" In the week before the match club directors had gone to the police complaining of financial irregularities being carried out by the club President who was forced to resign, despite support from Ketsbaia and club supporters. In April 2009, Ketsbaia stood down as coach of Anorthosis.

Olympiacos

On 25 May 2009, the chairman of Olympiacos announced that Ketsbaia had been appointed the club's manager on a three-year deal, replacing Ernesto Valverde; however, on 15 September 2009, Ketsbaia and Olympiacos parted company following early criticism from the club's supporters, despite Olympiakos not conceding a goal during his tenure.

Georgia national team

In November 2009 he was announced as manager of the Georgian national side, which he represented 49 times as a player. He claimed that while…

International goals

Georgia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Ketsbaia goal.