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Gia Guruli
Personal information
Full name Gia Guruli
Date of birth (1964-05-20) 20 May 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth Chiatura, Soviet Union
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1988 Dinamo Tbilisi 104 (19)
1988–1989 Guria Lanchkhuti 40 (18)
1989–1990 Iberia Tbilisi 25 (23)
1990–1992 GKS Katowice 36 (11)
1992–1994 Le Havre 48 (12)
1994–1997 USL Dunkerque 87 (9)
1997–1999 Calais RUFC 2 (0)
Total 342 (92)
International career
1994 Georgia 3 (0)
Managerial career
2012–2013 Dinamo Batumi
2014–2016 Kolkheti Khobi
2016–2017 Shukura Kobuleti
2017 Guria Lanchkhuti
2023- Dunkerque U12
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gia Guruli (born 20 May 1964) is a Georgian professional football manager and former player. He is the father of Alexander Guruli. He made his debut for the Georgia national team on 22 February 1994 against Israel and earned a total of three caps.

Club career

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In 1992, Guruli moved to Le Havre and on 8 August 1992, he played his first game for the club, a 2–0 win against Nîmes in the 1992–93 French Division 1,[citation needed] becoming the first Georgian to play in the league.[1]

On 7 October 1992, he scored his first goal for Le Havre in a 3–0 French Division 1 win against Strasbourg, becoming the first Georgian to score in the league.[2]

On 7 March 1993, as Le Havre won 3–0 against Le Touquet, he became at 28 years the first Georgian to play in Coupe de France.[citation needed]

He remained the only Georgian to play in that competition until 3 January 2004, when his own son Aleksandre played with Boulogne-sur-mer against Créteil in the 2003–04 Coupe de France at 18 years old.[3]

He scored his twelfth and last goal for Le Havre on 29 January 1994, in a 3–0 French Division 1 win against Strasbourg; as of today he still remains the oldest Georgian goalscorer in the league.[4]

He remained the oldest Georgian to play in Coupe de France until 2020–21, when his own son Aleksandre broke his record by playing the 2020–21 Coupe de France at 35 years.[5]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[6]
National team Year Apps Goals
Georgia 1994 3 0
Total 3 0

Honours

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Iberia Tbilisi

GKS Katowice[7]

Individual

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Guia Gourouli". HAC Foot. Archived from the original on 20 April 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  2. ^ "deux-zero.com - Division 1". Deux Zero. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  3. ^ "Statistiques US Boulogne - Créteil". Besoccer. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  4. ^ "RCS - Le Havre 0-3". Racingstub. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  5. ^ "COUPE DE FRANCE 2020 - 2021 - 7E TOUR MÉTROPOLE". Fédération Française de Football. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  6. ^ "Aleksandr Guruli". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  7. ^ a b c "Gia Guruli". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
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