Merab Jordania, in is a retired Georgian

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

 footballer

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

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Nowadays he is the president of Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 football club Vitesse.

Club career

During his career he played for Dinamo Tbilisi

Dinamo Tbilisi

Dinamo Tbilisi is a sports club from Tbilisi, Georgia. It was founded in 1925.Among its highest honors, is the European trophy earned by its football team which won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1981, beating FC Carl Zeiss Jena of East Germany 2-1 in the final in Düsseldorf.In basketball, the club won...

 (1980–81, 1984–87), Torpedo Kutaisi (1982–1983) and FC Guria Lanchkhuti

FC Guria Lanchkhuti

FC Guria Lanchkhuti is a Georgian association football club at Pirveli Liga. The club finished runner-up in 1990 and Umaglesi Liga 1991. Before 1960 the club was named Kolmeurne Lanchkhuti, K.I.M.I....

 (1988–90).

Managerial and presidential career

Later, in 1998-2005 he was the president of Georgian Football Federation

Georgian Football Federation

The Georgian Football Federation was founded in 1936. It was part of the Football Federation of Soviet Union from 1936 to 1989. The Independent Georgian Football Federation was established on 15 February 1990. It is the governing body of football in Georgia. It organizes the football league, the...

. In 2003 he was one of the temporary managers of Georgia national football team

Georgia national football team

The Georgia national football team is the national association football team of Georgia and is controlled by the Georgian Football Federation. The Georgian team's first match took place in 1990, while Georgia was still part of the Soviet Union. The team have attempted to qualify for each major...

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Vitesse Arnhem

In August 2010, he surprisingly took over financially-troubled Vitesse. He followed-up by acquiring the services of new players and replacing manager Theo Bos

Theo Bos (footballer)

Theo Bos is a Dutch former footballer and current coach of FC Dordrecht.-Playing career:Bos spent his entire playing career for Vitesse Arnhem, making a total 369 appearances in 14 seasons with his club.-Coaching career:...

 with the unexperienced Albert Ferrer, a former Spanish international defender.

External links

• Career Statistics on KLISF