16 Facts About Temur Ketsbaia

Temur Ketsbaia is a Georgian professional football manager and former player.

Temur Ketsbaia 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.

Temur Ketsbaia was the only scorer in the league derby against Olympiacos in AEK's away victory on 19 November 1994.

Temur Ketsbaia played for Dundee from 2001 to 2002, then returned to Anorthosis until announcing his retirement on 30 June 2007.

In May 2015, Temur Ketsbaia played for Dundee once more against Crystal Palace as part of Julian Speroni's testimonial match, joining former Dundee players Georgi Nemsadze, Juan Sara, Fabian Caballero, and Luis Alberto Carranza.

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

In January 2004, while still a player for Anorthosis, Temur Ketsbaia took his first managerial position there.

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

Temur Ketsbaia claimed that while he could not promise a major tournament in the near future, the team would fight to reach one.

In January 2015, Temur Ketsbaia declared his interest in taking over the vacant manager job at Newcastle United, after Alan Pardew moved on to Crystal Palace John Carver was appointed in a temporary position instead.

On 28 August 2015, Temur Ketsbaia agreed terms with reigning Cypriot champions APOEL, signing a two-year contract with the club and replacing Domingos Paciencia who was fired earlier at the same day.

On 6 June 2016, Temur Ketsbaia took over the management at Greek powerhouse AEK Athens, a club he played for until 1996, on a two-year contract.

On 17 August 2017, The president of FC Orenburg, Vasily Stolypin, said that Temuri Ketsbaia left the post of head coach not because of sports results.

Temur Ketsbaia left the mutual consent of the parties and personal affairs, the family.

Temur Ketsbaia finished in 3rd place in the group behind Gent and Partizan and in front of Flora.

On 29 June 2022, Temur Ketsbaia took over the management of the Cyprus national team.