Mamuka Zivzivadze

Left Wingback - Zugdidi
11 Apr 2027
Sunday
Process

Marked for Mamuka Zivzivadze

5 Edition

The Zugdidi Chronicle

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Zugdidi say no — this time

The offer from Kolkheti for Temur Qazaishvili was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Market

Mikheil Kiteishvili puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Zugdidi, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

6 saves: Giorgi Mchedlidze was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Player ratings

Up for the corner, and Guram Tsitaishvili delivers — 7.97

Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Guram Tsitaishvili scored, was marked 7.97, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.

Boardroom

Zugdidi go back to the board over Ruben Compaoré

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $10.0K — a club that wants Ruben Compaoré enough to be asked twice.

Player ratings

Mamuka Zivzivadze beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 22. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Transfer targets

Zugdidi make their move for Ruben Compaoré

$10.0K on the table at Dila. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Squad

A falling-out at Zugdidi

Dato Daraselia and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Tornike Mindiashvili

Zugdidi asked and Sioni said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

In brief

Back issues
3 Edition

The Zugdidi Chronicle

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Mamuka Zivzivadze beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 40. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Match

Zugdidi bow out of the cup

Torpedo Kutaisi go through and Zugdidi go home, 0‑1 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.

Market

Zugdidi turn down Torpedo Kutaisi for Mikheil Kvaratskhelia

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Temur Shengelia turns Shukura down

“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.

Market

Zugdidi spend $680.0K to raise the standard

This is not cover and nobody is pretending it is. $680.0K has been paid because Mohamed Cherif is straightforwardly better than what was already here, and the club has decided to stop waiting.

Transfer targets

Zugdidi make their move for Nika Bostoghanashvili

$18.0K on the table at Guria. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Squad

Tempers go at Zugdidi

Giorgi Qazaishvili was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

The terraces

Zugdidi spend $680.0K on the signing the town wanted

It is the rarest sequence in football: supporters ask for something, and the club goes and does it. $680.0K for Mohamed Cherif, and for one week nobody is complaining about anything.

Boardroom

Zugdidi agree a free transfer for Davit Khelaia

Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.

In brief