Matej Šimić

Central Defender - Torpedo Kutaisi
8 Nov 2026
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Marked for Matej Šimić

6 Edition

The Torpedo Kutaisi Courier

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market7 Sep 2026

Not going: Oto Goshadze stays at Torpedo Kutaisi

“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Lokomotivi had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.

Player ratings7 Sep 2026

Vladimer Mamuchashvili pops up at the right end — 7.96

7.96, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.

Boardroom7 Sep 2026

Window shuts: 16 in, 1 out at Torpedo Kutaisi

The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 16 arrived, 1 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.

Player ratings7 Sep 2026

Viktor Bliznichenko was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 20. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Transfer targets7 Sep 2026

Door shut on Matías Caballero

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

Match5 Sep 2026

Torpedo Kutaisi get the job done against Chikhura

A 2‑0 win over Chikhura, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Oto Goshadze signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Oto Goshadze commits to Torpedo Kutaisi for another 3 years.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Matej Šimić named in the team of the month

A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Matej Šimić is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

The dugout7 Sep 2026

The manager’s verdict

“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Shota Kashia kept it short after the 2‑0 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.

In brief

Back issues
5 Edition

The Torpedo Kutaisi Courier

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad31 Aug 2026

A one-man rearguard from Filip Kljajić

There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Market31 Aug 2026

Glib Katkov has said yes to Chikhura

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Torpedo Kutaisi have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Nothing got past Tsotne Nadaraia

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 27 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

The paperwork begins on Florjan Jevšenak

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Torpedo Kutaisi have done the hard part with NK Celje, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

No thanks: Alejo Medina rejects the move

Torpedo Kutaisi had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Agropecuario Argentino, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Viktor Bliznichenko

Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market31 Aug 2026

Tsotne Nadaraia told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Tsotne Nadaraia has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Torpedo Kutaisi.

The dugout31 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Giorgi Kokhreidze

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Giorgi Kokhreidze, and the manager let it.

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

Torpedo Kutaisi try to borrow Matías Caballero

Patronato have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

In brief

1 Edition

The Torpedo Kutaisi Courier

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Market3 Aug 2026

Torpedo Kutaisi say no — this time

The offer from Kolkheti for Mohamed Cherif 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.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Nodar Lominadze in trouble away from the ground

Every paper's favourite story and every manager's least. What happened is being dealt with internally, which is the phrase clubs use when they would rather nobody asked again.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

Warley was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 24. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Felipe Pires signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Felipe Pires commits to Torpedo Kutaisi for another 3 years.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Torpedo Kutaisi bid $280.0K for Alexis Domínguez

The offer went to Chacarita Juniors this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Torpedo Kutaisi

Felipe Pires 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.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Komnen Andrić falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match1 Aug 2026

Giorgi Arabidze the difference as Torpedo Kutaisi beat Tskhinvali

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Giorgi Arabidze. 1‑0 against Tskhinvali, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Market3 Aug 2026

Nobody at Torpedo Kutaisi has picked up the phone to Felipe Pires

36 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.

In brief