Gocha Jamarauli

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Gocha Jamarauli (born July 23, 1971) is a retired football midfielder from Georgia. He is regarded as one of the best players^{[citation needed]} the country has seen since its 1991 independence. He was a regular in the national team, and played 62 international matches and scored 6 goals between 1994 and 2004.

His club career started in FC Dinamo Tbilisi while they still played in the Soviet league. After the Georgian football league was formed, the Dinamo team won several titles in a row, and Jamarauli was a key player during this period. In 1996 he wanted to play abroad, and moved to Russian team Alania Vladikavkaz, and the next season to Trabzonspor of Turkey. Neither spell was very successful, so he got a transfer to Swiss club FC Zürich where he spent four seasons until leaving following a contract dispute. Via another Swiss team, FC Luzern, he joined FC Metalurh Donetsk in the Ukrainian league, where he would spend two and a half season. Following brief spells with Dinamo Tbilisi and Anorthosis Famagusta the midfielder announced his retirement from professional football.

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• GeorgianSoccer.com