Career
He is currently the owner and chairman of Maltese football club Valletta Football Club.
During his career he played for Dinamo Tbilisi (1980-1981, 1984-1987), Torpedo Kutaisi (1982–1983) and Football Club Guria Lanchkhuti (1988-1990). Later, in 1998-2005 he was the president of Georgian Football Federation. In 2003 he was one of the temporary managers of Georgia national football team
Vitesse Arnhem
In August 2010, he bought financially troubled Vitesse Arnhem.
He followed-up by acquiring the services of new players and replacing manager Theo Bos with the unexperienced Albert Ferrer, a former Spanish international defender. The current manager, as of 2013, is Peter Bosz.
