Varlam Kilasonia (born 13 August 1967) is a Georgian professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Liga 3 club Rustavi.

Career

As a player, Varlam Kilasonia spent 17 years in four different countries.

He started his managerial career at Olimpi Rustavi in 2006.

Twice in a row, in 2016 and 2017, he led the newly created football club Rustavi to championship titles in the second tier, which in the second case implied automatic promotion to Erovnuli Liga.

Following three spells with this club, from July 2020 to June 2021 Kilasonia was in charge of Sioni Bolnisi, where he was named the best manager in the first phase of the season.

In late July 2022 he was announced as head coach of Merani Martvili. After his departure from this club at the end of this season, Kilasonia returned to Rustavi in February 2023.

Personal life

His brother Giorgi Kilasonia played for the Georgia national football team.

Honours
 Russian First League top scorer: 1996 (22 goals).

References

External links

Profile on Soccerway

1967 births
Living people
Soviet men's footballers
Men's footballers from Georgia (country)
Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country)
Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine
Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Ukraine
Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan
FC Dnipro players
FC Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk players
FC Kuban Krasnodar players
Football managers from Georgia (country)
Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Azerbaijan
Turan Tovuz players
FC Metalurgi Rustavi players
FC Alazani Gurjaani players
Ukrainian Premier League players
Men's association football forwards
Men's association football midfielders
FC Lokomotiv Saint Petersburg players
Place of birth missing (living people)