Levan Maisashvili

Levan Maisashvili is a Georgian professional rugby union coach. He is currently the head coach of the Black Lion side that participates in the EPCR Challenge Cup and Rugby Europe Super Cup.[1][2] While coach of the Georgian national team during the 2021 July rugby union tests, Maisashvili contracted COVID-19 and was seriously ill in hospital.[3] He was in hospital for two months, after being placed on a ventilator with 'serious lung damage' having contracted the illness on 2 July 2021.[4]

Levan Maisashvili
Place of birthGeorgia
Rugby union career
Position(s) Head coach
Current team Black Lion
Coaching career
Years Team
1994–2001 Lelo Saracens (Assistant coach)
2000–2003 Georgia U-19 (Assistant coach)
2001–2020 Lelo Saracens
2003–2006 Georgia U-19
2006–2007 Georgia U-18
2007–2008 Georgia U-20
2008–2014 Georgia XV
2009 Georgia U-19
2014–2018 Emerging Georgia
2018–2019 Georgia (Assistant coach)
2020 Georgia (interim)
2021–2023 Georgia
2021– Black Lion

In 2023, he decided to leave the position of the national team head coach following the team's poor performance at 2023 Rugby World Cup.[5]

References
  1. "Georgia Rugby`s Coaching Staff". rugby.ge. Georgian Rugby Union.
  2. ""That one was for you coach": Black Lion players dedicate win to Maisashvili". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  3. "Georgia coach Levan Maisashvili returns home after two-month Covid battle in South Africa". Daily Mirror. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  4. "Georgia rugby coach on Covid ordeal in SA: 'I had less than 2% chance of survival'". News24. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  5. "ლევან მაისაშვილმა ბორჯღალოსნების მთავარი მწვრთნელის პოსტი დატოვა" (in Georgian). rugby.ge. Retrieved 2023-10-16.


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