Samson (Soso) Pruidze (Georgian: სამსონ (სოსო) ფრუიძე) (born 6 October 1957 in Kutaisi) is a retired Georgian and Soviet football player and later Georgian manager.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samson Pruidze | ||
| Date of birth | (1957-10-06) 6 October 1957 (age 64) | ||
| Place of birth | Kutaisi, Georgian SSR | ||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Samgurali Tskaltubo | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Torpedo Kutaisi | |||
| Energetik Terjola | |||
| Zoovetinstitut Tbilisi | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 5 | (0) |
| 1984−1988 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 140 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1994 | Samgurali Tskhaltubo | ||
| 1994−1995 | Margveti Zestafoni | ||
| 1995−1996 | Samgurali Tskhaltubo | ||
| 1996−1998 | Torpedo Kutaisi | ||
| 1999−2000 | Iberia Samtredia | ||
| 2003−2004 | Torpedo Kutaisi | ||
| 2004−2005 | Borjomi | ||
| 2008−2020 | Chikhura Sachkhere | ||
| 2020 | Locomotive Tbilisi | ||
| 2021− | Samgurali Tskhaltubo | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Soso Pruidze spent an uneventful season at Dinamo Tbilisi at a time when the club was experiencing the change of generations following the Cup Winner's 1981 Cup glory. Then followed five seasons in Torpedo Kutaisi as a right defender, including in the Soviet Top League.
Pruidze has been in charge of different clubs, but become mostly known for a long-time manager at the helm of Chikhura Sachkhere.[1] Apart from these twelve years being record-breaking in Georgian league history, Pruidze guided the team to national Cup and Super Cup titles, and also to the silver medals.[2]
In April 2021 Soso Pruidze was appointed as head coach of Samgurali,[3] where he had started his coaching career in 1994.
Runners-up (1), 2016
Winners (1): 2017
Winners (1): 2013