Otar Parulava (, born 14 March 2001) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Erovnuli Liga club Dila.
By advancing from the 5th division to the top-flight within two years, Parulava showed the potential to develop into a key player in Dila's midfield.
He is the winner of the Georgian Cup and the Super Cup with Dila.
Club career A product of Dinamo Tbilisi academy, Parulava initially played in U17 and U19 leagues before being promoted to the reserve team called Dinamo-2. In 2020, he was a member of the team that completed the Regionuli Liga tournament unbeaten on top of the table and advanced to Liga 4.
Parulava spent half of the next season at Liga 3 side Saburtalo-2, scoring his first professional goal in a 2–1 win over Guria on 18 June 2021. In the autumn of 2021, he moved to Erovnuli Liga 2 club Gagra and helped them gain promotion to the top tier.
In 2022, Parulava not only made appearances in the Erovnuli Liga but also was the youngest among seven players who took part in each of the league games. Sports newspaper Lelo named him one of the discoveries of this season.
In January 2023, Parulava left Gagra to join Dila. In the summer, he made his debut in European football and netted in a 3–1 win over Ukrainian side Vorskla in the 2nd qualifying round of the 2023–24 UEFA Conference League.
In the first half of 2025, Parulava contributed to Dila's successful league campaign with three goals. He was also four times included in Team of the Week. As Dila finished as runners-up of the league season and won the national and super cups, Parulava participated in 41 matches in these competitions, scoring six times.
International Parulava was first called up to the national U18 team in 2018.
In February 2020, he took part in two friendly matches against Tajikistan and N.Macedonia as a U19 player. The next autumn, Parulava received a call-up from the U21s for a friendly tie against England. He made his debut for the team in a friendly 1–0 win over Latvia held in Belek on 26 March 2023.
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupEuropeanOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals Saburtalo-2 2021 Liga 3 10110——111Gagra 2021 Erovnuli Liga 2 13111——142 2022 Erovnuli Liga 36210—20392Total 493210020534Dila 2023 Erovnuli Liga 120—6 1—181 2024 Erovnuli Liga 220——1 0230 2025 Erovnuli Liga 325304021416 2026 Erovnuli Liga 101000000101Total 7663010131927Career total 12510611015114613
Honours Dinamo Tbilisi Regionuli Liga winner: 2020 Gagra Erovnuli Liga 2 runner-up: 2021 Dila Georgian Cup winner: 2025 Super Cup winner: 2025 Erovnuli Liga runner-up: 2025
References
External links
Profile on Eliga