Aleksandre Chivadze ( ka, ალექსანდრე გაბრიელის ძე ჩივაძე; russian: Александр Габриэлович Чивадзе) (born 8 April 1955 in
Klukhori), is a former
Georgian
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Common meanings
* Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country)
** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group
** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians
**Georgian scripts, three scrip ...
and
Soviet football player and coach.
Chivadze spent his entire club career at
FC Dinamo Tbilisi
FC Dinamo Tbilisi ( ka, დინამო თბილისი, ) is a Georgian professional football club based in Tbilisi, Georgia, that competes in the Erovnuli Liga, the top flight of Georgian football.
Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the mos ...
, playing from 1974 to 1987. He earned 46 caps for the
Soviet Union national team and was included in the squads of the
1982 and
1986
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Events January
* January 1
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**Spain and Portugal enter ...
World Cups. (In 1982 World Cup he was the captain of the Soviet team).
After retirement from playing he was head-coach of the
Georgian national team from 1993 to 1997, and again from 2001 to 2003. On 31 January 2012, he became the head coach of the
Georgia national under-21 football team
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.
Honours
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Soviet Top League
The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991.
The professional top level ...
Champion: 1978
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Soviet Cup
The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup (russian: Кубок СССР),, be, Кубак СССР, uz, СССР Кубоги, kk, КСРО Кубогы, ka, სსრკ თასი, az, ССРИ кубоку, lt, TSRS taurė, ro, Cupa URSS ( Moldov ...
Champion: 1976, 1979
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UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tourn ...
Champion:
1981
Events January
* January 1
** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
* January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...
*
Soviet Footballer of the Year
The award Soviet Footballer of the Year was awarded to the best footballer of the Soviet Union from 1964 until 1991. The poll was conducted among journalists by the weekly sport newspaper '' Football'' (Football-Hockey). Each journalist named his o ...
: 1980
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U-21 UEFA Championship winner:
1980
External links
Profile in Russian
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1955 births
People from Karachay-Cherkessia
Living people
Soviet footballers
Footballers from Georgia (country)
Football managers from Georgia (country)
Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
Olympic footballers of the Soviet Union
1982 FIFA World Cup players
1986 FIFA World Cup players
Soviet Union international footballers
Soviet Top League players
FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
Georgia national football team managers
Olympic medalists in football
Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Association football defenders
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