Vladimer Barkaia ( ka, ვლადიმერ ბარქაია; ; 29 July 1937 – 30 December 2022) was a

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

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from Georgia who played as a striker.

Career

Born in

Gagra Gagra ( ka, გაგრა; Russian language, Russian and ) is a town in Abkhazia/Georgia (country), Georgia, sprawling for 5 km on the northeast coast of the Black Sea, at the foot of the Caucasus Mountains. Its subtropical climate made Ga ...

, Barkaia played for FC Burevestnik Gagra from 1953 to 1955 and

Dinamo Tbilisi Dinamo Tbilisi is a sports club from Tbilisi, Georgia (country), Georgia. It was founded in 1925. Among its highest honors, is the European trophy earned by its Association football, football team which won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1981, beating ...

from 1957 to 1967. During his career in FC Dinamo Tbilisi, Barkaia played 226 matches and scored 68 goals. Barkaya made his debut for

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on 27 June 1965 in a

1966 FIFA World Cup The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in England from 11 to 30 July 1966. England defeated West Germany 4–2 in the 1966 FI ...

qualifier against

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and scored twice on his debut. He also played in a friendly against

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team starring

Pelé Edson Arantes do Nascimento (; 23 October 1940 – 29 December 2022), better known by his nickname Pelé (), was a Brazilian professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Widely reg ...

. He was an assistant coach for Dinamo Tbilisi from 1968 to 1969. He also graduated from the

Tbilisi State University Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University ( ka, ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი, tr; often shorten ...

with a degree in Economics in 1963.

Personal life and death

Barkaia died on 30 December 2022, at the age of 85.

Honours

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (), served as the top division (tier) of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The league's name was a conditional designation used for brevity since being completely owned and g ...

winner: 1964.

Awards

Master of Sports Unified All-Russian Sports Classification () is a system which regulates the Russian physical education system requirements for both athletes and coaches. History In the Soviet period Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR () exist ...

, USSR, 1959 * Order of Honor, Georgia, 1997 * Knight of Sports, Georgia, 2014

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1937 births 2022 deaths Men's footballers from Georgia (country) Soviet men's footballers Soviet Union men's international footballers Soviet Top League players FC Dinamo Tbilisi players Men's association football forwards Tbilisi State University alumni People from Gagra Recipients of the Order of Honor (Georgia) {{USSR-footy-forward-stub