Anzor Kavazashvili

Anzor Kavazashvili

Personal information
Full name	Anzor Amberkovich Kavazashvili
Date of birth	19 July 1940 (1940-07-19)
Place of birth	Batumi, USSR
Height	1.80m (5ft 10½in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1957–1959	FC Dinamo Tbilisi	5	(0)
1960	Zenit Leningrad	30	(0)
1960–1968	FC Torpedo Moscow	165	(0)
1969–1971	FC Spartak Moscow	74	(0)
1972	FC Torpedo Kutaisi	31	(0)
National team
1965–1970	USSR	29	(0)
Teams managed
1973	FC Spartak Kostroma
1976–1977	Chad
1978	RSFSR U-19
1981–1983	RSFSR U-19
1985–1986	Guinea
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Amberkovich and the family name is Kavazashvili.

Anzor Amberkovich Kavazashvili (Georgian: ანზორ ყავაზაშვილი, Russian: Анзор Амберкович Кавазашвили), (born 19 July 1940) is a Soviet former football goalkeeper of Georgian ethnicity.

Honours

• Soviet Top League champion: 1965, 1969.
• Soviet Cup winner: 1968, 1971.
• Soviet Goalkeeper of the Year: 1965, 1967.

International career

He played for Soviet Union national team (29 matches), and was a participant at the 1966 FIFA World Cup and 1970 FIFA World Cup.

After ending his playing career, he worked as a coach of several teams, including Spartak Kostroma and national teams of Chad and Guinea.

References

• (Russian) RussiaTeam biography