Aleksandre Chivadze

Olympic medal record
Representing Soviet Union
Men's Football

Aleksandr Chivadze
	Aleksandr Chivadze, Vladimir Gutsaev , David Kipiani in 1981
Personal information
Full name	Aleksandr Gavrilovich Chivadze
Date of birth	8 April 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth	Klukhori, USSR
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1974–1987	FC Dinamo Tbilisi
International career
1980–1987	USSR
Managerial career
1993–1997	Georgia
2001–2003	Georgia
2012-2016	Georgia U-21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aleksandr Gavrilovich Chivadze (Georgian: ალექსანდრე ჩივაძე) (born 8 April 1955 in Klukhori), is a former Georgian football defender and coach.

Chivadze spent his entire club career at FC Dinamo Tbilisi, playing from 1974 to 1987. He earned 46 caps for the USSR national team and was included in the squads of the 1982 and 1986 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.

Honours

Soviet Top League Champion: 1978
Soviet Cup Champion: 1976, 1979
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Champion: 1981
Soviet Footballer of the Year: 1980
U-21 UEFA Championship winner: 1980

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