Giorgi Antadze

Giorgi Antadze

Personal information
Full name	Giorgi Samsonis dze Antadze
Date of birth	(1920-09-06)6 September 1920
Place of birth	Poti, Georgia
Date of death	3 November 1987(1987-11-03) (aged 67)
Place of death	Tbilisi, Soviet Union
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1939	TSU
1942–1943	FC Dinamo Sukhumi
1944–1954	FC Dinamo Tbilisi	176	(40)
International career
1952	Soviet Union XI	3	(0)
Managerial career
1959	FC Torpedo Kutaisi
1959–1961	FC Meshakhte Tkibuli
1962–1963	FC Kolkheti-1913 Poti
1964–1966	FC Meshakhte Tkibuli
1973–1974	FC Iveria Khashuri
1976–1978	FC Dinamo Batumi
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giorgi Samsonis dze Antadze (Georgian: გიორგი სამსონის ძე ანთაძე, Russian: Георгий Самсонович Антадзе; born 6 September 1920 in Poti; died 3 November 1987 in Tbilisi), was a Georgian and Soviet football player and manager.

Career

Antadze was capped three times for an unofficial Soviet Union representative team. He first appeared under manager Boris Arkadyev, on 14 May 1952, in a friendly unofficial international match, when the Soviet Union beat Poland 2–1. He played his second game on 24 May 1952 in their 1–1 draw with famous Hungarian national team led by legendary Ferenc Puskás, also in a friendly unofficial international match. Both matches were held at the Central Dynamo Stadium in Moscow.

Honours

• Soviet Top League runner-up: 1951, 1953
• Soviet Cup runner-up: 1946

External links

• Official FC Dinamo Tbilisi website
• Biographical Dictionary of Georgian Athletes
• (in Russian) Profile at rusteam.permian.ru
• (in Russian) Profile and Statistics at footballfacts.ru