Givi Chokheli

Givi Chokheli
Personal information
Full name	Givi Dmitriyevich Chokheli
Date of birth	27 June 1937
Place of birth	Telavi, Georgian SSR, USSR
Date of death	25 February 1994 (aged 56)
Place of death	Tbilisi, Georgia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1956	Nadikvari Telavi
1956–1965	Dinamo Tbilisi
International career‡
1960–1962	USSR
Managerial career
1969–1970, 1974	Dinamo Tbilisi
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 July 2008; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2008

Givi Dmitriyevich Chokheli (Georgian: გივი ჩოხელი; Russian: Гиви Дмитриевич Чохели) (27 June 1937 in Telavi - 25 February 1994 in Tbilisi) was a Georgian football defender.^[1]

Chokheli played most of his career for Dinamo Tbilisi. After ending his playing career he worked in various coaching positions for Dinamo Tbilisi and in 1969-1970 and 1974 was a head coach. He was classified as a Master of Sport of the USSR in 1959.

He played for Soviet Union national team (19 matches), and was a participant at the 1962 FIFA World Cup and at the 1960 UEFA European Football Championship, where the Soviet Union won the gold medal. The Soviet back line was anchored by the famous trio of Chokheli, Anatoli Maslyonkin, and Anatoly Krutikov in the early 1960s.^[1]

The statue of Chokheli in front of Municipal Stadium, Telavi.

Telavi's Municipal Stadium features a statue of Chokheli in front of it.

References

^ ^a ^b "Футбольный феномен 1937-го (The 1937 Football Phenomenon, Part I)" (in Russian). The Evening, Moscow. 23 August 2007. Retrieved 11 July 2008.

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[evening-1] "Футбольный феномен 1937-го (The 1937 Football Phenomenon, Part I)" (in Russian). The Evening, Moscow. 23 August 2007. Retrieved 11 July 2008.

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