- Givi Chokheli
Infobox Football biography
playername= Givi Chokheli
fullname = Givi Dmitriyevich Chokheli
height = Height|m=1.82
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date|1937|06|27
cityofbirth =Telavi , Georgian SSR
countryofbirth =USSR
dateofdeath = death date|1994|02|25
cityofdeath =Tbilisi
countryofdeath = Georgia
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1956
1956–1965
clubs = Nadikvari Telavi
Dinamo Tbilisi
caps(goals) =
159 (4)
nationalyears = 1960–1962
nationalteam = USSR
nationalcaps(goals) = 20 (0)
manageryears=1969–1970, 1974
managerclubs=Dinamo Tbilisi
pcupdate = July 11, 2008
ntupdate = July 11, 2008Givi Dmitriyevich Chokheli ( _ka. გივი ჩოხელი; _ru. Гиви Дмитриевич Чохели) (
27 June ,1937 inTelavi -25 February ,1994 inTbilisi ) was a Georgian football defender.cite web
last =
first =
title = Футбольный феномен 1937-го "(The 1937 Football Phenomenon, Part I)"
publisher = The Evening, Moscow
language = Russian
date = 2007-08-23
url = http://www.vmdaily.ru/article.php?aid=38353
accessdate = 2008-07-11 ]Chokheli played most of his career for Dinamo Tbilisi. After ending his playing career he worked in various coaching positions in 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 the1960 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 , andAnatoly Krutikov in the early 1960's.
Telavi's Municipal Stadum features a statute of Chokheli in front of it.References
External links
* [http://klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=ln&lang=en&id=324186899731003 Player and Coaching Statistics at KLISF]
* [http://imedinews.ge/ge/news_read/48340/ Imedi: On the 70th Birthday of Chokheli] ka icon
* [http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/chokheli.html RussiaTeam biography] ru icon
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