Givi Chokheli

Givi Chokheli
Personal information
Full name	Givi Dmitriyevich Chokheli
Date of birth	June 27, 1937(1937-06-27)
Place of birth	Telavi, Georgian SSR, USSR
Date of death	February 25, 1994
Place of death	Tbilisi, Georgia
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1956 1956–1965	Nadikvari Telavi Dinamo Tbilisi	159 (4)
National team2
1960–1962	USSR	019 (0)
Teams managed
1969–1970, 1974	Dinamo Tbilisi
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 11, 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 14:24, 18 November 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

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 1960's.^[1]

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

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

References

External links

• Player and Coaching Statistics at KLISF
• Imedi: On the 70th Birthday of Chokheli (Georgian)
• RussiaTeam biography (Russian)

v • d • e USSR squad – 1960 European Nations' Cup Winners (1st Title) GK Maslachenko • GK Yashin • DF Chokheli • DF Kesarev • DF Krutikov • DF Maslyonkin • DF Tsarev • MF Netto • MF Voinov • FW Apukhtin • FW Bubukin • FW Ivanov • FW Kaloyev • FW Kovalyov • FW Meskhi • FW Metreveli • FW Ponedelnik • Coach: Kachalin

v • d • e USSR squad – 1962 FIFA World Cup 1 Yashin • 2 Maslachenko • 3 Kotrikadze • 4 Dubinski • 5 Chokheli • 6 Ostrovskiy • 7 Maslyonkin • 8 Shesternyov • 9 Manoshin • 10 Netto • 11 Sabo • 12 Voronin • 13 Gusarov • 14 Ivanov • 15 Kanevski • 16 Mamykin • 17 Meskhi • 18 Metreveli • 19 Ponedelnik • 20 Serebryanikov • 21 Khusainov • 22 Chislenko • Coach: Kachalin

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