Givi Chokheli Explained

Givi Chokheli
Fullname:Givi Dmitriyevich Chokheli
Birth Date:1937 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Telavi, Georgian SSR, USSR
Death Place:Tbilisi, Georgia
Position:Defender
Years1:1956
Years2:1956–1965
Clubs2:Dinamo Tbilisi
Caps2:159
Goals2:4
Nationalyears1:1960–1962
Nationalteam1:USSR
Nationalcaps1:19
Nationalgoals1:0
Manageryears1:1966–1968
Managerclubs1:Dinamo Tbilisi (assistant)
Manageryears2:1969–1970
Managerclubs2:Dinamo Tbilisi
Manageryears3:1971–1972
Managerclubs3:Dinamo Tbilisi (assistant)
Manageryears4:1974
Managerclubs4:Dinamo Tbilisi

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

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  1. Web site: Футбольный феномен 1937-го (The 1937 Football Phenomenon, Part I) . The Evening, Moscow . ru . 2007-08-23 . https://archive.today/20130417220317/http://www.vmdaily.ru/article.php?aid=38353 . dead . 2013-04-17 . 2008-07-11 .