Kakhi Asatiani Explained

Kakhi Asatiani
Fullname:Kakhi Shalvovych Asatiani
Birth Date:1947 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Telavi, Soviet Union
Death Place:Tbilisi, Georgia
Position:Midfielder
Years1:1965–1975
Clubs1:Dinamo Tbilisi
Caps1:218
Goals1:27
Nationalyears1:1968–1972
Nationalteam1:USSR
Nationalcaps1:16
Nationalgoals1:5
Manageryears1:1978–1982
Manageryears2:1987
Managerclubs1:FC Dinamo Tbilisi (director)
Managerclubs2:FC Dinamo Tbilisi

Kakhi Asatiani (Georgian: კახი ასათიანი, 1 January 1947 – 20 November 2002) was a Georgian association football player and manager.

Career

During his career he played for FC Dinamo Tbilisi (1965–1975), Asatiani earned 16 caps for the USSR national football team, and participated in UEFA Euro 1968 and the 1970 FIFA World Cup. At the 1970 World Cup, he was recognized as the most graceful player of the championship. He coached FC Dinamo Tbilisi between 1978 and 1982, and became the team's manager in 1987. In the 1990s, he briefly served as the chairman of the Georgian Sport Department. Subsequently, he was involved in private business and became a Vice-President of the Airzena airline. He was shot to death by unknown assailants in his own car on Barnovi street, near his home, in Tbilisi on 20 November 2002.[1] [2]

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Notes and References

  1. Mikaberidze, Alexander (ed., 2006), "Asatiani, Kakhi" . Dictionary of Georgian National Biography. Accessed on 26 April 2008.
  2. http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=2760 Vice-President of Georgian Air Company Shot