Aleksandre Chivadze (Georgian: ალექსანდრე გაბრიელის ძე ჩივაძე; Russian: Александр Габриэлович Чивадзе; born 8 April 1955) is a Georgian former football player and coach.
 Chivadze in 1981 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 April 1955 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Klukhori, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1974–1987 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 324 | (44) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1980–1987 | Soviet Union | 46 | (3) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 1993–1997 | Georgia | |||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | Georgia | |||||||||||||
| 2012–2016 | Georgia U-21 | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Chivadze was born in Klukhori. He spent his entire club career at Dinamo Tbilisi, playing from 1974 to 1987. He earned 46 caps for the Soviet Union national team and was included in the squads of the 1982 and 1986 FIFA World Cups, captaining the team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
After retirement from playing he was head coach of the Georgia national team from 1993 to 1997, and again from 2001 to 2003. On 31 January 2012, he became the head coach of the Georgia U21.
Honours
Dinamo Tbilisi
- Soviet Top League: 1978
- Soviet Cup: 1976, 1979
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1980–81
Individual
Soviet Union U21
External links
- Aleksandre Chivadze at National-Football-Teams.com
- Aleksandr Gavrilovich Chivadze – International Appearances at RSSSF
- Aleksandre Chivadze at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
- Profile at RussiaTeam[dead link] (in Russian)
- Aleksandre Chivadze at Olympedia
- Aleksandre Chivadze at Olympics.com
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