Boris Paichadze

Boris Paichadze (Georgian: ბორის პაიჭაძე, [bɔris pʼait͡ʃʼad͡zɛ]; Russian: Борис Соломонович Пайчадзе; 3 February 1915 – 9 October 1990) was a Georgian footballer, who played for FC Dinamo Tbilisi.[1] The largest stadium in Georgia, the Boris Paichadze Stadium in Tbilisi, is named after him. In 2001, he was voted the best Georgian football player of the 20th century.[2]

Boris Paichadze
Paichadze on a 2015 Georgian stamp
Personal information
Full name Boris Solomonis dze Paichadze
Date of birth (1915-02-03)3 February 1915
Place of birth Chokhatauri, Russian Empire
Date of death 9 October 1990(1990-10-09) (aged 75)
Place of death Tbilisi, Georgian SSR,
Soviet Union
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Second striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1936–1951 Dinamo Tbilisi 195 (111)
Teams managed
1953–1954 Dinamo Tbilisi
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Born in Chokhatauri, Paichadze's family moved to Poti when he was 7 years old.[3] He started playing career in some local youth football clubs there.[3] During these times, football was just making its first steps in Georgia and there was only a few clubs established. However, every city had its own selection of footballers. Paichadze joined the team of Poti at the age of 16.[3]

Paichadze was invited to Dinamo Tbilisi in 1936 by coach Jules Limbeck.[3] He made debut in Soviet Top League during that season, being able to score 13 goals in 12 games.[3] Paichadze later declared that it was Limbeck, who pioneered the coaching in Caucasus via his lectures, attended by various managers across the region.[3]

Paichadze became top scorer of Soviet Top League in 1937 season. However, the most efficient season for him was 1939, when he scored total 25 goals for Dinamo. Paichadze was prized by the various sporting media sources, after his performance against CDKA Moscow in November, when Dinamo was able to win the game 5–4, after losing the first half 1–4. [4]

During 1941 Soviet Top League season, Dinamo was one of the leaders of league table, when the championship cancelled due to World War II.[3] Alongside with his teammates, Paichadze joined the army.[3]

After three years of cancellation, championship again resumed in 1945. Paichadze returned to Dinamo and again became one of the key figures of the club.[3] However, in 1947, in a game against Torpedo Moscow, Paichadze got serious injury after the collision with Nikolai Petrovich Morozov. It prevented him playing for nearly two years.[3] After recovering, he never regained the old playing form and soon decided to retire from football.[3]

In 1953, soon after retiring from football, Paichadze was invited back to Dinamo to become a head coach of the club. He accepted and managed his former club for only two seasons without any success.[3] He resigned in 1954, claiming that "being a good player doesn't mean you are a good coach".[3]

Personal life

Paichadze later declared that he had a close relationship with famous Soviet politician Lavrentiy Beria.[3][5] Beria, who is considered to be a huge fan of Dinamo, even prevented Paichadze from moving to Spartak Moscow, that was very keen to sign Paichadze during his peak years.[3]

Paichadze was nicknamed "Caruso of football" in Romania by the local fans and journalists, after his performance in a friendly tournament held in the country in 1945.[5][6]

Paichadze was a close friend to a Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler Givi Kartozia.[3]

In 1975, Paichadze made a cameo appearance in film Pirveli Mertskhali (The First Swallow), directed by Nana Mchedlidze, who invited the former footballer as a consultant as well.[7]

Club career statistics

Source[8]

Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dinamo Tbilisi 1936 121385—2018
1937 16874—2312
1938 241458—2922
1939 261976—3325
1940 241100—2411
1941 10600—106
1942–1944 Cancelled due to World War II
1945 16732—199
1946 221441—2615
1947 10820—128
1948 0000—00
1949 12100—121
1950 21931—2410
1951 2112—33
Total 1951114029−−235140
Career totals 1951114029−−235140

References
  1. Boris Paichadze. footballplayers.ru
  2. Пайчадзе назван футболистом столетия в Грузии. sport-express.ru (2001-03-26)
  3. "Career in quotes: Boris Paichadze". Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgia. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  4. "Dinamo Tbilisi - CDKA Moscow (Match Report)". Dinamo Tbilisi historical results archive. 17 January 2014. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  5. "The Knight of Football: Boris Paichadze". World Sport. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2017. (in Georgian)
  6. "ბორის პაიჭაძე - ფეხბურთის კარუზო". Sazogadoeba. 16 October 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2017. (in Georgian)
  7. "Boris Paichadze (IMDb Profile)". IMDb. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  8. "Boris Paichadze career statistics". Footballfacts.ru. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
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