Kakhi Asatiani
Kakhi Asatiani (Georgian: კახი ასათიანი, 1 January 1947 – 20 November 2002) was a Georgian association football player and manager.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kakhi Shalvovych Asatiani | ||
Date of birth | 1 January 1947 | ||
Place of birth | Telavi, Soviet Union | ||
Date of death | 20 November 2002 55) | (aged||
Place of death | Tbilisi, Georgia | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1965–1975 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 218 | (27) |
National team | |||
1968–1970 | USSR | 16 | (5) |
Teams managed | |||
1978–1982 | FC Dinamo Tbilisi (director) | ||
1987 | FC Dinamo Tbilisi | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
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 in Tbilisi on 20 November 2002.[1][2]
References
- Mikaberidze, Alexander (ed., 2006), "Asatiani, Kakhi" Archived 2 January 2013 at Archive.today. Dictionary of Georgian National Biography. Accessed on 26 April 2008.
- Vice-President of Georgian Air Company Shot. Civil Georgia, 21 November 2002. Accessed on 26 April 2008.
External links
- Kakhi Asatiani • Articles on FC Dinamo Tbilisi Official Website
- Kakhi Asatiani • Articles on sovsport.ru
- Kakhi Asatiani • Articles on sport-express.ru
- Kakhi Asatiani • Profile on allfutbolist.ru
- Kakhi Asatiani at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
- Kakhi Asatiani at National-Football-Teams.com
- Kakhi Asatiani • Profile on protokoly-khromtsev.narod.ru
- Kakhi Asatiani • Profile on rusteam.permian.ru
- Kakhi Asatiani • Profile on archive.is
- Kakhi Asatiani • La primera tarjeta amarilla de la Historia