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{{Short description|Georgian footballer and manager}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = David Kipiani
| image = David Kipiani.1981.jpg
| upright = 
| caption = Kipiani in 1981
| full_name = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1951|06|18}}<br />According to [[Birth certificate]] (modified) {{Birth date|df=yes|1951|11|18}}
| birth_place = [[Tbilisi]], [[USSR]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2001|9|17|1951|06|18}}
| death_place = [[Tbilisi]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]
| height = 1.84 m
| position = [[Attacking midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 1964–1966
| youthclubs1 = School No. 35 Tbilisi
| youthyears2 = 1967–1968
| youthclubs2 = [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
| years1 = 1968
| clubs1 = [[FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi|Locomotive Tbilisi]]
| caps1 = 1
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1969
| clubs2 = [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1970
| clubs3 = [[FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi|Locomotive Tbilisi]]
| caps3 = 28
| goals3 = 3
| years4 = 1971–1982
| clubs4 = [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
| caps4 = 245
| goals4 = 79
| totalcaps = 274
| totalgoals = 82
| nationalyears1 = 1974–1981
| nationalteam1 = [[USSR national football team|USSR]]
| nationalcaps1 = 19
| nationalgoals1 = 7
| manageryears1 = 1984–1985
| managerclubs1 = [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
| manageryears2 = 1988
| managerclubs2 = Dinamo Tbilisi
| manageryears3 = 1990–1991
| managerclubs3 = Dinamo Tbilisi 
| manageryears4 = 1992–1993
| managerclubs4 = [[Olympiakos Nicosia]]
| manageryears5 = 1995–1997
| managerclubs5 = Dinamo Tbilisi
| manageryears6 = 1997
| managerclubs6 = [[Georgia national football team|Georgia]]
| manageryears7 = 1998
| managerclubs7 = [[K.R.C. Mechelen|Racing Mechelen]]
| manageryears8 = 1998
| managerclubs8 = [[FC Shinnik Yaroslavl|Shinnik Yaroslavl]]
| manageryears9 = 1999–2001
| managerclubs9 = [[FC Torpedo Kutaisi|Torpedo Kutaisi]]
| manageryears10 = 2000–2001
| managerclubs10 = Georgia
}}

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{{MedalCountry|[[USSR]]}}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Football]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]]| [[Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Team competition]]}}
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'''David Kipiani''' ({{lang-ka|დავით ყიფიანი}}; 18 June 1951 – 17 September 2001) was a [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] and Soviet [[soccer|football]] [[midfielder]] and [[coach (sport)|manager]], who played for the [[USSR national football team|USSR national team]]. Kipiani principally played as a playmaker and is considered one of Georgia's greatest players. He was known for his elegant style of play, dribbling ability and passing range.<ref>{{cite web|first=Giorgi|last=Gorgodze|title=Davit Kipiani – The "Moving Feast" of Football|date=27 October 2016|url=http://georgiatoday.ge/news/5011/Davit-Kipiani--The-%E2%80%98Moving-Feast%E2%80%99-of-Football-|quote=The legendary Russian goalkeeper [[Lev Yashin]] wrote: David Kipiani is the most illustrious figure in Soviet football; he is simply unparalleled. The intelligent Kipiani, with his exquisite manner of playing, is able to see his teammates excellently and has the capacity to resolve the most difficult of issues on the football field.|publisher=georgiatoday.ge|access-date=7 June 2018|archive-date=8 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108013410/http://georgiatoday.ge/news/5011/Davit-Kipiani--The-%E2%80%98Moving-Feast%E2%80%99-of-Football-|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Media Centre|last=FC Dinamo Tbilisi|title=Davit Kipiani – 64|date=18 June 2015|website=[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi]]|url=http://fcdinamo.ge/en/news?n=3718|quote=Today is the birthday of Dinamo’s legendary number 10 player – Davit Kipiani. He played in Dinamo Tbilisi in 1971–1982 years and in 351 matches he scored 126 goals. Davit Kipiani was the champion of Soviet Union, double owner of Soviet Cup, owner of Cup Winners' Cup, the best footballer of Soviet Union, winner of Europe Youth championship. He played in European team as well. He won Georgian championship for six times, Cup for three times and Super Cup for two times as the head coach of Dinamo Tbilisi. Today legend of our club would turn 64 years old.|publisher=fcdinamo.ge|access-date=4 June 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141831/http://fcdinamo.ge/en/news?n=3718|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Dan|last=Ross|title=Kakabadze follows the footsteps of his idol|date=6 May 2012|publisher=UEFA|url=https://www.uefa.com/under17/news/0252-0ce01a2ce5e5-7ea577973ac5-1000--kakabadze-follows-the-footsteps-of-his-idol/|quote=[[Georgia national football team|Georgia]] [[Defender (association football)#Full-back|right-back]] [[Otar Kakabadze]]: David Kipiani is my idol and role model. He was a great [[Association football positions#Attacking midfielder|midfield playmaker]] for Dinamo Tbilisi who won the [[1981 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|Cup Winners' Cup]] and was [[Soviet Footballer of the Year|player of the year]] in the [[Soviet Union|USSR]]. (The Georgian team interpreter interjects: "Kipiani was an elegant player, and many people think Kakabadze plays in a similar elegant style. He started out as a midfielder, like Kipiani.")|access-date=4 June 2018|archive-date=10 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510164017/http://www.uefa.com/under17/news/newsid=1793725.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=L. J.|last=Moñino|title=Diálogos en la tumba de Kipiani. El cementerio georgiano acoge conversaciones entre exjugadores del Dínamo de Tblisi|date=9 September 2012|work=El País|url=https://elpais.com/deportes/2012/09/09/actualidad/1347215391_562225.html|quote=Se producen frente a la lápida de David Kipiani (Tbilisi, 1951), el mejor jugador de la historia de [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], un predecesor, en los finales de los años 70 y principios de los años 80, de la elegancia fría de [[Zinedine Zidane|Zidane]], según cuentan en los corrillos futboleros que ayer se montaron alrededor del hotel de concentración de la selección española en la capital georgiana.|access-date=4 June 2018|archive-date=8 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008032457/https://elpais.com/deportes/2012/09/09/actualidad/1347215391_562225.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Inal|last=Khashig|title=15 soccer players that the Caucasus is proud of|date=11 February 2017|url=https://jam-news.net/?p=6458|quote=David Kipiani. Although Kipiani was not frequently involved in the USSR national team (only 19 games and 7 goals), but his fantastic performance in Tbilisi 'Dinamo', for which he played from 1971 till 1982, made him the Georgian and Soviet Football legend. David Kipiani was the brilliant star of already stacked team of 'Dinamo Tbilisi', that won the prestigious UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in May 1981. After finishing his playing career, he became a coach. On 17 September 2001, Kipiani died in a car accident at the age of 49.|publisher=jam-news.net|access-date=5 June 2018|archive-date=18 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218030635/https://jam-news.net/?p=6458|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>Breitner84 (15 October 2009). {{cite web|title=David Kipiani|url=https://pesstatsdatabase.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13332|quote=Many think, David Kipiani was the best Georgian midfielder and one of the best Georgian coaches.|publisher=pesstatsdatabase.com|access-date=5 June 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141618/https://pesstatsdatabase.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13332|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:Stamps of Georgia, 2004-15.jpg|thumbnail|Kipiani on stamp of Georgia, 2004]]

==Playing career==
Kipiani was born in [[Tbilisi]], [[Georgian SSR]]. He started playing for the 35th School during the early stages of his career.<ref name="KIPO">{{cite web|first=Lasha|last=Goduadze|title=Career in phrases: David Kipiani|date=24 March 2016|website=[[Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgia]]|url=http://msy.gov.ge/index.php?sec_id=1666&lang_id=GEO|publisher=msy.gov.ge|access-date=4 June 2018|archive-date=22 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222105038/http://msy.gov.ge/index.php?sec_id=1666&lang_id=GEO|url-status=live}}</ref> Kipiani was invited to play for [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]] in 1967. Due to injuries, he was only able to participate in a single appearances for two season. So, Kipiani went to play for another [[Tbilisi]]-based club, [[FC Locomotive Tbilisi|Locomotive Tbilisi]].<ref name="KIPO" />

After a successful season with Locomotive, Kipiani was invited back to play for Dinamo again by [[Gavril Kachalin]].<ref name="KIPO" /> Meanwhile, while playing for Locomotive, Kipiani worked with his future manager [[Nodar Akhalkatsi]], under whose managing he later became one of the key figures of Dinamo Tbilisi, which were among the powerful and successful clubs – presented not only at the highest level of [[Football in the Soviet Union|Soviet football]] but internationally by the end of the 1970s and early 1980s.<ref name="KIPO" /><ref>{{cite news|first=Jamie|last=Rainbow|title=Soviet giants have enjoyed mixed fortunes since the Iron Curtain fell|date=19 January 2013|website=[[World Soccer (magazine)|World Soccer]]|url=http://www.worldsoccer.com/blogs/soviet-giants-have-enjoyed-mixed-fortunes-since-the-iron-curtain-fell-338900|quote=The domestic football league of the old USSR was a vast, vibrant, and powerful competition, containing as it did clubs such as the Moscow giants Dynamo, Spartak, CSKA – and occasionally Torpedo – as well as influential teams from the republics, like the Dynamos of Kiev, Tbilisi, and Minsk. Evidently, the league would have been exceptionally strong and closely contested – it was so strong, in fact, that it rose to second place in UEFA’s league rankings.|publisher=worldsoccer.com|access-date=4 June 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141335/http://www.worldsoccer.com/blogs/soviet-giants-have-enjoyed-mixed-fortunes-since-the-iron-curtain-fell-338900|url-status=live}}</ref> It was a time of the most [[1978 Soviet Top League|significant results]] in the [[Soviet Top League|national championship]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wildstat.com/p/2001/ch/URS_1_1978/stg/all/tour/all|title=USSR, 1978 (Top league)|date=9 July 2015|publisher=WildSoft 2007–2018|access-date=4 June 2018|archive-date=6 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406145956/http://wildstat.com/p/2001/ch/URS_1_1978/stg/all/tour/all|url-status=live}}</ref> along with the local<ref>{{cite web|first1=Hans|last1=Schöggl|first2=Karel and RSSSF|last2=Stokkermans|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/spartakiads.html|title=Football Tournament at the Spartakiads of Peoples of the Soviet Union 1979|date=15 August 2013|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|quote=Multi-sports event for teams from the Soviet Union, held (roughly) every four years, usually in pre-olympic years. (Below only the summer tournaments are listed; in addition seven winter spartakiads were held between 1962 and 1990, none of them featuring a football tournament.)|access-date=4 June 2018|archive-date=30 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930020618/https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/spartakiads.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and international recognition and notable achievements at various prestigious football tournaments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lfcineurope.com/7980-1.html|title=Dinamo Tbilisi 3–0 Liverpool — October 3, 1979|quote=[[1979–80 European Cup]], [[1979–80 European Cup#First round|Round: One]], [[1979–80 European Cup#Second leg|2nd Leg]], [[Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena]], [[Tbilisi]]|publisher=lfcineurope.com|access-date=4 June 2018|archive-date=22 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022102656/http://www.lfcineurope.com/7980-1.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://twb22.blogspot.com/2010/12/uefa-european-cup-1979-1980-dinamo.html|title=Dinamo Tbilisi 3–0 Liverpool — October 3, 1979|quote=UEFA European Cup 1979/1980 – Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi|publisher=Thewildbunch22. Fritz the flood|access-date=4 June 2018|archive-date=30 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430174720/http://twb22.blogspot.com/2010/12/uefa-european-cup-1979-1980-dinamo.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sport.de/fussball/uefa-champions-league/ma648652/dinamo-tbilisi_liverpool-fc/uebersicht/|title=Dinamo Tbilisi 3–0 Liverpool — October 3, 1979|quote=Champions League – 1979/1980. Stadion: Boris Paichadze, Tbilisi. Zuschauer: 90.000. Schiedsrichter: [[Heinz Aldinger]]|publisher=sport.de|access-date=4 June 2018|archive-date=29 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829035250/http://www.sport.de/fussball/uefa-champions-league/ma648652/dinamo-tbilisi_liverpool-fc/uebersicht/|url-status=live}}</ref>

During the period between 1975 and 1982 – Kipiani was one of the prominent and unanimously recognized leaders of Dinamo Tbilisi, alongside players such as [[Manuchar Machaidze]], [[Aleksandre Chivadze]], [[Vladimir Gutsaev]] and [[Ramaz Shengelia]]. Georgian team's impressive success against such great football clubs like [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/63613--dinamo-tbilisi-vs-liverpool/|title=Dinamo Tbilisi 3–0 Liverpool — October 3, 1979|publisher=UEFA|quote=[[1979–80 European Cup]], [[1979–80 European Cup#First round|First round]], [[1979–80 European Cup#Second leg|Second leg]] — 17:00CET (19:00 local time) — [[Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena]], [[Tbilisi]]|access-date=4 June 2018|archive-date=20 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620011938/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/season=1979/matches/round=1016/match=63613/index.html?iv=true|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Inter Milan]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65023--inter-vs-dinamo-tbilisi/|title=Internazionale 0–1 Dinamo Tbilisi — 14 September 1977|publisher=UEFA|quote=[[1977–78 UEFA Cup]], [[1977–78 UEFA Cup#First round|First round]], First leg — [[San Siro]], [[Milan]]|access-date=11 June 2018|archive-date=8 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308183038/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=1977/matches/round=1085/match=65023/postmatch/lineups/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.klisf.net/ek77_13.htm |title="Динамо" (Тбилиси) – "Интернационале" (Милан, Италия) 1–0 |date=17 February 2005 |access-date=5 July 2019 |publisher=klisf.net |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161230050243/http://www.klisf.net/ek77_13.htm |archive-date=30 December 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/65141--dinamo-tbilisi-vs-napoli/|title=Dinamo Tbilisi 2–0 Napoli — 13 September 1978|publisher=UEFA|quote=[[1978–79 UEFA Cup]], [[1978–79 UEFA Cup#First round|First round]], First leg — [[Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena]], [[Tbilisi]]|access-date=11 June 2018|archive-date=7 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007033351/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=1978/matches/round=1091/match=65141/postmatch/lineups/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Jacob|last=Steinberg|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/dec/16/alvin-martin-small-talk|title=Alvin Martin: 'Scousers and cockneys get on. It's the mickey-taking|work=The Guardian|quote=Of course, you qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup and then played against Dinamo Tblisi. Was that the most difficult game you've ever had? Yeah. I think we played them at a stage where we hadn't lost at Upton Park for 10 months so we were pretty formidable at home. All of a sudden, we were playing this Georgian side who had a mid-season break and hadn't played any football for six weeks. I think we went in there thinking these are there for the taking. They had players like David Kipiani in midfield and [[Aleksandre Chivadze|Aleksandr Chivadze]], who was the captain. [[Ramaz Shengelia]] was another one. After about 20 minutes we thought, "Whoa, whoa, what's going on here?" They just totally outplayed us and gave us a footballing lesson. We lost it 4–1. We were sitting in the back afterwards. There were about eight or nine of us in there and none of us really spoke. We just sat shocked and numb because we couldn't believe what had happened to us. There was a degree of naivety and complacency, which we proved when we won 1–0 in the return leg. We were an emerging side but they were a completely different level to anyone we'd ever met.|date=16 December 2011|access-date=13 August 2019|archive-date=6 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706190923/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/dec/16/alvin-martin-small-talk|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Feyenoord]] and others was mainly determined by their obvious personal and professional talent, unique playing abilities and individual skills, great vision of the game, by their exemplary and complete interactions on the football pitch, where Kipiani was probably the most important, illustrious and exquisite player among others.<ref>{{cite book|first=Trevor|last=Brooking|title=My Life in Football|date=25 September 2014|via=[[Google Books]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MXN0AwAAQBAJ&q=david+kipiani&pg=PP64|quote=[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Tbilisi]] were an outstanding team and the fact that the [[1978 Soviet Top League|Russian domestic season]] had only just resumed after their winter break meant we had not seen them play. We had to settle for some film clips of their epic 4–2 aggregate triumph against [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] in the [[1979–80 European Cup|European Cup]] the previous season and their 5–0 aggregate win over [[Waterford F.C.|Waterford]] in the [[1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup|Cup Winner's Cup]] a few months earlier. Technically they were a wonderful side and in the first leg at [[Upton Park, London|Upton Park]] attacked us with breathtaking pace. It was an education to watch them and I was hugely impressed by the movement and individual skills of players such as [[Aleksandre Chivadze]], [[Vitaly Daraselia|Vitali Daraselia]], David Kipiani and [[Ramaz Shengelia|Ramaz Schengeliya]]. They remain one of the finest European teams I've seen and it was a shame that a broken leg ended Kipiani's career prematurely.|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|isbn=978-1471130465|access-date=13 August 2019|archive-date=20 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220161836/https://books.google.com/books?id=MXN0AwAAQBAJ&q=david+kipiani&pg=PP64#v=snippet&q=david%20kipiani&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Jamie|last=Rainbow|title=Georgia on my mind: Dynamo Tbilisi's golden age. A forgotten Cup Winner's Cup final gave Georgian football {{sic|i|t's|nolink=y}} greatest moment, here's the full story|date=4 July 2011|website=[[World Soccer (magazine)|World Soccer]]|url=http://www.worldsoccer.com/blogs/georgia-on-my-mind-dynamo-tbilisis-golden-age-329577|quote=They traveled to England again in their Cup Winners Cup run, this time for a quarter-final fixture against West Ham United. If the earlier victories over [[Kastoria F.C.|Kastoria]] from Greece and Irish side [[Waterford F.C.|Waterford]] in the first two rounds were fairly perfunctory then the victory over [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham]] and especially the 4–1 win at [[Upton Park, London|Upton Park]] in the first leg was more illuminating.|publisher=worldsoccer.com|access-date=11 June 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142349/http://www.worldsoccer.com/blogs/georgia-on-my-mind-dynamo-tbilisis-golden-age-329577|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Craig|last=McCracken|title=How Dinamo Tbilisi enthralled British football fans in the midst of the Cold War|date=7 September 2015|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/beyond-the-last-man/2015/sep/07/dinamo-tbilisi-liverpool-west-ham|quote=By schooling Liverpool and West Ham in the art of fast, passing, composed football, the Dinamo Tbilisi side of the 1970s and 1980s captured the hearts of young British fans who were unaccustomed to watching such expressive play|access-date=4 June 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144729/https://www.theguardian.com/football/beyond-the-last-man/2015/sep/07/dinamo-tbilisi-liverpool-west-ham|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Miguel|last=Delaney|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/international-soccer/georgian-pedigree-deserves-respect-35076135.html|title=Georgian pedigree deserves respect. Incredible Dinamo Tbilisi side that outclassed Liverpool 37 years ago was ahead of its time|quote=The Georgians had already been excellent in the first leg, controlling the game like few dared to even try at Anfield. Most of that was orchestrated by the elegant playmaker David Kipiani, who layered his precision with a power Liverpool struggled to deal with.|work=Irish Independent|date=25 September 2016|access-date=5 June 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144156/https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/international-soccer/georgian-pedigree-deserves-respect-35076135.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Manuel|last=Veth|url=http://futbolgrad.com/dinamo-tbilisi-vs-carl-zeiss-jena-cup-winners-cup/|title=Dinamo Tbilisi vs Carl Zeiss Jena – 1981 Cup Winners' Cup Final Remembered|quote=One can only imagine the modern football hipster galvanising over the limitless talent of Georgian playmaker David Kipiani, striker Ramaz Shengelia or the tactical abilities of Carl Zeiss Jena defender Lothar Kurbjuweit. Kipiani and Shengelia were part of a Dinamo Tbilisi side that dazzled spectators in the Soviet Union.|publisher=futbolgrad.com|date=21 December 2017|access-date=5 June 2018|archive-date=26 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226004338/http://futbolgrad.com/dinamo-tbilisi-vs-carl-zeiss-jena-cup-winners-cup/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==International career==
Kipiani was capped 19 times for the [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]], between April 1974 and May 1981, scoring seven goals. He made his international debut under manager [[Konstantin Beskov]], in a friendly international match on 17 April 1974 in [[Zenica]], when he was a second-half substitute for [[Vladimir Fedotov]]. Kipiani has scored his first international goal just after five minutes into his debut for the Soviet team, which became the only goal of the match and Soviet Union beat [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]] 1–0.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.11v11.com/matches/yugoslavia-v-ussr-17-april-1974-232793/|title=Yugoslavia 0–1 USSR — 17 April 1974|quote=International Friendly, Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Attendance: 30,000|publisher=[[International Federation of Football History & Statistics|International Football History and Statistics]]|access-date=11 June 2018|archive-date=29 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829034653/http://www.11v11.com/matches/yugoslavia-v-ussr-17-april-1974-232793/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/1974/04/17/world/friendlies/yugoslavia/ussr/1288854/|title=Yugoslavia 0–1 USSR — April 17, 1974|quote=International Friendly, Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Attendance: 30,000|publisher=Soccerway|access-date=11 June 2018|archive-date=13 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613203014/https://int.soccerway.com/matches/1974/04/17/world/friendlies/yugoslavia/ussr/1288854/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://footballfacts.ru/matches/147549-1-0|title=Yugoslavia 0–1 USSR — April 17, 1974|quote=International Friendly, Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Attendance: 30,000|publisher=footballfacts.ru|access-date=11 June 2018|archive-date=29 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829033758/http://footballfacts.ru/matches/147549-1-0|url-status=live}}</ref> He played his last national team game on 30 May 1981 in a [[1982 FIFA World Cup qualification|1982 FIFA World Cup]] qualifier against [[Wales national football team|Wales]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/wales-v-ussr-30-may-1981-236544/|title=Wales 0–0 USSR — May 30, 1981|quote=1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 3), 30 May 1981. [[Racecourse Ground]], [[Wrexham]]. Referee: [[Bruno Galler]]. Attendance: 29,366|publisher=[[International Federation of Football History & Statistics|International Football History and Statistics]]|access-date=11 June 2018|archive-date=28 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328115047/https://www.11v11.com/matches/wales-v-ussr-30-may-1981-236544/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coleka.com/en/panini-stickers/panini-football-sticker-albums/argentina-78-world-cup/david-kipiani-cccp_i162710|title=David Kipiani – USSR|quote=Panini Football Sticker Albums – Argentina 78 World Cup.|publisher=coleka.com|access-date=5 June 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140330/https://www.coleka.com/en/panini-stickers/panini-football-sticker-albums/argentina-78-world-cup/david-kipiani-cccp_i162710|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sticker-worldwide.de/Sticker/football-world-cup-sticker/world-cup-82-sticker/David-Kipiani-Espana-82.html?language=en|title=David Kipiani – USSR|quote=Espana 82 No. 395 Panini sticker David Kipiani.|publisher=sticker-worldwide.de|access-date=5 June 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140456/https://www.sticker-worldwide.de/Sticker/football-world-cup-sticker/world-cup-82-sticker/David-Kipiani-Espana-82.html?language=en|url-status=live}}</ref>

Kipiani was not given a chance to play in the [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] finals. Many think his peak was in 1982, but missed the [[FIFA World Cup 1982|Spain World Cup]] and quit playing altogether due to a severe leg injury sustained against [[FC Kuban Krasnodar|Kuban Krasnodar]] on 26 April (Round 4).

==Managerial career==
After retirement, Kipiani coached FC Dinamo Tbilisi, [[FC Torpedo Kutaisi|Torpedo Kutaisi]], [[Shinnik Yaroslavl]] (Russia), [[K.R.C. Mechelen|Racing Mechelen]] (Belgium), [[Olympiakos Nicosia]] (Cyprus) and the [[Georgian national football team|Georgia national team]].

==Death==
He died in [[Tbilisi, Georgia]] from injuries sustained in a car crash near [[Tserovani]] (Mtskheta) on 17 September 2001.<ref>{{cite web|first=Rob and [[International Herald Tribune]]|last=Hughes|title=Georgian Legend Kipiani Dies in Car Crash; Striker Herrlich Returns After Brain Surgery : As One Star Is Lost, Another Finds Hope|date=19 September 2001|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/19/sports/georgian-legend-kipiani-dies-in-car-crash-striker-herrlich-returns.html|quote=After the most numbing seven days many of us have known, what personal compassion is there left for a single tragic death of a sportsman, or for that matter what joy might we share with a player returning to action after brain surgery? As the European soccer games pick up the threads, we have both those extremes. The death of David Kipiani in a car crash in Georgia on Monday took from us a man who was the equivalent in his day of an East European [[Zinedine Zidane]].|access-date=4 June 2018|archive-date=8 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008030339/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/19/sports/georgian-legend-kipiani-dies-in-car-crash-striker-herrlich-returns.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He was 49 years old. The [[Georgian Cup]] and the [[David Kipiani Stadium]] in the town of [[Gurjaani]] belong to [[FC Alazani Gurjaani|Alazani Gurjaani]], were named after him.<ref>{{cite web|title=David Kipiani|date=19 September 2001|url=https://nekropole.info/en/David-Kipiani|publisher=nekropole.info|access-date=5 June 2018|archive-date=26 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026232916/https://nekropole.info/en/David-Kipiani|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{cite web|url=http://footballfacts.ru/players/71725|title=David Kipiani Club Statistics|publisher=footballfacts.ru|access-date=11 June 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142916/http://footballfacts.ru/players/71725|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2" width="200"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="2"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|Europe
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
|-
|[[FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi|Locomotive Tbilisi]]
|[[Soviet Top League 1968|1968]]
|1||0||–||–||–||–||1||0
|-
|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|[[Soviet Top League 1969|1969]]
|–||–||–||–||–||–||–||–
|-
|Locomotive Tbilisi
|[[Soviet Top League 1970|1970]]
|28||3||1||0||–||–||29||3
|-
|rowspan="13"|Dinamo Tbilisi
|[[Soviet Top League 1971|1971]]
|23||3||1||0||–||–||24||3
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1972|1972]]
|28||7||3||0||[[1972–73 UEFA Cup|2]]<ref>1972–73 UEFA Cup<br>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/64186--dinamo-tbilisi-vs-twente/|title=Dinamo Tbilisi 3–2 Twente|publisher=UEFA|quote=[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]] 3–2 [[FC Twente|Twente]] ([[Enschede]], [[Netherlands]]) — [[1972–73 UEFA Cup]], First round, First leg — 13 September 1972 — 16:00CET (19:00 local time) — [[Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena]], [[Tbilisi]]|access-date=11 June 2018|archive-date=13 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613003654/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/season=1972/matches/round=1055/match=64186/index.html|url-status=live}}<br>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/64187--twente-vs-dinamo-tbilisi/|title=Twente 2–0 Dinamo Tbilisi|publisher=UEFA|quote=[[FC Twente|Twente]] ([[Enschede]], [[Netherlands]]) 2–0 [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]] — [[1972–73 UEFA Cup]], First round, Sec. leg — 27 September 1972 — 20:00CET (20:00 local time) — [[Diekman Stadion|Het Diekman]], [[Enschede]]|access-date=11 June 2018|archive-date=8 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208213701/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=1972/matches/round=1055/match=64187/postmatch/lineups/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>||1||33||8
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1973|1973]]
|20||5||3||0||5||3||28||8
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1974|1974]]
|5||1||3||4||–||–||8||5
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1975|1975]]
|24||12||2||1||–||–||26||13
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1976|1976]]
|18||9||5||5||[[1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup|2]]<ref>1976–77 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup<br>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec197677.html|title=Dinamo Tbilisi Aggregate: 3–1 Cardiff City|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|quote=[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]], First round – 15–29 September 1976|date=4 June 2015|access-date=11 June 2018|archive-date=21 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821090053/https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec197677.html|url-status=live}}<br>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec197677.html|title=Dinamo Tbilisi Aggregate: 1–5 MTK-VM Budapest|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|quote=[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]], Second round – 20 October – 3 November 1976|date=4 June 2015|access-date=11 June 2018|archive-date=21 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821090053/https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec197677.html|url-status=live}}<br></ref>||1||25||15
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1977|1977]]
|27||14||–||–||5||2||32||16
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1978|1978]]
|25||7||6||1||4||1||35||9
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1979|1979]]
|22||3||2||1||4||2||28||6
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1980|1980]]
|31||8||7||3||4||0||42||11
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1981|1981]]
|18||8||1||0||5||0||24||8
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1982|1982]]
|4||2||1||2||4||0||9||4
|-
!Total
!245!!79!!34!!17!!35!!10!!314!!106
|-
!colspan="2"|Career total
!274!!82!!35!!17!!35!!10!!344!!109
|}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{NFT player|24506|name=David Kipiani|access-date=11 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://footballfacts.ru/players/71725|title=David Kipiani International Statistics|publisher=footballfacts.ru|access-date=11 June 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142916/http://footballfacts.ru/players/71725|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!width="40"|Apps!!width="40"|Goals
|-
|rowspan="8"|[[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]]
|1974||1||1
|-
|1975||–||–
|-
|1976||–||–
|-
|1977||6||3
|-
|1978||6||3
|-
|1979||5||0
|-
|1980||–||–
|-
|1981||1||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!19!!7
|}

==Honours==
===Player===
'''Dinamo Tbilisi'''
*[[Soviet Top League]]: [[1978 Soviet Top League|1978]]<ref>{{cite web|first1=Andrei|last1=Balitskiy|first2=Mike and RSSSF|last2=Dryomin|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/su78.html|title=Soviet Union 1978 (Championship)|date=11 July 2013|publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]]|quote=Dinamo Tbilisi won the Soviet Union champions title second time in 1978. In those years glorious players were in Dinamo: D. Gogia, V. Koridze, A. Chivadze, S. Khinchagashvili, D. Mujiri, T. Kostava, N. Khizanishvili, P. Kanteladze, G. Machaidze, M. Machaidze, V. Daraselia, D. Kipiani, V. Gutsaev, R. Shengelia, R. Chelebadze.|access-date=18 January 2019|archive-date=29 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929183449/https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/su78.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gff.ge/en/Home/Team/50|title=Dinamo Tbilisi won the Soviet Union champions title second time in 1978|date=12 July 2016|website=[[Georgian Football Federation]]|quote=Dinamo Tbilisi won the Soviet Union champions title second time in 1978. Dinamo Tbilisi: D. Gogia, V. Koridze, A. Chivadze, S. Khinchagashvili, D. Mujiri, T. Kostava, N. Khizanishvili, P. Kanteladze, Gocha Machaidze, Manuchar Machaidze, V. Daraselia, D. Kipiani, V. Gutsaev, R. Shengelia, R. Chelebadze.|publisher=Georgian Football Federation|access-date=4 June 2018|archive-date=20 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920193213/https://www.gff.ge/en/Home/Team/50|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://wildstat.com/p/2001/ch/URS_1_1978/stg/all/tour/all|title=USSR, 1978 (Top league)|date=9 July 2015|publisher=WildSoft 2007–2018|access-date=11 June 2018|archive-date=6 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406145956/http://wildstat.com/p/2001/ch/URS_1_1978/stg/all/tour/all|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Soviet Cup]]: [[1976 Soviet Cup Final|1976]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fcdinamo.ge/en/news?n=3003|title=The first Crystal Cup|date=3 September 2014|website=[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi]]|quote=September 3 of 1976 is an important date in the history of Dinamo Tbilisi. Our team won the Soviet Cup for the first time. Before that our team competed for the Crystal Cup for five times and failed. Before the final Dinamo beat Metalurh Zaporizhya with penalty shots – 5–4, defeated Zenit Leningrad in 1/8 final with the score – 3–0, won against Karpaty Lviv – 2–1 and defeated Shakhtar Donetsk in semi-final – 2–0. The final match was held in Moscow at Luzhniki stadium and 45 000 supporters attended it. Our team competed with Ararat Yerevan. Dinamo won the match with big score – 3–0. The goals were scored by Davit Kipiani on 27th minute, Piruz Kanteladze (penalty) on 64th minute and Revaz Chelebadze on 68th minute. Davit Kipiani became bombardier of the tournament with 5 scored goals. Dinamo: Gogia, Khizanishvili, Kanteladze, Khinchagashvili, Ebralidze, Chivadze, Manuchar Machaidze (C), Chelebadze, Gutsaev, Kipiani (Tsereteli 75’), Kopaleishvili. Head coach: Nodar Akhalkatsi|publisher=fcdinamo.ge|access-date=4 June 2018|archive-date=2 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102073507/http://fcdinamo.ge/en/news?n=3003|url-status=live}}</ref> [[1979 Soviet Cup Final|1979]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fcdinamo.ge/en/news?n=3801|title=Second Crystal Cup|date=11 August 2015|website=[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi]]|quote=In 1979 Dinamo Tbilisi played one more triumph season after the last successful one. Nodar Akhalkatsi’s team won Soviet Crystal Cup for the second time. On August 11 the match between FC Dinamo Tbilisi and FC Dynamo Moscow at Luzhniki Stadium finished without goals. Our team beat the rival 5–4 on penalties. In the beginning Nikolai Gontar saved his team from Davit Kipiani’s and Vladimer Gutsaev’s penalties. On the other hand Otar Gabelia repelled Aleksandr Makhovikov’s and Aleksei Petrushin’s penalties. After that Manuchar Machaidze, Aleksandre Chivadze, Vitali Daraselia, Ramaz Shengelia and Tengiz Sulakvelidze kicked successfully. Gabelia repelled the last penalty of Valeri Gazaev. Before the final our team defeated FC Dynamo Leningrad 2–1, FC Zorya Voroshilovgrad 5–0, FC SKA Rostov-on-Don 2–1, FC Torpedo Moscow 3–0, FC Uralmash Sverdlovsk 2–0, FC Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev 2–0 and PFC CSKA Moscow 2–1 in additional time. Dynamo Moscow 0–0 (4–5 pen.) Dinamo Tbilisi. Dinamo Tbilisi: Gabelia, Sulakvelidze, Chivadze, Khinchagashvili, Mujiri (Kikalashvili 61), Daraselia, Manuchar Machaidze (C), Koridze (Kipiani 46), Gutsaev, Gocha Machaidze, Shengelia. Coach: Nodar Akhalkatsi|publisher=fcdinamo.ge|access-date=4 June 2018|archive-date=2 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102073501/http://fcdinamo.ge/en/news?n=3801|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[UEFA Cup Winners Cup]]: [[1981 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|1981]]

'''Soviet Union U18'''
*[[UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship|U-19 UEFA Championship]]: [[1976 UEFA European Under-18 Championship|1976]]

===Manager===
'''Dinamo Tbilisi'''
*[[Erovnuli Liga|Umaglesi Liga]]: [[1990 Umaglesi Liga|1990]], [[1994–95 Umaglesi Liga|1994–95]], [[1995–96 Umaglesi Liga|1995–96]], [[1996–97 Umaglesi Liga|1996–97]]
*[[Georgian Cup]]: 1994–95, 1995–96, [[1996–97 Georgian Cup|1996–97]]

'''Torpedo Kutaisi'''
*[[Erovnuli Liga|Umaglesi Liga]]: [[1999–2000 Umaglesi Liga|1999–2000]], [[2000–01 Umaglesi Liga|2000–01]]
*[[Georgian Cup]]: [[2000–01 Georgian Cup|2000–01]]

===Individual===
*[[Soviet Footballer of the Year]]: 1977<ref>{{cite web|first=Rasim and RSSSF|last=Movsumov|title=Soviet Union – Player of the Year Awards|date=22 August 2007|publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]]|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/ussrpoy.html|quote=Election of the weekly [[Football (Russian magazine)|Football (Football-Hockey)]]. 1977. 1. D. Kipiani (Dinamo Tbilisi) – 323; 2. [[Oleh Blokhin|O. Blokhin]] [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|(Dynamo Kyiv)]] – 198; 3. [[Yuriy Dehteryov|Y. Dehteryov]] [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|(Shakhtar Donetsk)]] – 171|access-date=4 June 2018|archive-date=8 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808190832/https://rsssf.org/miscellaneous/ussrpoy.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Sebastian|last=Kahl|title=Who Was David Kipiani? (Talks and writes about football history)|date=8 October 2017|url=https://medium.com/@maltacalcio/who-was-david-kipiani-2df3edf9f7a4|quote=USSR Player of the Year 1977. As a player he never left his native Tbilisi. And for all intents he was a one club man. A 14-year career with Dinamo Tbilisi was only briefly interrupted, in 1970, by a loan move across town to Lokomotiv. After establishing himself at the senior level Kipiani returned to Dinamo and came to dictate their play for the following decade. In 1977 he was voted Soviet Footballer of the Year.|publisher=medium.com|access-date=5 June 2018|archive-date=1 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601122609/https://medium.com/@maltacalcio/who-was-david-kipiani-2df3edf9f7a4|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Grigory Fedotov club]]: 155 goals

==References==
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==External links==
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| video1 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTXwVXEbx6g David Kipiani], FC Dinamo Tbilisi
| video2 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=787TiZjrKco Legendary 10 – David Kipiani], El Fenomeno
| video3 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuviPrWyDZA David Kipiani vs Feyenoord – Coppa delle Coppe 1980–1981], Football 1970s
| video4 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSq354uuLIs Inimitable David Kipiani (1951–2001)], Aleks Chistogan
| video5 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD25rigm0Ho Internazionale Milan 0–1 Dinamo Tbilisi. 14.09.1977 – David Kipiani Goal], GiviFilms Studio Sport
| video6 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-KDzUBuYoo David Kipiani – The Legend], Bada Jr
}}
* {{FIFA|52230}}
* {{NFT|24506}}
* [https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/david-kipiani.html David Kipiani Stock Photos and Images] at alamy.com
* [https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/david-kipiani?mediatype=photography&phrase=david%20kipiani&sort=mostpopular David Kipiani Pictures and Images] at gettyimages.com
* [http://fcdinamo.ge/en/news?n=2845 Article] at FC Dinamo Tbilisi Official Club Site
* [http://fcdinamo.ge/en/club/coaches?i=174 Profile] at FC Dinamo Tbilisi Official Club Site
* [http://www.footballtop.com/players/david-kipiani Profile]{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at footballtop.com
* {{WorldFootball.net|david-kipiani}}
* [http://www.georgianjournal.ge/sports/30366-three-legends-in-one-unique-photo-davit-kipiani-sandro-mazzola-and-manuchar-machaidze.html Article] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027094553/http://www.georgianjournal.ge/sports/30366-three-legends-in-one-unique-photo-davit-kipiani-sandro-mazzola-and-manuchar-machaidze.html |date=27 October 2020 }} at GeorgianJournal.ge
* [https://www.11v11.com/players/david-kipiani-182399/ International Statistics] at AFS
* {{EU-Football.info|10595}}
* {{Webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20121225071947/http://www.sport-necropol.narod.ru/kipiani.html |date=dmy |title=Biography of David Kipiani }}
* [http://www.klisf.net/gamer345.htm Profile and statistics] at klisf.net
* [http://www.sport-express.ru/search/?sw=%C4%E0%E2%E8%E4+%CA%E8%EF%E8%E0%ED%E8 Articles] at Sport-Express.ru
* [http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/kipiani.html Profile and Articles] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101000638/http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/kipiani.html |date=1 November 2020 }} at rusteam.permian.ru
* {{FootballFacts.ru|71725}}

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