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{{Short description|Georgian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Family name hatnote|Dmitriyevich|Chokheli|lang=Eastern Slavic}} 
{{Infobox football biography
| name= Givi Chokheli
| fullname = Givi Dmitriyevich Chokheli
| image = 
| caption =  
| height = {{Height|m=1.82|precision=0}}
| birth_date  = {{birth date|df=yes|1937|06|27}}
| birth_place = [[Telavi]], [[Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic|Georgian SSR]], [[USSR]]
| death_date  = {{death date and age|df=yes|1994|02|25|1937|06|27}}
| death_place = [[Tbilisi]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1956 
| years2 = 1956–1965
| clubs1 = [[FC Kakheti Telavi|Nadikvari Telavi]] 
| clubs2 = [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
| caps1 = 
| caps2 = 159  
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 4 
| nationalyears1 = 1960–1962
| nationalteam1 = [[Soviet Union national football team|USSR]]
| nationalcaps1 = 19  
| nationalgoals1 = 0 
| manageryears1 = 1966–1968
| managerclubs1 = [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]] ''(assistant)''
| manageryears2 = 1969–1970
| managerclubs2 = [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
| manageryears3 = 1971–1972
| managerclubs3 = [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]] ''(assistant)''
| manageryears4 = 1974
| managerclubs4 = [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|URS}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[UEFA European Championship]]}}
{{Medal|Winner|[[UEFA Euro 1960|1960 France]]|}}
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'''Givi Dmitriyevich Chokheli''' ({{lang-ka|გივი ჩოხელი}}; {{langx|ru|Гиви Дмитриевич Чохели}}) (27 June 1937 in [[Telavi]] – 25 February 1994 in [[Tbilisi]]) was a [[Georgians|Georgian]] [[Defender (association football)|football defender]].<ref name="evening">
{{cite web
 |title=Футбольный феномен 1937-го ''(The 1937 Football Phenomenon, Part I)'' 
 |publisher=The Evening, Moscow 
 |language=ru 
 |date=2007-08-23 
 |url=http://www.vmdaily.ru/article.php?aid=38353
 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130417220317/http://www.vmdaily.ru/article.php?aid=38353
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-date=2013-04-17
 |access-date=2008-07-11 
}}</ref>

Chokheli played most of his career for [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]. After ending his playing career he worked in various coaching positions for Dinamo Tbilisi and in 1969-1970 and 1974 was a head coach.  He was classified as a [[Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR|Master of Sport of the USSR]] in 1959.

He played for [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union national team]] (19 matches), and was a participant at the [[1962 FIFA World Cup]] and at the [[1960 UEFA European Football Championship]], where the Soviet Union won the gold medal.  The Soviet back line was anchored by the famous trio of Chokheli, [[Anatoli Maslyonkin]], and [[Anatoly Krutikov]] in the early 1960s.<ref name="evening" />
[[Image:ChokheliStatuteTelavi.JPG|thumb|left|300px|The statue of Chokheli in front of Municipal Stadium, Telavi.]]
[[Municipal Stadium (Telavi)|Telavi's Municipal Stadium]] features a statue of Chokheli in front of it.

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://imedinews.ge/ge/news_read/48340/ Imedi: On the 70th Birthday of Chokheli] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226084417/https://imedinews.ge/ge/news_read/48340/ |date=26 December 2018 }} {{in lang|ka}}
* [http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/chokheli.html RussiaTeam biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629211434/http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/chokheli.html |date=29 June 2020 }} {{in lang|ru}}

{{USSR Squad 1960 European Nations' Cup}}
{{USSR Squad 1962 World Cup}}
{{FC Dinamo Tbilisi managers}}

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[[Category:1937 births]]
[[Category:1994 deaths]]
[[Category:Men's footballers from Georgia (country)]]
[[Category:Soviet men's footballers]]
[[Category:Football managers from Georgia (country)]]
[[Category:FC Dinamo Tbilisi managers]]
[[Category:Soviet football managers]]
[[Category:1962 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:1960 European Nations' Cup players]]
[[Category:UEFA European Championship–winning players]]
[[Category:Soviet Union men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR]]
[[Category:Soviet Top League players]]
[[Category:FC Dinamo Tbilisi players]]
[[Category:People from Telavi]]
[[Category:Footballers from Kakheti]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]


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