Givi Chokheli
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Family name hatnote Template:Infobox football biography Givi Dmitriyevich Chokheli (Georgian: Script error: No such module "Lang".; Template:Langx) (27 June 1937 in Telavi – 25 February 1994 in Tbilisi) was a Georgian football defender.[1]
Chokheli played most of his career for 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 Master of Sport of the USSR in 1959.
He played for 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.[1]
Telavi's Municipal Stadium features a statue of Chokheli in front of it.
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- 1937 births
- 1994 deaths
- Men's footballers from Georgia (country)
- Soviet men's footballers
- Football managers from Georgia (country)
- FC Dinamo Tbilisi managers
- Soviet football managers
- 1962 FIFA World Cup players
- 1960 European Nations' Cup players
- UEFA European Championship–winning players
- Soviet Union men's international footballers
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- FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
- People from Telavi
- Footballers from Kakheti
- Men's association football defenders