Otar Gabelia
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Otar Gabelia (Georgian: Script error: No such module "Lang".; born 24 March 1953) is a Georgian football manager and a former player. He was a long-time goalkeeper for Dinamo Tbilisi. Winner of the Best Soviet Goalkeeper Award (1979), Gabelia is regarded by pundits as one of the best Georgian goalkeepers of all time.
Club career
Gabelia spent his club career at Dinamo Zugdidi, playing from 1970 to 1971, at Dinamo Sokhumi, from 1972 to 1973, at Torpedo Kutaisi, from 1974 to 1976 and from 1983 to 1984, at Dinamo Tbilisi, from 1977 to 1982 and from 1985 to 1989.[1]
He won the Soviet championship in 1978 and Soviet Cup in 1979 and was named Best Soviet Goalkeeper in 1979.[2] He was known for his emotional style of play with excellent reaction.
In 1981 he won UEFA Cup Winners Cup, which was the biggest achievement of his sport career.
International career
Gabelia played his only game for USSR on 21 November 1979 in a friendly against West Germany.
Honours
Dinamo Tbilisi
Individual
- Soviet Goalkeeper of the Year: 1979[3]
References
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External links
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- Otar Gabelia • Profile on rusteam.permian.ru.
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- Otar Gabelia • Profile on footballplayers.ru.
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- Otar Gabelia • Articles on sport-express.ru.
- Otar Gabelia • Articles on FC Dinamo Tbilisi Official website.
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- 1953 births
- Living people
- People from Zugdidi
- Footballers from Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
- Soviet men's footballers
- Men's footballers from Georgia (country)
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Soviet Union men's international footballers
- Soviet Top League players
- FC Dinamo Sokhumi players
- FC Torpedo Kutaisi players
- FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
- Football managers from Georgia (country)
- Dinamo Zugdidi managers
- FC Dinamo Batumi managers
- FC Alazani Gurjaani managers
- Recipients of the Order of Honor (Georgia)