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Olympic medal record Competitor for USSR Men’s Football Bronze 1976 Montreal Team competition David Kipiani Personal information Full name David Kipiani Date of birth 18 June 1951 Place of birth Tbilisi, USSR Date of death 17 September 2001 (aged 50)Place of death Tbilisi, Georgia Playing position Midfielder Youth career School No. 35 Tbilisi Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1968 FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi 1 (0) 1969 FC Dinamo Tbilisi 0 (0) 1970 FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi 28 (3) 1971-1982 FC Dinamo Tbilisi 246 (79) National team 1974-1981 USSR 19 (7) Teams managed 1984-1985 FC Dinamo Tbilisi 1988 FC Dinamo Tbilisi 1990-1991 FC Dinamo Tbilisi 1992-1993 Olympiakos Nicosia 1995-1997 FC Dinamo Tbilisi 1997 Georgia 1998 FC Shinnik Yaroslavl 1999-2001 FC Torpedo Kutaisi 2000-2001 Georgia * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).David Kipiani (Georgian: დავით ყიფიანი; 18 June 1951 - 17 September 2001) was a Georgian football midfielder and manager.
Kipiani was born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR. He played for FC Dinamo Tbilisi and Soviet Union National Team and also for a year for Lokomotiv Tbilsi. After retirement, he coached FC Dinamo Tbilisi, FC Torpedo Kutaisi, Shinnik Yaroslavl (Russia), Mechelen (Belgium), Olympiakos Nicosia (Cyprus) and Georgian National Team.
He died at Tbilisi, Georgia from injuries sustained in a car crash on 17 September 2001. He was 49 years old.
Among his titles as a player are Soviet League championship (1978), Soviet Cup (1976 and 1979) and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1981) all with FC Dinamo Tbilisi. David Kipiani was named Soviet Footballer of the Year in 1977. As a coach, he led FC Dinamo Tbilisi to 6 Georgian titles and FC Torpedo Kutaisi to 2.
Kipiani was not given a chance to play World Cup finals. Many think his peak was in 1982, but missed the Spain and quit playing altogether due to severe leg injury sustained against Kuban Krasdodar on 26 April (Round 4).
The Georgian Cup and the stadium in the town of Gurjaani were named after him.
Honours
- Soviet Top League Champion: 1978
- Soviet Cup Champion: 1976, 1979
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Champion: 1981
- Soviet Footballer of the Year: 1977
- U-19 UEFA Championship Champion: 1976
- Grigory Fedotov club: 155 goals
1964: Voronin | 1965: Voronin | 1966: Biba | 1967: Streltsov | 1968: Streltsov | 1969: Muntyan | 1970: Shesternyov | 1971: Rudakov | 1972: Lovchev | 1973: Blokhin | 1974: Blokhin | 1975: Blokhin | 1976: Astapovsky | 1977: Kipiani | 1978: Shengelia | 1979: Starukhin | 1980: Chivadze | 1981: Shengelia | 1982: Dasayev | 1983: Cherenkov | 1984: Lytovchenko | 1985: Demyanenko | 1986: Zavarov | 1987: Protasov | 1988: Mykhaylychenko | 1989: Cherenkov | 1990: Dobrovolski | 1991: KolyvanovSoviet Union squad – 1976 Summer Olympics Bronze Medalists Georgia national football team – managers Norakidze (1992) · Chivadze (1993–96) · Gutsaev (1996) · Kipiani (1997) · Gutsaev (1998) · Imnadze (1998) · Gutsaev (1998–99) · Boskamp (1999) · Dzodzuashvili & Kipiani (2000–01) · Chivadze (2001–03) · Šušak (2003) · Jordania (2003) · Tqhebuchava (2004) · Giresse (2004–05) · Darsadze (2005) · Toppmöller (2006–08) · Cúper (2008–09) · Ketsbaia (2009–)
(c) caretaker Categories:- 1951 births
- 2001 deaths
- Association football midfielders
- Footballers from Georgia (country)
- Football managers from Georgia (country)
- People from Tbilisi
- Footballers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Georgia national football team managers
- FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
- Olympiakos Nicosia managers
- Olympic footballers of the Soviet Union
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
- Road accident deaths in Georgia (country)
- Soviet footballers
- Soviet football managers
- Soviet Union international footballers
- FC Dinamo Tbilisi managers
- FC Shinnik Yaroslavl managers
- Russian Premier League managers
- Football managers in Georgia (country)
- Expatriate football managers in Russia
- Olympic medalists in football
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