- Kakhi Asatiani
Football player infobox2
playername = Kakhi Asatiani
fullname = Kakhi Shalvovich Asatiani
height =
nickname =
dateofbirth = Birth date|1947|1|1
cityofbirth =Telavi
countryofbirth =USSR
dateofdeath = Death date and age|2002|11|20|1947|1|1
cityofdeath =Tbilisi
countryofdeath = Georgia
position =Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1965-1975
clubs =FC Dinamo Tbilisi
caps(goals) = 218 (27)
nationalyears = 1968-1970
1972
nationalteam = USSR
nationalcaps(goals) = 16 (5)
manageryears = 1978-1982
1987
managerclubs =FC Dinamo Tbilisi (director)
FC Dinamo TbilisiKakhi Asatiani ( _ka. კახი ასათიანი; _ru. Кахи Шалвович Асатиани, "Kakhi Shalvovich Asatiani") (
January 1 ,1947 –November 20 ,2002 ) was a Georgian footballer and sports manager.During his career he played for
FC Dinamo Tbilisi (1965-1975), Asatiani earned 16 caps for theUSSR national football team , and participated inUEFA Euro 1968 and the1970 FIFA World Cup . He coached FC Dinamo Tbilisi between 1978 and 1982, and became the team's manager in 1987. In the 1990s, he briefly served as the chairman of the Georgian Sport Department. Subsequently, he was involved in private business and became a Vice-President of theAirzena airline. He was shot to death by unknown assailants in his own car inTbilisi on November 20 2002. [Mikaberidze, Alexander (ed., 2006), [http://www.georgianbiography.com/bios/a/asatiani.htm "Asatiani, Kakhi"] . "Dictionary of Georgian National Biography". Accessed onApril 26 2008 .] [ [http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=2760 Vice-President of Georgian Air Company Shot] . "Civil Georgia",November 21 2002 . Accessed onApril 26 2008 .]References
External links
* [http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/asatiani.html Profile (in Russian)]
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