Gaioz Jejelava ( ka, გაიოზ ჯეჯელავა) (born 29 December 1914 in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the Capital city, capital and the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia, lying on the ...

; died 16 March 2005 in

) was a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

and

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

football player. Jejelava, a skillful winger, was one of the leaders of

Dinamo Tbilisi Dinamo Tbilisi is a sports club from Tbilisi, Georgia. It was founded in 1925. Among its highest honors, is the European trophy earned by its football team which won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1981, beating FC Carl Zeiss Jena of East Germany 2–1 ...

alongside

Boris Paichadze Boris Paichadze ( ka, ბორის პაიჭაძე, ; russian: Борис Соломонович Пайчадзе; 3 February 1915 – 9 October 1990) was a Georgian footballer, who played for FC Dinamo Tbilisi. The largest stadium in Ge ...

during 11 years spell with the club. Later Jejelava managed

VVS Moscow VVS Moscow (russian: Военно-Воздушные Силы (Москва) / in English: ''Moscow Military Air Force'') was a Soviet sports club representing the Soviet Air Force. Among the sports the club participated in were football, ice hock ...

and

, but without any success, spending two seasons with each of the clubs. Jejelava died in March 2005, in

References

External links

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Footballfacts Profile
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Allfutbolist Profile
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Profile at National Parliamentary Library of Georgia
1914 births 2005 deaths Soviet footballers Footballers from Georgia (country) Association football wingers FC Dinamo Tbilisi players Soviet Top League players Footballers from Tbilisi People from Tiflis Governorate Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Soviet football managers Football managers from Georgia (country) Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the Order of the Red Star {{Georgia-footy-bio-stub