Kakhaber Gogichaishvili (

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: კახაბერ 'კახი' გოგიჩაიშვილი; born 31 October 1968) is a retired

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who was capped 27 times for

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between 1992 and 2000. He scored 1 goal, a penalty kick in Georgia's 6–3 win over

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in 1992 (Azerbaijan's first international match). On club level Gogichaishvili played for

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clubs Shevardeni-1906, Dinamo, Lokomotivi and Merani-Olimpi Tbilisi.

International goals

Coaching career

After retiring Gogichaishvili began coaching. During 2013–14 season, he was the head coach 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 ...

's reserve team. In 2014, together with him, Dinamo's youth team won prestigious youth tournament Ruhr Cup, defeated

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in the final, after eliminating Borussia Mönchengladbach in the semi-final. Shortly after this success, Gogichaishvili replaced Michal Bilek and became Dinamo's first team head coach. In 2019, Gogichaishvili was appointed as manager of

FC Zugdidi FC Dinamo Zugdidi is a Georgian football club based in Zugdidi. Their club competeted in Liga 3 from 2023 after didn't play all matches in Erovnuli Liga 2 later automatically relegation. History * 1918–??: ''Odishi Zugdidi'' ( ka, ოდიშ ...

. After three years spent there in early 2022 he took charge of Gareji.

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* * Soviet men's footballers Men's footballers from Georgia (country) Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country) Georgia (country) men's international footballers FC Dinamo Tbilisi players FC Guria Lanchkhuti players Hapoel Ashkelon F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Russia FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod players 1968 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Place of birth missing (living people) {{Georgia-footy-bio-stub