Tamaz Giviyevich Kostava (russian: Тамаз Гивиевич Костава) (born 29 February 1956, in
Kutaisi) is a retired
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 of the
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...
national team.
Honours
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Soviet Top League
The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991.
The professional top level ...
winner: 1978.
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Soviet Cup
The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup (russian: Кубок СССР),, be, Кубак СССР, uz, СССР Кубоги, kk, КСРО Кубогы, ka, სსრკ თასი, az, ССРИ кубоку, lt, TSRS taurė, ro, Cupa URSS ( Moldov ...
winner: 1979.
* UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winner: 1981
International career
Kostava made his debut for
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
on 19 November 1978 in a friendly against
Japan. In fact, all of the national team games he played in were against Japan (USSR played three friendlies against them in 8 days).
References
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Profile
1956 births
Living people
Footballers from Georgia (country)
Soviet footballers
Soviet Union international footballers
FC Torpedo Kutaisi players
FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
Soviet Top League players
Sportspeople from Kutaisi
Association football defenders
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