Vazha Tarkhnishvili ( ka, ვაჟა თარხნიშვილი; born 25 August 1971 in Gori) is a retired

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who played his last 13 years of activity as a defender for the

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Sheriff Tiraspol Fotbal Club Sheriff (russian: ФК Шериф Тирасполь), commonly known as Sheriff Tiraspol or simply Sheriff, is a Moldovan professional football club based in Tiraspol, a city located in the unrecognised breakaway state of Transnist ...

. He was also capped twice for

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. In 2006 Tarkhnishvili was granted Moldovan citizenship.DECRET Nr. 847 din 21.11.2006 privind acordarea cetăţeniei Republicii Moldova
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Honours

* Divizia Naţională: 11 :: 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12 *

Moldovan Cup The Moldovan Cup ( ro, Cupa Moldovei) is a football competition, held annually in Moldova. The winner qualifies for the UEFA Europa Conference League first qualifying round. Finals The finals were: Goalscorers Soviet time winners * 1945: ...

: 7 :: 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10 *

Moldovan Super Cup Moldovan Super Cup ( ro, Supercupa Moldovei) is the national football (soccer), football super cup competition in Moldova, officially having the winners of the previous season's Moldovan National Division and Moldovan Cup face-off against each oth ...

: 4 :: 2003, 2004, 2005,

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

CIS Cup The Commonwealth of Independent States Cup (russian: Кубок чемпионов Содружества, Кубок Содружества, Кубок чемпионов содружества стран СНГ и Балтии) is a defunct ann ...

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2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

References

External links

Player profile at Sheriff's official web-site
1971 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Men's footballers from Georgia (country) Georgia (country) men's international footballers FC Dila Gori players FC Locomotive Tbilisi players FC Sheriff Tiraspol players Erovnuli Liga players Moldovan Super Liga players Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Moldova Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country) Moldovan people of Georgian descent Naturalised citizens of Moldova FC Sheriff Tiraspol non-playing staff People from Gori, Georgia {{Moldova-footy-bio-stub