Zaur Svanadze ( ka, ზაურ სვანაძე; born 23 January 1958) is a

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manager and a former player. He is the assistant manager 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 i ...

Playing career

Having spent some years in his hometown club

Torpedo Kutaisi FC Torpedo Kutaisi is a Georgian professional football club based in Kutaisi, Georgia's third largest city. 'Torpedo Kutaisi' was founded in 1946 and in just three years the club became the winner of the Football Championship of that time. Torp ...

, Svanadze moved to

in 1981. He was one of the members of the famous

squad, which won

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back in 1980-81, being substituted by Nukri Kakilashvili in the

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against

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Managing career

Svanadze worked some

clubs before moving to

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Kakhaber Tskhadadze Kakhaber Tskhadadze ( ka, კახაბერ ცხადაძე; born 7 September 1968) is a Georgian football manager and former player. He is the manager of Kazakhstani club Caspiy. As a player he was defender who notably played in t ...

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in 2012, before taking charge at the club three years later, after Tskhadadze was appointed as the manager of

Georgia national football team The Georgia national football team ( ka, საქართველოს ეროვნული საფეხბურთო ნაკრები, tr) represents the country of Georgia in men's international football matches, and it is c ...

Honours

;Dinamo Tbilisi *

: 1980-81

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* 1958 births Sportspeople from Kutaisi Living people Soviet footballers Association football midfielders Footballers from Georgia (country) FC Dinamo Tbilisi players IFK Holmsund players Umeå FC players Motala AIF players Soviet Top League players Soviet expatriate footballers Soviet expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate footballers in Sweden Expatriate footballers from Georgia (country) Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Sweden Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Azerbaijan Football managers from Georgia (country) FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi managers FC Dinamo Tbilisi managers Expatriate football managers from Georgia (country) Expatriate football managers in Sweden Expatriate football managers in Azerbaijan {{Georgia-footy-bio-stub