Givi Dmitriyevich Chokheli ( ka, გივი ჩოხელი; russian: Гиви Дмитриевич Чохели) (27 June 1937 in

Telavi Telavi ( ka, თელავი ) is the main city and administrative center of Georgia's eastern province of Kakheti. Its population consists of some 19,629 inhabitants (as of the year 2014). The city is located on the foothills of the Tsiv-Gombo ...

– 25 February 1994 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 ...

) was a

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 defender In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

. Chokheli played most of his career for

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 ...

. After ending his playing career he worked in various coaching positions for Dinamo Tbilisi and in 1969-1970 and 1974 was a head coach. He was classified as a Master of Sport of the USSR in 1959. He played for Soviet Union national team (19 matches), and was a participant at the

1962 FIFA World Cup The 1962 FIFA World Cup was the seventh edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held from 30 May to 17 June 1962 in Chile. The qualification rounds took place bet ...

and at the

1960 UEFA European Football Championship The 1960 European Nations' Cup was the first edition of the UEFA European Championship, held every four years and organised by UEFA. The first tournament was held in France. It was won by the Soviet Union, who beat Yugoslavia 2–1 in Paris afte ...

, where the Soviet Union won the gold medal. The Soviet back line was anchored by the famous trio of Chokheli,

Anatoli Maslyonkin Anatoli Yevstigneyevich Maslyonkin (russian: Анатолий Евстигнеевич Маслёнкин; June 29, 1930 – May 16, 1988) was a Soviet Russian footballer. Honours * Soviet Top League winner: 1956, 1958, 1962. * Soviet Cup wi ...

, and

Anatoly Krutikov Anatoly Fyodorovich Krutikov (russian: Анатолий Фёдорович Крутиков; 21 September 1933 – 8 November 2019) was a Russian footballer and manager. Club career Krutikov played in nearly 300 Soviet league matches for FC Spa ...

in the early 1960s. Telavi's Municipal Stadium features a statue of Chokheli in front of it.

References

External links

Imedi: On the 70th Birthday of Chokheli

1937 births 1994 deaths Footballers from Georgia (country) Soviet footballers Football managers from Georgia (country) FC Dinamo Tbilisi managers Soviet football managers 1962 FIFA World Cup players 1960 European Nations' Cup players UEFA European Championship-winning players Soviet Union international footballers Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Soviet Top League players FC Dinamo Tbilisi players People from Telavi Association football defenders {{Georgia-footy-bio-stub