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Aleksandre Chivadze
	Chivadze in 1981
Personal information
Date of birth	8 April 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth	Klukhori, Soviet Union
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1974–1987	Dinamo Tbilisi
International career
1980–1987	Soviet Union
Managerial career
1993–1997	Georgia
2001–2003	Georgia
2012–2016	Georgia U-21
Medal record
Representing Soviet Union
Men's Football
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aleksandre Chivadze (Georgian: ალექსანდრე გაბრიელის ძე ჩივაძე; Russian: Александр Габриэлович Чивадзе; born 8 April 1955) is a Georgian former football player and coach.

Chivadze was born in Klukhori. He spent his entire club career at Dinamo Tbilisi, playing from 1974 to 1987. He earned 46 caps for the Soviet Union national team and was included in the squads of the 1982 and 1986 FIFA World Cups, captaining the team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

After retirement from playing he was head coach of the Georgia national team from 1993 to 1997, and again from 2001 to 2003. On 31 January 2012, he became the head coach of the Georgia U21.

Honours

Dinamo Tbilisi

Individual

Soviet Footballer of the Year: 1980

Soviet Union U21

U-21 UEFA Championship: 1980

External links

Aleksandre Chivadze at National-Football-Teams.com
Aleksandr Gavrilovich Chivadze – International Appearances at RSSSF
Aleksandre Chivadze at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
Profile at RussiaTeam^{[dead link‍]} (in Russian)
Aleksandre Chivadze at Olympedia (archive)
Aleksandre Chivadze at Olympics.com

Preceded by Zviad Sichinava	Presidents of GFF (acting) 2015	Succeeded by Levan Kobiashvili

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