Kakhi Asatiani

Kakhi Asatiani

Personal information
Full name	Kakhi Shalvovych Asatiani
Date of birth	1 January 1947
Place of birth	Telavi, Soviet Union
Date of death	20 November 2002 (aged 55)
Place of death	Tbilisi, Georgia
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1965–1975	FC Dinamo Tbilisi	218	(27)
National team
1968–1970	USSR	16	(5)
Teams managed
1978–1982	FC Dinamo Tbilisi (director)
1987	FC Dinamo Tbilisi
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Kakhi Asatiani (Georgian: კახი ასათიანი; Ukrainian: Кахі Шалвович Асатіані, Kakhi Shalvovych Asatiani) (1 January 1947 – 20 November 2002) was a Georgian footballer and sports manager.

During his career he played for FC Dinamo Tbilisi (1965-1975), Asatiani earned 16 caps for the USSR national football team, and participated in UEFA Euro 1968 and the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He coached FC Dinamo Tbilisi between 1978 and 1982, and became the team's manager in 1987. In the 1990s, he briefly served as the chairman of the Georgian Sport Department. Subsequently, he was involved in private business and became a Vice-President of the Airzena airline. He was shot to death by unknown assailants in his own car in Tbilisi on 20 November 2002.^[1][2]

References

1. Mikaberidze, Alexander (ed., 2006), "Asatiani, Kakhi". Dictionary of Georgian National Biography. Accessed on 26 April 2008.
2. Vice-President of Georgian Air Company Shot. Civil Georgia, 21 November 2002. Accessed on 26 April 2008.

External links

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