Kakhi Asatiani Sports manager

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.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 01, 1947
Birth place
Soviet Union , Telavi
Date of deathNovember 20, 2002
Place of death
Georgia (country) , Tbilisi

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Football manager

club
FC Dinamo Tbilisi
position
Midfielder
teams
FC Dinamo Tbilisi
Soviet Union national football team

Kakhi Asatiani on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/asatiani.html