Kakhaber Chkhetiani

Kakhaber Chkhetiani
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-02-24) 24 February 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Kutaisi, Georgian SSR
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Kolkheti 1913 (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2001 Torpedo Kutaisi 116 (7)
2001–2003 Debreceni VSC 45 (4)
2003 Pécsi Mecsek FC 7 (0)
2004 Tavriya Simferopol 20 (0)
2005–2007 Zestafoni 78 (1)
2008–2010 Simurq 65 (3)
2010–2011 Baia Zugdidi 6 (0)
Total 337 (15)
International career
1998–1999 Georgia U21 9 (0)
1998 Georgia 1 (0)
Managerial career
2011–2013 Torpedo Kutaisi (Assistant)
2013–2014 Merani Martvili
2014 Zestaponi (Assistant)
2015 Dinamo Tbilisi (Assistant)
2016–2019 Torpedo Kutaisi
2019–2020 Dinamo Tbilisi
2021 Torpedo Kutaisi
2022–2023 Torpedo Kutaisi
2024– Kolkheti 1913
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kakhaber Chkhetiani (Georgian: კახა ჩხეტიანი; born 24 February 1978) is a Georgian former professional football player and manager. Currently he is the head coach of Erovnuli Liga club Kolkheti 1913.

His brother Zviad Chkhetiani is also a professional footballer.

Career

Каkha Chkhetiani started his managerial career at Torpedo Kutaisi where he had taken first steps as a professional player. Initially, he worked as assistant head coach under Gia Geguchadze. In 2013, Chkhetiani took charge of Merani Martvili.[1]

In 2016, he returned to Torpedo Kutaisi. Over the next three years the team under his guidance won five titles in all three domestic competitions, including the Erovnuli Liga. Chkhetiani continued his duties through a turbulent 2019 season when the club experienced major financial troubles. But at the end of this year, he left Torpedo and moved to Dinamo Tbilisi.[2]

Chkhetiani stepped down in August 2020 the day after an early Champions league exit citing a heavy backlash from fans.[3]

The next year his tenure at Torpedo lasted less than five months. In its statement the club pointed out that his departure resulted from unsatisfactory results produced by the team. However, there were suggestions that political motives might have been behind this decision as Chkhetiani had been running for the municipal council of Kutaisi as a candidate for one of the opposition parties in local elections. Later the manager insisted that he had no political ambitions whatsoever.[4]

In May 2022 Chkhetiani began his third spell at Torpedo.[5] His return marked another Cup trophy later the same year.[6]

On 11 May 2024, Chkhetiani was appointed as the head coach of Kolkheti 1913.[7]

Honours

Player

Torpedo Kutaisi

Manager

Torpedo Kutaisi

References

  1. ^ ""მერანს" კახა ჩხეტიანი გაწვრთნის" (in Georgian). worldsport.ge. 9 October 2013.
  2. ^ "ოფიციალურად: კახა ჩხეტიანმა ტორპედო დატოვა" (in Georgian). goal.ge. 21 December 2019.
  3. ^ "'წაგებას ბულინგი მოჰყვა' – კახა ჩხეტიანმა დინამო თბილისი დატოვა" (in Georgian). europop.ge. 20 August 2020.
  4. ^ "ცხოვრებაში მე არანაირი პოლიტიკური მიზანი არ მქონია – კახა ჩხეტიანი "ტორპედოში" დაბრუნდა" (in Georgian). megatv.ge. 25 May 2022.
  5. ^ "ოფიციალურად: "ტორპედოში" კახა ჩხეტიანი დაბრუნდა" (in Georgian). worldsport.ge. 25 May 2022.
  6. ^ "TORPEDO KUTAISI BECAME THE WINNER OF THE DAVID KIPIANI CUP". Newvision. 10 December 2022.
  7. ^ "ჩხეტიანმა კოლხეთი ჩაიბარა". crystalsport.ge (in Georgian). Retrieved 11 May 2024.