Rezo Chokhonelidze

Rezo Chohonelidze
Personal information
Full name Revaz Shotaevich Chohonelidze
Date of birth (1948-05-06) 6 May 1948 (age 76)
Place of birth Georgia
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1969 Dinamo (Tbilisi) 17 (0)
1970–1976 Torpedo (Kutaisi) 234 (8)
1977–1982 Dynamo (Saint Petersburg) 214 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Revaz Shotaevich Chokhonelidze (Russian: Резо Чохонелидзе; Georgian: რეზო ჭოხონელიძე; born 6 May 1948) is a Georgian football manager and former footballer who is the director of Dynamo (Kyiv).[1][2]

Early life

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Chokhonelidze is a native of Kutaisi, Georgia.[3][4]

Playing career

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In 1977, Chokhonelidze signed for Russian side Dynamo (Saint Petersburg), where he captained the club.[5]

Managerial career

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After retiring from professional football, Chokhonelidze attended football manager school in Italy.[6] He then worked for Italian Serie A side Milan, where he played a role in the club signing Ukraine international Andrei Shevchenko and Georgia international Kakha Kaladze.[7]

Personal life

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Chokhonelidze is nicknamed "Rezo".[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Чохонелидзе: "Лужному надо быть осторожнее в высказываниях"". football.ua.
  2. ^ "Чохонелидзе: "Арбитра нужно дисквалифицировать на год"". football.ua.
  3. ^ ""კალაძე მილანში რომ დაინახა, შევჩენკოს გაუკვირდა - მოდის ჩვენებაზე ჩამოხვედიო?"". sportall.ge.
  4. ^ "ვინ არის რევაზ ჭოხონელიძე?". goal.ge.
  5. ^ "РЕЗО ЧОХОНЕЛИДЗЕ: В СЕМИДЕСЯТЫХ МОСКОВСКОМУ "СПАРТАКУ" Я ПРЕДПОЧЕЛ ЛЕНИНГРАД". permian.ru (Archived). Archived from the original on 2018-04-16.
  6. ^ "Досье Резо Чохонелидзе". profootball.ua. 17 September 2007.
  7. ^ "რეზო ჭოხონელიძემ ქართული ფეხბურთი ბასკურს შეადარა". worldsport.ge.
  8. ^ "Резо Чохонелидзе: тайны миланского двора". sport-express.ru. 29 January 2010.