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
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1965–1975	Dinamo Tbilisi
International career
1968–1972	USSR
Managerial career
1978–1982	FC Dinamo Tbilisi (director)
1987	FC Dinamo Tbilisi
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kakhi Asatiani (Georgian: კახი ასათიანი, 1 January 1947 – 20 November 2002) was a Georgian association football player and manager.

Career

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. At the 1970 World Cup, he was recognized as the most graceful player of the championship. 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 on Barnovi street, near his home, in Tbilisi on 20 November 2002.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Mikaberidze, Alexander (ed., 2006), "Asatiani, Kakhi" Archived 2 January 2013 at archive.today. Dictionary of Georgian National Biography. Accessed on 26 April 2008.
^ Vice-President of Georgian Air Company Shot. Civil Georgia, 21 November 2002. Accessed on 26 April 2008.