Kakhaber Tskhadadze (Georgian: კახაბერ ცხადაძე; born 7 September 1968) is a Georgian football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Azerbaijani club Gabala.

Kakhaber Tskhadadze
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-09-07) 7 September 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth Rustavi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Gabala (manager)
Youth career
Metalurg Rustavi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1987 Metalurg Rustavi 39 (0)
1988–1991 Dinamo Tbilisi 85 (3)
1991 GIF Sundsvall 11 (0)
1992 Spartak Moscow 7 (0)
1992 Dynamo Moscow 12 (0)
1992–1996 Eintracht Frankfurt 73 (2)
1997 Alania Vladikavkaz 17 (1)
1998–2000 Manchester City 12 (2)
2000–2002 Lokomotivi Tbilisi 0 (0)
2003–2004 Anzhi Makhachkala 41 (0)
Total 321 (8)
International career
1990 Soviet Union U21 5 (0)
1992 CIS 6 (1)
1992–1998 Georgia 25 (1)
Managerial career
2001–2002 Lokomotivi Tbilisi
2005–2006 Dinamo Tbilisi
2006–2007 Sioni Bolnisi
2008 Standard Baku
2009 Georgia U21
2009–2015 Inter Baku
2015–2016 Georgia
2016–2017 Kairat
2018–2020 Ordabasy
2021–2022 Dinamo Tbilisi
2022–2023 Caspiy
2024– Gabala
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

As a player he was defender who notably played in the Bundesliga for Eintracht Frankfurt, in the Premier League for Manchester City and in the Russian Premier League for Spartak Moscow, Dynamo Moscow, Alania Vladikavkaz and Anzhi Makhachkala. He has also played for Metalurg Rustavi, Lokomotivi Tbilisi, Dinamo Tbilisi and GIF Sundsvall. He was capped 6 times by Soviet Union and 25 times for Georgia.

Moving into management in 2001 he was initially player/manager of Lokomotivi Tbilisi, before returning to Dinamo Tbilisi in 2005. He has since gone on to manage Sioni Bolnisi, Standard Baku, Georgia U21, Inter Baku, Georgia, FC Kairat, FC Ordabasy before returning once more to Dinamo in 2021.

Club career

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Tskhadadze's club career started in 1986 in Dinamo Tbilisi. He became known in Western Europe with German team Eintracht Frankfurt, who he joined in 1992. After a couple of successful seasons he gradually found himself struggling for a first team place, and in 1997 he joined Alania Vladikavkaz. After a short time he was bought by English team Manchester City, where he teamed up with fellow Georgians Murtaz Shelia (a former teammate) and Georgi Kinkladze. Tskhadadze's time at the Manchester club was fraught with injury forcing the team to buy other central defenders such as Andy Morrison. In March 2000 he was released from the club. He then played for Lokomotiv Tbilisi and Anzhi Makhachkala until he retired and was appointed head coach for Dinamo Tbilisi.

International career

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In 1990 Tskhadadze played five matches for the Soviet Union national under-21 team, who won the 1990 UEFA European Under-21 Championship tournament. In 1992, he earned six caps and scored one goal for CIS, including one appearance at Euro 92. He later became a part of the recently formed Georgia national team, and played 25 matches in total, captaining the side. His only goal for Georgia came in a 1997 World Cup qualifier against Poland, and his last match was played on 30 May 1998 against Russia.

Managerial career

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From March 2005 Kakhaber was appointed as Head coach of FC Dinamo Tbilisi and won the Georgian Championship and Supercup in the same year.

In January 2006 he became the manager of FC Sioni Bolnisi and won the first ever Championship trophy for the club.

Year 2009 Kakhaber Tskhadadze Started coaching Inter Baku and won the Azerbaijan Premier League title in his first year at the club, following up with winning the CIS cup in 2011.

In December 2014, he was appointed as the new coach of Georgia.[1]

On 7 April 2016, Tskhadadze was appointed as manager of FC Kairat.[2] He managed to win the Kazakhstan Supercup and led the team to the Kazakhstan cup final, but resigned just before the team won the trophy. Tskhadadze resigned as manager of Kairat on 21 July 2017 following their elimination from the Europa League.[3]

His second spell at Dinamo Tbilisi began in May 2021, which lasted one year.[4]

On 13 November 2022, Tskhadadze was appointed as manager of FC Caspiy.[5]

On 25 February 2024, Tskhadadze was appointed as the new Head Coach of Gabala, on a contract until the summer of 2025.[6] On 27 May 2024, at the end of the 2023-24 season, Gabala extended their contract with Tskhadadze until the summer of 2027.[7]

Personal life

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Tskhadadze is the father of former Georgian national team player Bachana Tskhadadze.[8]

Managerial statistics

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As of 17 June 2021
Team From To Record
G W D L Win % GF GA +/–
Georgia U21 1 January 2009 30 June 2009 4 1 1 2 25% 2 3 –1
Inter Baku 1 July 2009 30 June 2015 182 91 48 43 50% 255 158 +97
Georgia 1 January 2015 1 February 2016 10 3 1 6 30% 11 16 –5
Kairat Almaty 7 April 2016 21 July 2017 57 38 13 6 66.67% 133 50 +83
Ordabasy 15 June 2018 31 December 2020 77 37 20 20 48.05% 106 75 +31
Dinamo Tbilisi 27 May 2021 Present 39 17 9 13 50% 56 41 +15
Career total 369 187 93 90 51.51% 563 343 +220

Honours

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Player

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Dinamo Tbilisi

Spartak Moscow

Manchester City

Soviet Union U21

Manager

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Dinamo Tbilisi

FC Sioni Bolnisi

Inter Baku

Kairat

References

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  1. ^ "Tskhadadze takes Georgia helm". UEFA. 25 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  2. ^ Кахабер Цхададзе – главный тренер Кайрата. fckairat.kz (in Russian). FC Kairat. 7 April 2016. Archived from the original on 18 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Kakhaber Tskhadadze resigned as head coach of FC Kairat". fckairat.com (in Russian). FC Kairat. 21 July 2017. Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  4. ^ "ევროტურნირის წინ - დინამო თბილისი კახა ცხადაძეს დაემშვიდობა". europop.ge (in Georgian). 18 June 2022.
  5. ^ Кахабер Цхададзе официально стал главным тренером клуба КПЛ (in Russian). 13 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Kaxaber Tsxadadze "Qəbələ"də". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala SC. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Tsxadadze ilə yeni müqavilə imzalandı". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala SC. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  8. ^ Кахабер Цхададзе: Азербайджан, Грузия или Казахстан? (in Russian). azerifootball. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
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