Kakhaber Kacharava

Kakhaber Kacharava (Georgian: კახა კაჭარავა; born 19 November 1966) is a Georgian football coach and a former player.

Kakhaber Kacharava
Personal information
Full name Kakhaber Kacharava
Date of birth (1966-11-19) 19 November 1966
Place of birth Senaki, Georgian SSR
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985 Samegrelo Chkhorotsku
1986–1987 Lokomotiv Samtredia 47 (7)
1988 Torpedo Kutaisi 29 (15)
1989–1992 Dinamo Tbilisi 96 (54)
1992–1994 Olympiakos Nicosia 45 (20)
1994 Trabzonspor 7 (2)
1995 Dinamo Tbilisi 1 (0)
1995–1996 Tennis Borussia Berlin 19 (7)
1996–1998 08 Homburg 61 (19)
1998–2000 Waldhof Mannheim 5 (1)
2000–2001 Iberia Samtredia 2 (0)
International career
1990–1994 Georgia 3 (2)
Managerial career
2006 Dinamo Tbilisi
2009–2011 Dinamo Tbilisi
2012 Georgia U-19
2013 Zestafoni
2013–2016 Tskhinvali
2017–2018 Dinamo Tbilisi
2019–2020 Samtredia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Kakha Kacharava has had the record-breaking three spells as manager of Dinamo Tbilisi. He was the first coach appointed since Roman Pipia's arrival at the club in 2010.[1]

In January 2012, he was appointed as a U19 manager for one year.[2] His team performed well enough to qualify for the elite round of 2013 European Championship, although Kacharava quit to join Zestafoni next January.[3] His stint coincided with an overall decline that this club was experiencing after winning two consecutive Championship titles.

In October 2013, Kacharava took charge of Spartaki Tskhinvali, later renamed as Tskhinvali.[4] During his three year-long tenure, he guided the team to the highest place in its history and Europa League.

Kacharava returned to Dinamo Tbilisi in early 2017[5] and spent almost two full seasons there. When it became clear that Dinamo would fail to win the league in 2018, the sides parted ways with four games to spare.[6]

The next year he took over Liga 2 side Samtredia, who had suffered relegation in the previous season. Under his management the team succeeded in promotion bid and secured an immediate return to the top tier. He stepped down in September 2020.[7]

Honours

Player

Dinamo Tbilisi

Winner (3): 1990, 1991, 1991–92

Manager

Dinamo Tbilisi

Runner-up (4): 2008–09, 2009–2010, 2010–2011, 2017

Winner (1): 2008–2009

Runner-up (1): 2009–2010

Runner-up (1): 2009


Zestafoni

Winner (1): 2012


Samtredia

Runner-up (1): 2019

Personal life

His son Nika Kacharava is a footballer for the Georgia national team and Torpedo Kutaisi.[8]

References
  1. "თბილისის "დინამოს" მთავარ მწვრთნელად კახა კაჭარავა დაინიშნა". ghn.ge (in Georgian). 20 December 2010.
  2. "19-წლამდელთა ნაკრებში კახა კაჭარავას გრიგოლ ჭანტურია დაეხმარება". sportall.ge (in Georgian). 7 February 2012.
  3. "კახა კაჭარავა - "ზესტაფონზე", პოტენციურ ახალწვეულებზე, აკადემიის როლზე, ახალგაზრდების წარმოჩენაზე". worldsport.ge (in Georgian). 29 January 2013.
  4. "ცხინვალის "სპარტაკში" ვლადიმერ ხაჩიძე კახა კაჭარავამ შეცვალა". sportall.ge (in Georgian). 1 November 2013.
  5. "თბილისის "დინამოს" კახა კაჭარავა გაწვრთნის". ipress.ge (in Georgian). 13 February 2017.
  6. "კაჭარავამ პოსტი დატოვა". crystalsport.ge (in Georgian). 12 November 2018.
  7. "კაჭარავამ სამტრედია დატოვა". fanebi.com (in Georgian). 23 September 2020.
  8. "Nika Kacharava: "I Leave for Austria with "Rubin" and also Prepare for Euro 2013"".
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