Vakhtang Kopaleishvili
Personal information
Full name Vakhtang Kopaleishvili
Date of birth (1954-12-26)26 December 1954
Place of birth Samtredia, Georgian SSR
Date of death 13 February 2015(2015-02-13) (aged 60)
Place of death Tbilisi, Georgia
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1973−1974 Dinamo Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975−1980 Dinamo Tbilisi 73 (1)
1980−1982 Guria Lanchkhuti 101 (26)
1983 Dinamo Tbilisi 11 (1)
1984−1987 Guria Lanchkhuti 125 (37)
Managerial career
1996−1999 Georgia U18
1997−1998 Georgia U17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vakhtang Kopaleishvili (Georgian: ვახტანგ კოპალეიშვილი) (born 26 December 1954 in Samtredia - died 13 February 2015 in Tbilisi) was a Georgian and Soviet football player and manager.

Kopaleishvili played for Dinamo Tbilisi and Guria Lanchkhuti during his career.[1]

After retirement, Kopaleishvili took charge of Georgia national under-18 football team, which qualified for 1999 UEFA European Under-18 Championship under his management.[2]

Kopaleishvili died in 2015.[3]

Honours

References

  1. "Vakhtang Kopaleishvili profile". National Parliamentary Library of Georgia. 26 December 2017.
  2. "სამძიმარი: ვახტანგ კოპალეიშვილი გარდაიცვალა" (in Georgian). Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgia. 16 February 2015.
  3. "ვახტანგ კოპალეიშვილი – თაობების გამზრდელი კაცი" (in Georgian). World Sport. 13 February 2015.


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