Tamaz Giviyevich Kostava (Russian: Тамаз Гивиевич Костава) (born 29 February 1956, in Kutaisi) is a retired Georgian football player of the Soviet national team.

Tamaz Kostava
Personal information
Full name Tamaz Giviyevich Kostava
Date of birth (1956-02-29) 29 February 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth Kutaisi, Georgian SSR
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1976 FC Torpedo Kutaisi 106 (0)
1977–1982 FC Dinamo Tbilisi 102 (1)
1983–1984 FC Torpedo Kutaisi 58 (0)
International career
1978 USSR 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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International career

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Kostava made his debut for USSR on 19 November 1978 in a friendly against Japan. In fact, all of the national team games he played in were against Japan (USSR played three friendlies against them in 8 days).

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