Vakhtang Ionovich Koridze (Georgian: ვახტანგ ქორიძე) (born 24 December 1949 in Batumi) is a retired Georgian and Soviet football player. He was an integral member of the FC Dinamo Tbilisi side that won the Soviet league championship in 1978 and eliminated Liverpool in the European Cup the following year.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vakhtang Ionovich Koridze | ||
| Date of birth | 24 December 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | Batumi, Georgian SSR | ||
| Position(s) | Defender/Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1967–1969 | FC Dinamo Batumi | 104 | (6) |
| 1969–1970 | FC Dinamo Tbilisi | 2 | (0) |
| 1971–1974 | FC Dinamo Batumi | ||
| 1975–1980 | FC Dinamo Tbilisi | 143 | (22) |
| 1981 | FC Guria Lanchkhuti | 26 | (3) |
| International career | |||
| 1979 | USSR | 4 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career statistics
editClub
edit| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 1969 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 |
| 1970 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |
| 1975 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 33 | 6 | |
| 1976 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 3 | |
| 1977 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 4 | |
| 1978 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 9 | |
| 1979 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 3 | |
| 1980 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | |
| Career | Total | 145 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 187 | 29 |
Honours
edit- Soviet Top League winner: 1978 [2][3]
- Soviet Cup (2): 1976,[4] 1979[5]
International career
editKoridze made his debut for USSR on 28 March 1979 in a friendly against Bulgaria. He played in a UEFA Euro 1980 qualifier against Hungary and scored a goal in a friendly against Czechoslovakia.
References
edit- ^ "Vakhtang Koridze Club Statistics". footballfacts.ru. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ^ Andrei Balitskiy; Mike Dryomin (11 July 2013). "Soviet Union 1978 (Championship)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
Dinamo Tbilisi won the Soviet Union champions title second time in 1978. In those years glorious players were in Dinamo: D.Gogia, V.Koridze, A.Chivadze, S.Khinchagashvili, D.Mujiri, T.Kostava, N.Khizanishvili, P.Kanteladze, Gocha Machaidze, Manuchar Machaidze, V.Daraselia, D.Kipiani, V.Gutsaev, R.Shengelia, R.Chelebadze.
- ^ "USSR, 1978 (Top league)". WildSoft 2007–2018. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "The first Crystal Cup". FC Dinamo Tbilisi. FC Dinamo Tbilisi © All rights reserved 2012–2018. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
September 3 of 1976 is an important date in the history of Dinamo Tbilisi. Our team won the Soviet Cup for the first time. Before that our team competed for the Crystal Cup for five times and failed. Before the final Dinamo beat Metalurh Zaporizhya with penalty shots – 5–4, defeated Zenit Leningrad in 1/8 final with the score – 3–0, won against Karpaty Lviv – 2–1 and defeated Shakhtar Donetsk in semi-final – 2–0. The final match was held in Moscow at Luzhniki stadium and 45 000 supporters attended it. Our team competed with Ararat Yerevan. Dinamo won the match with big score – 3–0. The goals were scored by Davit Kipiani on 27th minute, Piruz Kanteladze (penalty) on 64th minute and Revaz Chelebadze on 68th minute. Davit Kipiani became bombardier of the tournament with 5 scored goals. Dinamo: Gogia, Khizanishvili, Kanteladze, Khinchagashvili, Ebralidze, Chivadze, Manuchar Machaidze (C), Chelebadze, Gutsaev, Kipiani (Tsereteli 75'), Kopaleishvili. Head coach: Nodar Akhalkatsi
- ^ "Second Crystal Cup". FC Dinamo Tbilisi. FC Dinamo Tbilisi © All rights reserved 2012 – 2018. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
In 1979 Dinamo Tbilisi played one more triumph season after the last successful one. Nodar Akhalkatsi's team won Soviet Crystal Cup for the second time. On August 11 the match between FC Dinamo Tbilisi and FC Dynamo Moscow at Luzhniki Stadium finished without goals. Our team beat the rival 5–4 on penalties. In the beginning Nikolai Gontar saved his team from Davit Kipiani's and Vladimer Gutsaev's penalties. On the other hand Otar Gabelia repelled Aleksandr Makhovikov's and Aleksei Petrushin's penalties. After that Manuchar Machaidze, Aleksandre Chivadze, Vitali Daraselia, Ramaz Shengelia and Tengiz Sulakvelidze kicked successfully. Gabelia repelled the last penalty of Valeri Gazaev. Before the final our team defeated FC Dynamo Leningrad 2–1, FC Zorya Voroshilovgrad 5–0, FC SKA Rostov-on-Don 2–1, FC Torpedo Moscow 3–0, FC Uralmash Sverdlovsk 2–0, FC Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev 2–0 and PFC CSKA Moscow 2–1 in additional time. Dynamo Moscow 0–0 (4–5 pen.) Dinamo Tbilisi. Dinamo Tbilisi: Gabelia, Sulakvelidze, Chivadze, Khinchagashvili, Mujiri (Kikalashvili 61), Daraselia, Manuchar Machaidze (C), Koridze (Kipiani 46), Gutsaev, Gocha Machaidze, Shengelia. Coach: Nodar Akhalkatsi
External links
edit- Vakhtang Koridze at National-Football-Teams.com
- (in Russian) Profile and statistics at FootballFacts.ru
- (in Russian) Profile and statistics at Rusteam.Permian.ru
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