Tengiz Sulakvelidze
Georgian footballer (born 1956)
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Tengiz Grigoriyevich Sulakvelidze (Georgian: თენგიზ სულაქველიძე; born 23 July 1956) is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Date of birth
23 July 1956
Place of birth
Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position
Defender
| Personal information | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 July 1956 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 1974–1978 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 138 | (2) | ||||||||
| 1978–1988 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 279 | (21) | ||||||||
| 1989 | IFK Holmsund | 14 | (1) | ||||||||
| Total | 431 | (24) | |||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||
| 1980–1988 | Soviet Union | 49 | (1) | ||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||
International career
Sulakvelidze made his debut for the Soviet Union on 26 March 1980 in a friendly against Bulgaria.[1] He went on to play in the 1982 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1988. He scored a goal in a UEFA Euro 1988 qualifier against Iceland.
Honours
Dinamo Tbilisi
Soviet Union
- UEFA European Championship silver medalist: 1988
Individual
- International Master of Sports: 1980
- Honored Master of Sports of the USSR: 1981
- Olympic bronze medalist: 1980
