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Tengiz Sulakvelidze

Tengiz Grigoriyevich Sulakvelidze (Georgian: თენგიზ სულაქველიძე; born 23 July 1956) is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a defender.


Personal information
(1956-07-23) 23 July 1956
Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Defender
TeamApps(Gls)
Torpedo Kutaisi138(2)
Dinamo Tbilisi279(21)
IFK Holmsund14(1)
431(24)
Soviet Union49(1)
1980 MoscowTeam
1980 MoscowTeam
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tengiz Grigoriyevich Sulakvelidze (Georgian: თენგიზ სულაქველიძე; born 23 July 1956) is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Sulakvelidze made his debut for the Soviet Union on 26 March 1980 in a friendly against Bulgaria. 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.

Dinamo Tbilisi

  • Soviet Top League: 1978
  • Soviet Cup: 1979
  • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1980–81

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

  • Profile at RussiaTeam (in Russian)

  • Tengiz Sulakvelidze at WorldFootball.net

  • Tengiz Sulakvelidze at National-Football-Teams.com

  • Tengiz Sulakvelidze at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)

  • Tengiz Sulakvelidze at Olympedia

  • Tengiz Sulakvelidze at Olympics.com

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