Boris Paichadze

Boris Paichadze
Personal information
Full name Boris Solomonovich Paichadze
Date of birth (1915-02-03)3 February 1915
Place of birth Chokhatauri, Russian Empire
Date of death 9 October 1990(1990-10-09) (aged 75)
Place of death Tbilisi, USSR
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1936-1951 FC Dinamo Tbilisi 190 (105)
Teams managed
1953-1954 FC Dinamo Tbilisi

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Boris Paichadze (Georgian: ბორის პაიჭაძე, [bɔris pʼait͡ʃʼad͡zɛ]; Russian: Борис Соломонович Пайчадзе; 3 February 1915 – 9 October 1990) was a Georgian footballer, who played for FC Dinamo Tbilisi.[1] The largest stadium in Georgia, the Boris Paichadze Stadium in Tbilisi, is named after him. In 2001 he was voted the best Georgian football player of the 20th century.[2]

References

Paichadze on a 2015 Georgian stamp
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