David Kipiani: biography and achievements

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David Kipiani is a famous football player and coach of Georgian origin. Few people managed to achieve such dizzying results in this sport. Unfortunately, this talented person is no longer among us. David died in a terrible car accident. We will talk about the brightest life moments of Kipiani in our article.

Athlete's Childhood

The biography of this man is full of interesting moments. Let's start with his birth. So, David Kipiani was born in 1951, on November 18. The hometown of the great football player is Tbilisi (Georgia).

David was born in a family of two doctors. That is why the boy rarely managed to enjoy communication with his parents. The upbringing was mainly done by the beloved grandmother. Despite the unbearable activity of the boy, the parents dreamed that their son would grow up as a talented surgeon. Grandma thought otherwise. She saw a future writer in the child, so she was happy to teach him the basics of literature and art every day.

But no matter how close people try to lure the boy to theiraside, he chose sports. It is noteworthy that neither the grandmother nor the parents began to stop David's love for football.

First steps towards glory

To get closer to his dream, David decides to enter the football school number 35. It should be said that P. Chelidze became the first coach of the talented boy.

Success followed already in 1968, when David Kipiani became the winner of the "Cup of Hope", being in the team of the Georgian youth team. Immediately after this significant event, Dynamo Tbilisi was enrolled in the double.

At the same time as playing in the football team, David decides to enter the Tbilisi Polytechnic Institute at the Faculty of Chemistry. Realizing that he does not have much interest in science, Kipiani is transferred to the Faculty of Law, which he successfully graduates from.

David Kipiani is a high profile football player

From 1968 to 1970 he plays for Lokomotiv Tbilisi. A year later, David is invited to Dynamo, where he shows excellent results. Thanks to his love for football, Kipiani is taken to the USSR national team. Unfortunately, he failed to prove himself in the team. The reason was a serious leg injury, which he received at the training camp in Odessa.

After that, David Kipiani rarely appears in the national team, because he does not fit into the tactical schemes of coach Lobanovsky.

David played 246 matches in the Dynamo club, in which he scored 79 goals.

Retirement from football

In 1981unexpectedly, Kipiani breaks his leg, as a result of which he does not get into the application for the 1982 World Cup. After that, David plays a few more matches as part of his native team, and then declares publicly that he is leaving football.

Working as a coach

After leaving the sport, Kipiani works on the board of the Dynamo Georgia Society. David does not stay in this position for long - six months later he is appointed Dynamo coach instead of Nodar Akhalkatsky. At the time of taking the position, the team seems to be unassembled and practically “collapsed”. Only a year later, David manages to rally the Dynamo.

In 1986, the club's management decides to dismiss Kipiani from the post of head coach. The reason was a divorce from his first wife. Such an act was regarded by the leadership as a step unworthy of a man. It is also noteworthy that Dynamo, at the time of David's departure, takes 3rd place in the championship.

Further activities

David Kipiani, whose biography is interesting to many, starts working in the Prosecutor's Office of the Georgian SSR. After some time, the former football player is offered the position of deputy head of the general supervision department. From this moment on, David's life is getting better. He meets a beautiful girl and soon gets married.

Coaching

In 1988, David Kipiani again takes up the position of Dynamo coach. Quits his job when he suffers a serious head injury in a car accident. After that, he worked as a manager of Dynamo for 8 months.

In 1992, Olympiakos (Nicosia) offers Davidwork hard as a coach. Kipiani agrees with pleasure, while there are 8 games left before the end of the championship.

In 1995, Kipiani returned to his native Georgia and became at the helm of Dynamo. In 1997, he was invited to a coaching position in the Georgian national team. A year later, David signs a contract with the Russian Shinnik. From 1999 to 2001, he has been training the Torpedo team (Kutaisi).

David Kipiani. Personal life

Kipiani was married twice. With each of the wives he lived for 14 years. David has three sons - Nikolay, Levan and George.

Death of a famous football player

David Kipiani, whose death shocked millions of people, died on September 17, 2001. The tragedy occurred near the village of Cherdakhi, located just 30 km from Tbilisi. According to eyewitnesses, David was driving at high speed, overtaking car after car. Suddenly, his car swerves sharply off the road and hurtles toward a tree by the side of the road. The car then flies off to another tree and begins to smoke. Drivers of other cars rush to help, who, after opening the doors, find an unconscious football player thrown into the back seat.

David Kipiani was buried at the Saburtalo cemetery. All expenses related to the funeral were covered by the leadership of the Georgian Football Federation. After some time, the name of the great football player will be given to a stadium in Georgia, a football arena in Gurjaani and a street in Tbilisi.

Interesting facts

According to Kipiani's friends, with him constantlyemergencies occurred. So, in Australia, where the Dynamo team went to the next international tournament, David almost drowned.

After training, the guys decided to relax and swim in the pool. Suddenly, David began to wave his arms violently and scream, and then abruptly went to the bottom. Friends thought that this was a hoax, because Kipiani often did this. The first to understand the seriousness of the situation was Manuchar Machaidze, the captain of Dynamo. He abruptly jumped into the water and saved David.

Do not ignore the fact that Kipiani was considered the real enemy of Georgia. It all started in the 90s, when David, together with his friend Vladimir Gutsaev, insisted that the Georgian teams remain in the championship of the Soviet Union. At that time, almost all of Georgia supported its president in secession from the USSR.

Kipiani believed that separation from Soviet football would lead to dire consequences. As it turned out later, he looked into the water.

It is also noteworthy that in the 90s (when Kipiani moved to Cyprus to coach the Olympiakos team), David opens his own restaurant called Russian. Unfortunately, the establishment will close soon. The reason was a fight between two Russian visitors. It all ended with the fact that one of them wrote a statement to the police, where he called his opponent a "Russian mafia". When the police arrived at the scene, the owner of the restaurant, David, also got “under distribution”. He was taken away in handcuffs andkept behind bars for three days. After this incident, the police apologized for it. David himself decided to close the restaurant.

Cause of death of famous football player

There are two versions of David's death. The first says that the footballer failed to cope with the turning maneuver, and the second says that Kipiani let his heart down.

It is also noteworthy that many assume that the cause of Kipiani's death was alcohol intoxication. It should be said that nothing of the kind was found in the blood of the deceased.

Immediately after the disaster, David was taken to intensive care, but no one could help him.

Conclusion

It should be said that the last months before his death, David Kipiani, whose achievements are known to many, actually remained without work. After the Georgian team was "defeated" by the Hungarians, the leadership of the team asked both David and Revaz Dzodzuashvili to resign. Kipiani also left the post of coach of Kutaisi Torpedo.

It should be said that Kipiani should have turned 50 years old. The great football player did not live only 2 months before his anniversary.