Boris Paichadze

Boris Paichadze
Personal information
Full name Boris Solomonis dze Paichadze
Date of birth (1915-02-04)4 February 1915
Place of birth Onchiketi, Ozurgeti uezd, Kutaisi Governorate, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire
Date of death 9 October 1990(1990-10-09) (aged 75)
Place of death Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Second striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1936–1951 Dinamo Tbilisi 195 (111)
Managerial career
1953–1954 Dinamo Tbilisi
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Boris Paichadze (Georgian: ბორის პაიჭაძე, [boɾis pʼaitʃʼadze]; ‹See Tfd›Russian: Борис Соломонович Пайчадзе; 4 February 1915 – 9 October 1990) was a Soviet and 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]