Personal information | |||
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Full name | Boris Solomonis dze Paichadze | ||
Date of birth | 4 February 1915 | ||
Place of birth | Onchiketi, Ozurgeti uezd, Kutaisi Governorate, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire | ||
Date of death | 9 October 1990 | (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]; 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]