Kakhaber Tskhadadze

Kakhaber Tskhadadze
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-09-07) 7 September 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth Rustavi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Gabala (manager)
Youth career
Metalurg Rustavi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1987 Metalurg Rustavi 39 (0)
1988–1991 Dinamo Tbilisi 85 (3)
1991 GIF Sundsvall 11 (0)
1992 Spartak Moscow 7 (0)
1992 Dynamo Moscow 12 (0)
1992–1996 Eintracht Frankfurt 73 (2)
1997 Alania Vladikavkaz 17 (1)
1998–2000 Manchester City 12 (2)
2000–2002 Lokomotivi Tbilisi 0 (0)
2003–2004 Anzhi Makhachkala 41 (0)
Total 321 (8)
International career
1990 Soviet Union U21 5 (0)
1992 CIS 6 (1)
1992–1998 Georgia 25 (1)
Managerial career
2001–2002 Lokomotivi Tbilisi
2005–2006 Dinamo Tbilisi
2006–2007 Sioni Bolnisi
2008 Standard Baku
2009 Georgia U21
2009–2015 Inter Baku
2015–2016 Georgia
2016–2017 Kairat
2018–2020 Ordabasy
2021–2022 Dinamo Tbilisi
2022–2023 Caspiy
2024– Gabala
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kakhaber Tskhadadze (Georgian: კახაბერ ცხადაძე; born 7 September 1968) is a Georgian football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Azerbaijani club Gabala.

As a player he was defender who notably played in the Bundesliga for Eintracht Frankfurt, in the Premier League for Manchester City and in the Russian Premier League for Spartak Moscow, Dynamo Moscow, Alania Vladikavkaz and Anzhi Makhachkala. He has also played for Metalurg Rustavi, Lokomotivi Tbilisi, Dinamo Tbilisi and GIF Sundsvall. He was capped 6 times by Soviet Union and 25 times for Georgia.

Moving into management in 2001 he was initially player/manager of Lokomotivi Tbilisi, before returning to Dinamo Tbilisi in 2005. He has since gone on to manage Sioni Bolnisi, Standard Baku, Georgia U21, Inter Baku, Georgia, FC Kairat, FC Ordabasy before returning once more to Dinamo in 2021.