Zurab Popkhadze
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Zurab Popkhadze | ||
Date of birth | 2 June 1972 | ||
Place of birth | Lagodekhi | ||
Date of death | 15 January 2013 | (aged 40)||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1990–1991 | FC Hereti Lagodekhi | 36 | (21) |
1991–1992 | FC Kakheti Telavi | 34 | (0) |
1992–1994 | FC Alazani Gurjaani | 52 | (0) |
1994–1996 | FC Metalurgi Rustavi | 47 | (5) |
1997–2000 | FC Krylia Sovetov Samara | 81 | (3) |
2000 | FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod | 12 | (1) |
2001 | FC Alania Vladikavkaz | 5 | (0) |
2002–2003 | FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 21 | (0) |
2004 | FC Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk | 10 | (0) |
2008–2009 | FC Hereti Lagodekhi | 1 | (0) |
International career | |||
1998–1999 | Georgia | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Zurab Popkhadze (Georgian: ზურაბ ფოფხაძე; 2 June 1972 – 15 January 2013) was a Georgian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Meore Liga in 1990 for FC Hereti Lagodekhi.[1] He also won four caps for the Georgia national football team.
Popkhadze died on 15 January 2013, committing suicide by hanging.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Zurab Popkhadze at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
- ^ Умер бывший игрок "Крыльев Советов" Зураб Попхадзе (in Russian). Sovetsky Sport. 15 January 2013.
Categories:
- 1972 births
- 2013 deaths
- Suicides by hanging in Georgia (country)
- Men's footballers from Georgia (country)
- Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country)
- PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players
- FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod players
- FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players
- FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih players
- FC Alazani Gurjaani players
- Georgia (country) men's international footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine
- Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Ukraine
- Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
- Russian Premier League players
- Ukrainian Premier League players
- Men's association football defenders
- FC Novokuznetsk players
- 2013 suicides
- Soviet men's footballers
- Sportspeople who died by suicide
- Georgia (country) football biography stubs