David Kipiani is a famous football player and coach of Georgian origin. Few 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 person is replete with interesting moments. Let's start from his very 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. Parenting was mainly dealt with by my beloved grandmother. Despite the intolerable activity of the boy, his parents dreamed that his son would grow up as a talented surgeon. Grandmother thought differently. She saw the future writer in the child, therefore, with pleasure she daily taught him the basics of literature and art.
But no matter how close people tried to lure the boy to his side, he chose sport. It is noteworthy that neither grandmother nor parents began to suppress David's love for football.
First Steps to Glory
To get closer to his dream, David decides to enter football school number 35. It should be said that the first coach of a talented boy was P. Chelidze.
Success followed already in 1968, when David Kipiani won the “Cup of Hope” as a member of the Georgian youth team. Immediately after this momentous event, the Tbilisi Dynamo was credited to the double.
Along with the game in the football team, David decides to enter the Tbilisi Polytechnic Institute at the Faculty of Chemistry. Having realized that he does not have a special interest in science, Kipiani is transferred to the law faculty, which he successfully graduates from.
David Kipiani - high profile football player
From 1968 to 1970, he played for the Tbilisi Lokomotiv. A year later, David is invited to Dynamo, where he shows excellent results. Thanks to his love of 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, Kipiani David rarely appears in the team, because he does not fit into the tactical schemes of coach Lobanovsky.
In the Dynamo club, David played 246 matches, in which he scored 79 goals.
Leaving football
In 1981, Kipiani suddenly broke his leg, as a result of which he did not fall into the application for the 1982 World Cup. After that, David plays several more matches as part of his native team, and then declares publicly that he is leaving football.
Work as a trainer
After leaving sports, Kipiani works on the board of the Dynamo Society of Georgia. David did not stay in this position for long - six months later he was appointed Dynamo coach instead of Nodar Akhalkatsky. At the time of coming to the position, the team seems to be unassembled and practically “collapsed”. Only a year later, David manages to rally Dynamo.
In 1986, the club management decides to dismiss Kipiani from the position of head coach. The reason was a divorce from his first wife. The leadership regarded this act as a step unworthy of a man. It is also noteworthy that Dynamo at the time of David's departure ranks 3rd in the championship.
Further activities
David Kipiani, whose biography is interesting to many, begins to work in the Prosecutor's Office of the Georgian SSR. After some time, the former footballer is offered the position of deputy head of the general supervision department. From this moment, David’s life is getting better. He meets a beautiful girl and soon marries.
Coaching
In 1988, David Kipiani again takes up the position of Dynamo coach. Leaves work when he gets a serious head injury in a car accident. After that, he has been working as a Dynamo manager for 8 months.
In 1992, Olympiacos (Nicosia) invited David to work as a coach. Kipiani gladly agrees, while there are 8 games left until the end of the championship.
In 1995, Kipiani's goal returned to his native Georgia and stood 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 trains 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 - Nikolai, Levan and George.
The 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 drove at high speed, overtaking a car after a car. Suddenly, his car abruptly turns off the road and rushes to a tree standing on the side of the road. Then the car flies off to another tree and begins to smoke. Drivers of other cars rush to the rescue, who, after opening the doors, find the unconscious soccer player thrown into the back seat.
David Kipiani was buried at the Saburtali cemetery. All expenses associated with the funeral were borne by the leadership of the Georgian Football Federation. After some time, the name of the great football player will be assigned to the stadium in Georgia, the football arena in Gurjaani and the street in Tbilisi.
Interesting Facts
According to Kipiani's friends, incidental situations constantly occurred to him. So, in Australia, where the Dynamo 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 swing his arms and scream violently, and then abruptly went down. Friends thought it was a hoax, because often it happened for Kipiani. The first to understand the seriousness of the situation was Manuchar Machaidze, the captain of Dynamo. He rushed into the water and saved David.
One should 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, practically all of Georgia supported its president in secession from the USSR.
Kipiani believed that separation from Soviet football would lead to terrible 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 train the Olympiacos team), David opened his own restaurant called Russian. Unfortunately, soon the institution is closing. The reason was the fight between two Russian visitors. It all ended with one of them writing a statement to the police, where he called his opponent "Russian mafiosi." When the police arrived at the scene, the owner of the restaurant, David, came under the "distribution". He was taken away in handcuffs and kept behind bars for three days. After this incident, the police apologized for it. David decided to close the restaurant.
The cause of death of the famous football player
There are two versions of David's death. The first says that the football player could not cope with the turning maneuver, and the second - that Kipiani failed his heart.
It is also noteworthy that many suggest that the cause of Kipiani's death was alcohol intoxication. It should be said that nothing similar was found in the blood of the deceased.
Immediately after the disaster, David was taken to intensive care, but no one could help him.
