Zurab Popkhadze
Personal information
Full name Zurab Popkhadze
Date of birth (1972-06-02)2 June 1972
Date of death 15 January 2013(2013-01-15) (aged 40)
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 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

  1. Zurab Popkhadze at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
  2. Умер бывший игрок "Крыльев Советов" Зураб Попхадзе (in Russian). Sovetsky Sport. 15 January 2013.


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