Akhrik Tsveiba

Akhrik Tsveiba

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Personal information
Full name	Akhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba
Date of birth	(1966-09-10) September 10, 1966
Place of birth	Gudauta, Soviet Union
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1984	Dinamo Sukhumi
1984	SKA Khabarovsk	4	(0)
1985–1989	Dinamo Tbilisi	79	(0)
1990–1993	Dynamo Kyiv	79	(3)
1993	KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny	11	(0)
1994	Qingdao Hainiu
1994–1996	Gamba Osaka	75	(2)
1997	Alania Vladikavkaz	24	(0)
1998	Qianwei Huandao	18	(0)
1999–2000	Uralan Elista	44	(1)
2001	Dynamo Moscow	11	(0)
2001–2002	AEK Larnaca
International career
1990–1991	Soviet Union	18	(1)
1992	CIS	7	(1)
1992	Ukraine	1	(0)
1997	Russia	8	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Sokratovich and the family name is Tsveiba.

Akhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba (Russian: Ахрик Сократович Цвейба) (born September 10, 1966 in Gudauta, Abkhaz ASSR, Georgian SSR) is a retired Soviet association footballer who currently works as a scout for FC Dynamo Moscow.

His son Sandro Tsveiba is a professional footballer as well.

Career

Tsveiba started his career at FC Dinamo Sokhumi before playing regularly for FC Dinamo Tbilisi. In 1990 he left for FC Dynamo Kyiv, where he was nominated by the Ukraine. He then played briefly in Russia before signing with Gamba Osaka. He returned to Russia for FC Alania Vladikavkaz, where he was nominated by Russia. Tsveiba left for the Chinese team Shanghai Pudong, before spending his late career with the Russian teams Uralan Elista and Dynamo Moscow.

In 2009 he was part of the Russian squad that won the 2009 Legends Cup.

International career

He was a participant at Italia 90 for the Soviet Union, and at Euro 92 for the CIS. Tsveiba played for the Ukraine national team against Hungary in the third national match in August 1992.

He changed to play for Russia in 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying.

Club career statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Soviet Union			League		Soviet Cup		Federation Cup		Total
1984	Dinamo Sukhumi		0	0					0	0
1984	Khabarovsk		4	0					4	0
1985	Dinamo Tbilisi	Top League	0	0					0	0
1986			4	0					4	0
1987			23	0					23	0
1988			24	0					24	0
1989			28	0					28	0
1990	Dynamo Kyiv	Top League	20	0					20	0
1991			24	1					24	1
Ukraine			League		Ukrainian Cup		League Cup		Total
1992	Dynamo Kyiv	Premier League	9	0					9	0
1992/93			12	0					12	0
Russia			League		Russian Cup		Premier League Cup		Total
1993	KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny	Top League	11	0					11	0
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		Total
1994	Gamba Osaka	J. League 1	18	1	4	0	0	0	22	1
1995			40	1	0	0	-		40	1
1996			17	0	3	0	12	0	32	0
Russia			League		Russian Cup		Premier League Cup		Total
1997	Alania Vladikavkaz	Top League	24	0					24	0
China PR			League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
1998	Shanghai Pudong	Jia-B League
Russia			League		Russian Cup		Premier League Cup		Total
1999	Uralan Elista	Top Division	20	1					20	1
2000			24	0					24	0
2001	Dynamo Moscow	Top Division	11	0					11	0
Country	Soviet Union		127	1					127	1
	Ukraine		21	0					21	0
	Russia		90	1					90	2
	Japan		75	2	7	0	12	0	94	3
	China PR
Total			313	4	7	0	12	0	332	4

International career statistics

Soviet Union national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1990	8	1
1991	10	0
Total	18	1

CIS national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1992	7	1
Total	7	1

Ukraine national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1992	1	0
Total	1	0

Russia national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1997	8	0
Total	8	0

External links

• Akhrik Tsveiba – FIFA competition record
• Akhrik Tsveiba at National-Football-Teams.com
• Akhrik Tsveiba career stats by KLISF
• Profile at RSSSF
• http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil/akhrik-tsveiba/