Zurab Popkhadze

Georgian footballer

Zurab PopkhadzePersonal 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 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]

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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