Akhrik Tsveiba

Akhrik Tsveiba

Personal information
Full name	Akhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba
Date of birth	(1966-09-10) September 10, 1966
Place of birth	Gudauta, Soviet Union
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	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
National team
1990–1991	Soviet Union	18	(1)
1992	CIS	7	(1)
1992	Ukraine	1	(0)
1997	Russia	8	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

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 statistics

National team statistics

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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/

Soviet Union squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup
1 Dasayev (c) 2 Bezsonov 3 Khidiyatullin 4 Kuznetsov 5 Demyanenko 6 Rats 7 Aleinikov 8 Litovchenko 9 Zavarov 10 Protasov 11 Dobrovolski 12 Borodyuk 13 Tsveiba 14 Lyutyi 15 Yaremchuk 16 Chanov 17 Zygmantovich 18 Shalimov 19 Fokin 20 Gorlukovich 21 Broshin 22 Uvarov Coach: Lobanovskiy

CIS squad – UEFA Euro 1992
1 Kharine 2 Chernyshov 3 Tskhadadze 4 Tsveiba 5 O. Kuznetsov 6 Shalimov 7 Mykhaylychenko (c) 8 Kanchelskis 9 Aleinikov 10 Dobrovolski 11 Yuran 12 Cherchesov 13 Kiriakov 14 Lyutyi 15 Kolyvanov 16 D. Kuznetsov 17 Korneev 18 Onopko 19 Lediakhov 20 Ivanov Coach: Byshovets