Gaioz Jejelava

{{Short description|Soviet and Georgian football player}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Gaioz Jejelava

| fullname = Gaioz Ivanes dze Jejelava

| image =

| height = 164 cm

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1914|12|29}}

| birth_place = Tbilisi, Russian Empire

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2005|3|16|1914|12|29}}

| death_place = Tbilisi, Georgia

| position = Winger

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1931−1934

| clubs1 = TSPO Tbilisi

| caps1 = -

| goals1 = -

| years2 = 1935−1936

| clubs2 = Locomotive Tbilisi

| caps2 = 7

| goals2 = 6

| years3 = 1937−1948

| clubs3 = Dinamo Tbilisi

| caps3 = 144

| goals3 = 61

| manageryears1 = 1950–1951

| managerclubs1 = VVS Moscow

| manageryears2 = 1956–1957

| managerclubs2 = Dinamo Tbilisi

}}

Gaioz Jejelava ({{lang-ka|გაიოზ ჯეჯელავა}}) (born 29 December 1914 in Tbilisi; died 16 March 2005 in Tbilisi) was a Soviet and Georgian football player.{{cite web|publisher=Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgia|url=http://msy.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=GEO&sec_id=138&info_id=12406|title=ფეხბურთი: წიგნის "გაიოზ ჯეჯელავა 100" პრეზენტაცია|date=28 January 2015|language=ka}}

Jejelava, a skillful winger, was one of the leaders of Dinamo Tbilisi alongside Boris Paichadze during 11 years spell with the club.{{cite web|publisher=UEFA|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/025a-0eaa821f1e43-00a0e5954866-1000--jejelava-is-living-history/|title=Jejelava is living history|date=17 January 2005}}

Later Jejelava managed VVS Moscow and Dinamo Tbilisi, but without any success, spending two seasons with each of the clubs.{{cite web|publisher=Dinamo Tbilisi |url=http://www.fcdinamo.ge/en/club/coaches?i=165|title=Coach Profile|date=22 December 2017}}

Jejelava died in March 2005, in Tbilisi.{{cite web|publisher=Dinamo Tbilisi|url=http://www.fcdinamo.ge/en/news?n=2381|title=Gaioz Jejelava - 99|date=11 January 2014}}