Rezo Chokhonelidze

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Rezo Chohonelidze

| image = File:Rezo Chohonelidze.jpg

| caption =

| fullname = Revaz Chokhonelidze

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|5|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kutaisi, Georgian SSR

| height = 1.74 m

| position = Defender

| years1 = 1965–1969

| clubs1 = Dinamo Tbilisi

| caps1 = 17

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1970–1976

| clubs2 = Torpedo Kutaisi

| caps2 = 234

| goals2 = 8

| years3 = 1977–1982

| clubs3 = Dynamo Saint Petersburg

| caps3 = 214

| goals3 = 1

}}

Revaz Chokhonelidze ({{lang-ka|რეზო ჭოხონელიძე}}; born 6 May 1948) is a Georgian football manager and former footballer who is the director of Dynamo (Kyiv).{{Cite web|url=https://football.ua/ukraine/29287-chokhonelydze-luzhnomu-nado-byt-ostorozhnee-v-vyskazyvanyjakh.html|title=Чохонелидзе: "Лужному надо быть осторожнее в высказываниях"|publisher=football.ua}}{{Cite web|url=https://football.ua/ukraine/162261-chokhonelydze-arbytra-nuzhno-dyskvalyfycyrovat-na-god.html|title=Чохонелидзе: "Арбитра нужно дисквалифицировать на год"|publisher=football.ua}}

Early life

Chokhonelidze is a native of Kutaisi, Georgia.{{Cite web|url=https://sportall.ge/fexburti/qarthuli-fekhburthi/skhvadaskhva/77347-qkaladze-milanshi-rom-dainakha-shevchenkos-gaukvirda-modis-chvenebaze-chamokhvedioq.html|title="კალაძე მილანში რომ დაინახა, შევჩენკოს გაუკვირდა - მოდის ჩვენებაზე ჩამოხვედიო?"|publisher=sportall.ge}}{{Cite web|url=https://goal.ge/news/96127/qartveli-skauti-romelmac-milanshi-kaladze-da-shevchenko-miiyvana-vin-aris-revaz-chokhonelidze|title=ვინ არის რევაზ ჭოხონელიძე?|publisher=goal.ge}}

Playing career

In 1977 Chokhonelidze signed for Dynamo Saint Petersburg where he captained the club.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/news_2009_4/2009_12_27_03.html|title=РЕЗО ЧОХОНЕЛИДЗЕ: В СЕМИДЕСЯТЫХ МОСКОВСКОМУ "СПАРТАКУ" Я ПРЕДПОЧЕЛ ЛЕНИНГРАД|publisher=permian.ru (Archived)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416123419/http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/news_2009_4/2009_12_27_03.html |archive-date=2018-04-16 }}

Managerial career

After retiring from professional football, Chokhonelidze attended football manager school in Italy.{{Cite web|url=https://profootball.ua/74410-74410_dose_rezo_chohonelidze_novogo/|title=Досье Резо Чохонелидзе|date=17 September 2007 |publisher=profootball.ua}} He then worked for Italian Serie A side Milan, where he played a role in the club signing Ukraine international Andriy Shevchenko and Georgia international Kakha Kaladze.{{Cite web|url=https://worldsport.ge/ge/page/rezo-choxonelidzem-qartuli-fexburti-baskurs-sheadara|title=რეზო ჭოხონელიძემ ქართული ფეხბურთი ბასკურს შეადარა|publisher=worldsport.ge}}

Personal life

Chokhonelidze is nicknamed "Rezo".{{Cite web|url=https://www.sport-express.ru/fridays/reviews/785942/|title=Резо Чохонелидзе: тайны миланского двора|date=29 January 2010 |publisher=sport-express.ru}}