Akhrik Tsveiba

Akhrik Tsveiba

Tsveiba in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Akhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba
Date of birth	(1966-09-10) 10 September 1966 (age 58)[1]
Place of birth	Gudauta, Abkhaz ASSR, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1984	Dinamo Sukhumi
1984	SKA-Khabarovsk	4	(0)
1984–1989	Dinamo Tbilisi	79	(0)
1990–1993	Dynamo Kyiv	79	(3)
1992–1993	→ Dynamo-2 Kyiv	12	(0)
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

Akhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba (Russian: Ахрик Сократович Цвейба; born 10 September 1966) is a former professional footballer. At international level, he represented Soviet Union, CIS, Ukraine and Russia national teams.

Born in Gudauta, Tsveiba began playing youth football with local side M. Chachba. He played as a defender for Dinamo Sukhumi, SKA-Khabarovsk, Dinamo Tbilisi and Dynamo Kyiv, appearing in 123 Soviet league matches. Tsveiba won the 1990 Soviet Top League with Dynamo and was awarded Master of Sports of the USSR.^[2]

Tsveiba started his career at Dinamo Sukhumi before playing regularly for Dinamo Tbilisi. In 1990, he left for Dynamo Kyiv, where he was nominated by the Ukraine national team. He then played briefly in Russia before signing with Gamba Osaka. He returned to Russia for Alania Vladikavkaz, where he was nominated by the Russia national team. 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 Russia national team squad that won the 2009 Legends Cup.

Tsveiba was a non-playing squad member at the 1990 FIFA World Cup for the Soviet Union, and at Euro 1992 for the CIS. Tsveiba played for the Ukraine national team against Hungary in a friendly match in August 1992.

He changed his allegiance to Russia in 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Tsveiba worked as a scout with Dynamo Moscow when the club was managed by Stanislav Cherchesov from 2014 to 2015.

His son Sandro Tsveiba is also a professional footballer.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Akhrik Tsveiba.

• Akhrik Tsveiba – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Akhrik Tsveiba at National-Football-Teams.com
• Akhrik Tsveiba at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
• Akhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba at RSSSF
• Akhrik Tsveiba at WorldFootball.net
• Akhrik Tsveiba at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
• Akhrik Tsveiba at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)