Manuchar Machaidze
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Manuchar Domentis dze Machaidze | ||
| Date of birth | 25 March 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | Ambrolauri, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968–1980 | FC Dinamo Tbilisi | 297 | (42) |
| 1980 | FC Pakhtakor Tashkent | 13 | (1) |
| 1981 | FC Spartak Moscow | 2 | (0) |
| 1981–1982 | FC Torpedo Kutaisi | 45 | (6) |
| National team | |||
| 1974–1979 | USSR | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Manuchar Machaidze (Georgian: მანუჩარ მაჩაიძე; Russian: Манучар Доментьевич Мачаидзе, Manuchar Domentyevich Machaidze) (born 25 March 1949) is a Georgian former footballer who played as a midfielder for Dinamo Tbilisi,Pakhtakor Tashkent,Spartak Moscow and Torpedo Kutaisi during his club career, and is most famous for his time at Dinamo Tbilisi, which were a powerful and successful club – ever present at the highest level of Soviet football, where he won numerous accolades. His younger brother, Gocha Machaidze, also a footballer, served as a proliffic defender and defensive midfielder for the same clubs as him.
A deep-lying playmaker, who was also operated in the classic number 7 position, Machaidze is the only player in the Georgian football history, who lifted the Soviet Crystal Cup as captain twice, first when in 1976 the Georgians made a remarkable performance, winning their first trophy after a smashing 3–0 victory against Ararat Yerevan in the final and second, when after the goalless draw Dinamo Tbilisi defeated Dynamo Moscow 5–4 on penalties in 1979.
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