Place of birth USSR Name Otar Gabelia Playing position Role Football player | Years Team Height 1.77 m 1970-1971 FC Dinamo Zugdidi Position Goalkeeper | |
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Full name Otar Ambrosievic Gabelia Date of birth (1953-03-24) 24 March 1953 (age 62) | ||
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Otar Ambrosis dze Gabelia (Georgian: ოთარ ამბროსის ძე გაბელია) (born 24 March 1953 in Zugdidi, Georgia) is a retired Georgian football player and coach.
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Playing career
Gabelia spent his club career at FC Dinamo Zugdidi, playing from 1970 to 1971, at FC Dinamo Sokhumi, from 1972 to 1973, at FC Torpedo Kutaisi, from 1974 to 1976 and from 1983 to 1984, at FC Dinamo Tbilisi, from 1977 to 1982 and from 1985 to 1989.
He won the Soviet championship in 1978 and Soviet Cup in 1979 and was named Best Soviet Goalkeeper in 1979. He was known for his emotional style of play with excellent reaction.
In 1981 he won UEFA Cup Winners Cup, which was the biggest achievement of his sport career.
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International career
Gabelia played his only game for USSR on November 21, 1979 in a friendly against West Germany.