Kakhaber Chkhetiani

Kakhaber Chkhetiani (კახა ჩხეტიანი; born 24 February 1978) is a Georgian former professional football player and manager. Currently he is the head coach of Erovnuli Liga club Kolkheti 1913.

His brother Zviad Chkhetiani is also a professional footballer.

Career
Каkha Chkhetiani started his managerial career at Torpedo Kutaisi where he had taken first steps as a professional player. Initially, he worked as assistant head coach under Gia Geguchadze. In 2013, Chkhetiani took charge of Merani Martvili.

In 2016, he returned to Torpedo Kutaisi. Over the next three years the team under his guidance won five titles in all three domestic competitions, including the Erovnuli Liga. Chkhetiani continued his duties through a turbulent 2019 season when the club experienced major financial troubles. But at the end of this year, he left Torpedo and moved to Dinamo Tbilisi.

Chkhetiani stepped down in August 2020 the day after an early Champions league exit citing a heavy backlash from fans.

The next year his tenure at Torpedo lasted less than five months. In its statement the club pointed out that his departure resulted from unsatisfactory results produced by the team. However, there were suggestions that political motives might have been behind this decision as Chkhetiani had been running for the municipal council of Kutaisi as a candidate for one of the opposition parties in local elections. Later the manager insisted that he had no political ambitions whatsoever.

In May 2022 Chkhetiani began his third spell at Torpedo. His return marked another Cup trophy later the same year.

On 11 May 2024, Chkhetiani was appointed as the head coach of Kolkheti 1913.

Player

 * Torpedo Kutaisi
 * Erovnuli Liga (2): 1999–00, 2000–01
 * Georgian Cup (2): 1998–99, 2000–01

Manager

 * Torpedo Kutaisi
 * Erovnuli Liga (1): 2017
 * Georgian Cup (3): 2016, 2018, 2022
 * Georgian Super Cup (2): 2018, 2019