Boris Paichadze

Boris Paichadze (, ; ; 3 February 1915 – 9 October 1990) was a Soviet and Georgian footballer, who played for FC Dinamo Tbilisi. The largest stadium in Georgia, the Boris Paichadze Stadium in Tbilisi, is named after him. In 2001, he was voted the best Georgian football player of the 20th century.

Career Born in Onchiketi, Paichadze's family moved to Poti when he was 7 years old. He started playing career in some local youth football clubs there.

During the 1941 Soviet Top League season, Dinamo was one of the leaders of league table, when the championship was cancelled due to World War II. Beria, who is considered to be a huge fan of Dinamo, even prevented Paichadze from moving to Spartak Moscow, that was very keen to sign Paichadze during his peak years.

Paichadze was a close friend to a Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler Givi Kartozia.

He died in October 1990.

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