Kakhaber Chkhetiani

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

As a player, Chkhetiani has won the national league and cup competitions trophies with Torpedo Kutaisi. Later he guided the latter to all three domestic trophies as their manager.

His brother Zviad Chkhetiani was 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 where he stayed for the next 15 months.

On 18 July 2026, Chkhetiani was unveiled as manager of relegation-threatened Erovnuli Liga side Meshakhte.

Honours 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