Valery Gazzaev

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Valery Gazzaev
Personal information
Full name	Valery Georgiyevich Gazzaev
Date of birth	7 August 1954
Place of birth	Ordzhonikidze, Russia
Height	173 cm
Playing position	Manager
Club information
Current club	CSKA Moscow
Youth clubs
1966–1969	Spartak Ordzhonikidze
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1970–1973 1974 1975 1976–1978 1979–1985 1986	Spartak Ordzhonikidze SKA Rostov-on-Don Spartak Ordzhonikidze Lokomotiv Moscow Dynamo Moscow Dinamo Tbilisi	53 (9) 12 (1) 33 (14) 72 (14) 197 (70) 14 (5)
National team
1978–1980 1980–1983	USSR USSR (Olympic)	8 (4) 11 (2)
Teams managed
1989–1991 1991–1993 1994–1999 1999-2001 2001–2003 2001–2002 2002–2003 2004–	Spartak Ordzhonikidze Dynamo Moscow Alania Vladikavkaz Dynamo Moscow CSKA Moscow Russia U21 Russia CSKA Moscow
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Soviet Union
Men's Football
Bronze	1980 Moscow	Team Competition

Valery Georgievich Gazzaev (Russian: Валерий Георгиевич Газзаев; Ossetic: Гæззаты Георгийы фырт Валерæ) (born 7 August 1954 in Ordzhonikidze, USSR, now Vladikavkaz, Russia) is a Russian (ethnic Ossetian) football manager and former international striker. He is currently coaching PFC CSKA Moscow. As a manager, Gazzaev won the UEFA Cup in 2004/05 and three Russian championships.

Gazzaev played as a striker for Spartak Ordzhonikidze, SKA Rostov-on-Don, Lokomotiv Moscow, Dynamo Moscow, and Dinamo Tbilisi. He became the under-23 European champion with USSR in 1976 and under-21 European champion in 1980. He also won the bronze medal with USSR at the Summer Olympics in Moscow.

Gazzaev is a Soviet Cup winner with Dynamo Moscow in 1984. During his career he scored 89 goals in 283 matches in Soviet Top League.

After finishing his playing career in 1986 Gazzaev coached the youth team of Dynamo Moscow before moving to work with professional clubs. His first major success as a manager was winning the Russian championship with Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz in 1995. More titles followed after Gazzaev moved to coach CSKA Moscow. With them he won the UEFA Cup 2004-05, as well as the Russian Premier League in 2003, 2005 and 2006 and the Russian Cup in 2002, 2005, and 2006.

Gazzaev is a member of Order of Friendship and Order of Honour.

[edit] External links

• Biography by International united biographical centre (Russian)
• Profile at RussiaTeam (Russian)

Preceded by Rafael Benítez	UEFA Cup Winning Coach 2004-05	Succeeded by Juande Ramos
Preceded by Oleg Romantsev	Russia national football team manager 2002–2003	Succeeded by Georgi Yartsev