Valery Gazzaev

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Valery Gazzaev
Personal information
Full name Valery Georgiyevich Gazzaev
Date of birth 7 August 1954 (1954-08-07) (age 53)
Place of birth    Ordzhonikidze, Soviet Union
Height 173 cm
Playing position Striker (retired)
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 Flag of the Soviet Union 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 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 four 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.

Gazzaev's CSKA Moscow team was the first side from the Russian Federation to win a European competition since the fall of the Soviet Union.

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[edit] External links

  • Biography by International united biographical centre (Russian)
  • Profile at RussiaTeam (Russian)
Preceded by
Rafael Benítez		 UEFA Cup winning manager
2004-05		 Succeeded by
Juande Ramos
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PFC CSKA Moscow – current squad

2 Šemberas • 4 Ignashevich • 5 Ramón • 6 A. Berezutskiy • 7 Carvalho • 8 Dudu • 9 Vágner Love • 10 Jô • 11 Mamayev • 14 Ricardo Jesus • 15 Odiah • 17 Krasić • 18 Zhirkov • 19 Janczyk • 20 Kalouda • 22 Aldonin • 24 V. Berezutskiy • 25 Rahimić • 33 Pomazan • 35 Akinfeev • 46 Dzagoev • 50 Grigoryev • 60 Abakumov • 88 Caner Erkin • Manager: Gazzaev
v • d • e
Russia national football team – Managers

Sadyrin (1992–1994) • Romantsev (1994–1996) • Ignatyev (1996–1998) • Byshovets (1998) • Romantsev (1999–2002) • Gazzaev (2002–2003) • Yartsev (2003–2005) • Semin (2005) • Borodyuk (2006c) • Hiddink (2006–)

(c) caretaker