# Akhrik Tsveiba

Akhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba (Russian: Ахрик Сократович Цвейба; born 10 September 1966) is a former professional footballer. At international level, he represented Soviet Union, CIS, Ukraine and Russia national teams.

## Club career

Born in Gudauta, Tsveiba began playing youth football with local side M. Chachba. He played as a defender for Dinamo Sukhumi, SKA-Khabarovsk, Dinamo Tbilisi and Dynamo Kyiv, appearing in 123 Soviet league matches. Tsveiba won the 1990 Soviet Top League with Dynamo and was awarded Master of Sports of the USSR.
Tsveiba started his career at Dinamo Sukhumi before playing regularly for Dinamo Tbilisi. In 1990, he left for Dynamo Kyiv, where he was nominated by the Ukraine national team. He then played briefly in Russia before signing with Gamba Osaka. He returned to Russia for Alania Vladikavkaz, where he was nominated by the Russia national team. Tsveiba left for the Chinese team Shanghai Pudong, before spending his late career with the Russian teams Uralan Elista and Dynamo Moscow.
In 2009, he was part of the Russia national team squad that won the 2009 Legends Cup.

## International career

Tsveiba was a non-playing squad member at the 1990 FIFA World Cup for the Soviet Union, and at Euro 1992 for the CIS. Tsveiba played for the Ukraine national team against Hungary in a friendly match in August 1992.
He changed his allegiance to Russia in 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification.

## Post-playing career

Tsveiba worked as a scout with Dynamo Moscow when the club was managed by Stanislav Cherchesov from 2014 to 2015.

## Personal life

His son Sandro Tsveiba is also a professional footballer.

## Career statistics
### Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | League cup | League cup | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Dinamo Sukhumi | 1984 | | 0 | 0 | | | | | 0 | 0 |
| SKA-Khabarovsk | 1984 | | 4 | 0 | | | | | 4 | 0 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 1985 | Soviet Top League | 0 | 0 | | | | | 0 | 0 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 1986 | Soviet Top League | 4 | 0 | | | | | 4 | 0 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 1987 | Soviet Top League | 23 | 0 | | | | | 23 | 0 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 1988 | Soviet Top League | 24 | 0 | | | | | 24 | 0 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 1989 | Soviet Top League | 28 | 0 | | | | | 28 | 0 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | Total | Total | 79 | 0 | | | | | 79 | 0 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1990 | Soviet Top League | 20 | 0 | | | | | 20 | 0 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1991 | Soviet Top League | 24 | 1 | | | | | 24 | 1 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1992 | Ukrainian Premier League | 9 | 0 | | | | | 9 | 0 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1992–93 | Ukrainian Premier League | 12 | 0 | | | | | 12 | 0 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | Total | Total | 65 | 1 | | | | | 6 | 1 |
| KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | 1993 | Top League | 11 | 0 | | | | | 11 | 0 |
| Gamba Osaka | 1994 | J1 League | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| Gamba Osaka | 1995 | J1 League | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 40 | 1 |
| Gamba Osaka | 1996 | J1 League | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| Gamba Osaka | Total | Total | 75 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 94 | 3 |
| Alania Vladikavkaz | 1997 | Top League | 24 | 0 | | | | | 24 | 0 |
| Shanghai Pudong | 1998 | Jia-B League | | | | | | | | |
| Uralan Elista | 1999 | Top Division | 20 | 1 | | | | | 20 | 1 |
| Uralan Elista | 2000 | Top Division | 24 | 0 | | | | | 24 | 0 |
| Uralan Elista | Russia | Russia | 44 | 1 | | | | | 44 | 1 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 2001 | Top Division | 11 | 0 | | | | | 11 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 313 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 332 | 4 |
* ↑ Includes Soviet Cup, Ukrainian Cup, Russian Cup, Emperor's Cup, Chinese FA Cup
* ↑ Includes Federation Cup, Russian Premier League Cup, J.League Cup

### International

Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Soviet Union | 1990 | 8 | 1 |
| Soviet Union | 1991 | 10 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 18 | 1 |
| CIS | 1992 | 7 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 7 | 1 |
| Ukraine | 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 1 | 0 |
| Russia | 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 8 | 0 |