Background
Gazzaev was born 7 August 1954 in Ordzhonikidze, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, now Vladikavkaz, Russia.
Gazzaev was born 7 August 1954 in Ordzhonikidze, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, now Vladikavkaz, Russia.
Moscow State Law University.
As a Soviet football player he played the position of a striker enjoying successes with his team as well as the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics national football team in the Olympics. Gazzaev became a coach in 1989. He was most successful when he was in charge in CSKA Moscow from 2004 to 2008.
Soviet First League He started his playing career as a forward for his native Spartak Ordzhonikidze in the Soviet First League.
In 1974, he moved to SKA Rostov-on-Don, which got promoted from the Soviet First League to the Soviet Top League after a second-place finish at the end of the season. However, Gazzaev was left behind in the first league in Spartak Ordzhonikidze, as he wasn"t one of the main players of the SKA Rostov-on-Don.
Soviet Top League In the Soviet Top League, Gazzaev played in Lokomotiv Moscow, Dynamo Moscow, and Dinamo Tbilisi. 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 in 1995.
More titles followed after Gazzaev moved to coach CSKA Moscow. On 26 May 2009, the former CSKA Moscow coach was named as the new head coach of Dynamo Kyiv, who signed a three years contract also until 2012. After a spell as Dynamo Kyiv head coach he returned to Vladikavkaz and became president (2011) and then also manager (November 2012) of Alania Vladikavkaz.
Player Coach.