Murtaz Khurtsilava
 Khurtsilava in 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Murtaz Kalistratovich Khurtsilava | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 5 January 1943 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth |
Martvili District, Georgia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1961–1975 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 293 | (15) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1975–1976 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 47 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 340 | (19) | ||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1965–1973 |
USSR | 69 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Lokomotiv Samtredia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1977 | Dinamo Zugdidi | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1982 |
Guria Lanchkhuti | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1989 | Dinamo Tbilisi (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1999 | Dinamo Tbilisi | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 |
Lokomotivi Tbilisi | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Georgia U21 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | Georgia (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
Murtaz Kalistratovich Khurtsilava (Georgian: მურთაზ ხურცილავა, Russian: Муртаз Калистратович Хурцилава, born 5 January 1943) is a Georgian former footballer who played as a defender.
Khurtsilava was discovered while playing football in the school garden in Gegechkori, a small town in Caucasus – now known as Martvili – where he learned to play football with a ball made of hay and rags.[1]
He was part of the
Alexandre Chivadze, to have captained the Soviet Union national team. At the club level he played for Dinamo Tbilisi
.
After retiring in 1977, Khurtsilava set up his own business in Tbilisi, where he now resides with his family.[1]
In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's Jubilee, he was selected as the Golden Player of Georgia by the Georgian Football Federation as their most outstanding player of the past 50 years.[4]
Honours
Dinamo Tbilisi
Soviet Union
- Olympic Games bronze medal: 1972
- UEFA European Championship runner-up: 1972
Individual
- The best 33 football players of the Soviet Union (10): No. 1 (1968, 1969), (1971-1973); No. 2 (1965, 1966); No. 3 (1963, 1970); N/A (1967)
- Soviet Footballer of the Year: Second Place: 1967, 1968; Third Place: 1972.[5]
- UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1972[6]
References
- ^ a b Firat Yalgin (21 February 2011) Memorable Players : Murtaz Khurtsilava. kontrataka.net
- ^ Murtaz Khurtsilava. sports-reference.com
- ^ "TEAM OF THE TOURNAMENT of the 1972 UEFA European Championship". uefa.com. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ Golden Players take centre stage. uefa.com. 29 November 2003
- ^ "Statistics from RSSSF".
- ^ "1972 team of the tournament". Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
External links
- UEFA.com – Georgia's Golden Player
- RussiaTeam biography (in Russian)
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