Merab Jordania
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 September 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgian SSR | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dinamo Tbilisi | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1981 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 0 | (0) |
| 1982–1983 | FC Torpedo Kutaisi | 18 | (0) |
| 1984–1987 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 22 | (0) |
| 1988–1990 | Guria Lanchkhuti | 78 | (44) |
| 1990 | FC Shevardeni-1906 Tbilisi | 2 | (1) |
| 1992 | Stjarnan | 5 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2003 | Georgia | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Merab Jordania (Georgian: მერაბ ჟორდანია; born 3 September 1965), is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the owner and chairman of Maltese football club Valletta FC.[1]
Club career[]
Jordania was born in Tbilisi. During his career he played for Dinamo Tbilisi (1980–81, 1984–87), Torpedo Kutaisi (1982–1983) and FC Guria Lanchkhuti (1988–90).
Managerial and presidential career[]
Later, in 1998-2005 he was the president of Georgian Football Federation. In 2003, he was one of the temporary managers of Georgia national football team.
Vitesse Arnhem[]
In August 2010, he bought financially troubled Vitesse Arnhem. There were rumors that this purchase was engineered by Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich.[2] He followed-up by acquiring the services of new players and replacing manager Theo Bos with the inexperienced Albert Ferrer, a former Spanish international defender. In 2013, Jordania appointed Peter Bosz, who left the club in January 2015. In 2016, Henk Fraser was appointed manager of the Vitesse first team.
References[]
- ^ "Former Vitesse owner buys new club". 26 January 2014.
- ^ "How Chelsea's links to Vitesse Arnhem run deeper than the public was told | David Conn". 28 February 2017.
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