Murtaz Khurtsilava
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Full name | Murtaz Kalistratovich Khurtsilava | ||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 5 January 1943 | ||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bandza, Martvili District, Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||
1961–1975 | FC Dinamo Tbilisi | 293 | (15) | ||||||||||||||||
1975–1976 | FC Torpedo Kutaisi | 47 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||
Total | 340 | (19) | |||||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||||||
1965–1973 | USSR | 69 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||
Teams managed | |||||||||||||||||||
Lokomotiv Samtredia | |||||||||||||||||||
1977 | Dinamo Zugdidi | ||||||||||||||||||
1982 | Guria Lanchkhuti | ||||||||||||||||||
1987–1989 | FC Dinamo Tbilisi (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||
1997–1999 | FC Dinamo Tbilisi | ||||||||||||||||||
1999 | FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi | ||||||||||||||||||
1999–2001 | Georgia U-21 | ||||||||||||||||||
2001–2003 | Georgia (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Murtaz Kalistratovich Khurtsilava (Georgian: მურთაზ ხურცილავა, Russian: Муртаз Калистратович Хурцилава, born 5 January 1943) is a former Georgian association football 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 USSR side that finished fourth at the 1966 FIFA World Cup, third at the 1972 Summer Olympics[2] and second in the 1972 UEFA European Championship. After the UEFA Euro 1972 along with his teammates by Soviet Union national football team — Revaz Dzodzuashvili and Evgeni Rudakov — he was included in the team of the tournament, where also were presented such great players like Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Paul Breitner, Uli Hoeness and Günter Netzer.[3] He was also one of the only two Georgians, alongside Alexandre Chivadze, to have captained the Soviet Union national football team. At the club level he played for FC Dynamo 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]
References[]
- ^ a b Firat Yalgin (February 21, 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
External links[]
- UEFA.com – Georgia's Golden Player
- RussiaTeam biography (in Russian)
- 1943 births
- Living people
- People from Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
- Mingrelians
- Soviet footballers
- Footballers from Georgia (country)
- UEFA Golden Players
- Dynamo sports society athletes
- 1966 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 1968 players
- 1970 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 1972 players
- Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of the Soviet Union
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
- Soviet Union international footballers
- Soviet Top League players
- FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
- FC Torpedo Kutaisi players
- FC Dinamo Tbilisi managers
- FC Zugdidi managers
- Olympic medalists in football
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Association football defenders
- Soviet football managers
- Football managers from Georgia (country)