Slava Metreveli

Summary

Slava Kalistratovich Metreveli (Georgian: სლავა კალისტრატეს ძე მეტრეველი; Russian: Слава Калистратович Метревели, 30 May 1936 – 7 January 1998) was a Soviet and Georgian football player and manager.

Slava Metreveli
Metreveli in 1966
Personal information
Full name Slava Kalistratovich Metreveli
Date of birth (1936-05-30)30 May 1936
Place of birth Sochi, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Date of death 7 January 1998(1998-01-07) (aged 61)
Place of death Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1952–1954 Trud Adler
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1956 Torpedo Gorky 49 (19)
1956–1962 Torpedo Moscow 138 (31)
1963–1971 Dinamo Tbilisi 237 (52)
Total 424 (102)
International career
1958–1970 USSR 48 (10)
Managerial career
1976–1977 Dinamo Tbilisi (assistant)
1978–1979 Dila Gori
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
UEFA European Championship
Winner 1960 France
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Metreveli played most of his career for Torpedo Moscow (1956–1962) and Dinamo Tbilisi (1963–1971).

International career edit

Metreveli played for Soviet Union national team (48 matches/10 goals) and was a participant at the 1962 FIFA World Cup, 1966 FIFA World Cup, 1970 FIFA World Cup, and at the 1960 European Nations' Cup, where the Soviet Union won the gold medal. In the latter, Metreveli scored in the final against Yugoslavia as they won 2–1.

Honours edit

Torpedo Moscow
Dinamo Tbilisi
Soviet Union
Individual

References edit

  1. ^ "1960 team of the tournament". Union of European Football Associations. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2020.

External links edit

  • RussiaTeam biography (in Russian)
  • Weltfussball (in German)