Giorgi Merabovich Megreladze (born 21 July 1978) is a retired

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

. He is the son of former Georgian football player and

FC Torpedo Kutaisi FC Torpedo Kutaisi is a Georgian professional football club based in Kutaisi, Georgia's third largest city. 'Torpedo Kutaisi' was founded in 1946 and in just three years the club became the winner of the Football Championship of that time. Torped ...

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Merab Megreladze Merab Megreladze (26 January 1956 – 24 January 2012) was a Georgian football player. In 1977 he joined FC Guria Lanchkhuti playing in the Soviet Second League. He scored 88 goals in 188 games. He was top scorer in 1978-1979 when they were pr ...

. At the start of the 2006–07 season Megreladze signed up to play for

FK Baku FC Baku ( az, "Bakı" Futbol Klubu) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Baku that has been an amateur club since 2016. Prior to that, Baku played 18 seasons in the Azerbaijan Premier League, winning the championship twice and earning the Nat ...

. He also played, among other clubs, for

FC Dinamo Tbilisi FC Dinamo Tbilisi ( ka, დინამო თბილისი, ) is a Georgian professional football club based in Tbilisi, Georgia, that competes in the Erovnuli Liga, the top flight of Georgian football. Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the mo ...

and FC Torpedo Kutaisi. With the

Georgia national football team The Georgia national football team ( ka, საქართველოს ეროვნული საფეხბურთო ნაკრები, tr) represents the country of Georgia in men's international football matches, and it is c ...

he won only one game, on 12 August 1998 against

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

. In 2009, he scored the first ever UEFA Europa League goal.

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Profile at KLISF
1978 births Living people Men's footballers from Georgia (country) Georgia (country) men's international footballers FC Dinamo Tbilisi players FC Baku players FC Torpedo Kutaisi players FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk players Patraikos F.C. players FC Shurtan Guzar players Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country) Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Uzbekistan Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Greece Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Russia Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Azerbaijan Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Kazakhstan Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Super League players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Kutaisi {{Georgia-footy-bio-stub