Ramaz Shengelia ( ka, რამაზ შენგელია; 1 January 1957 – 21 June 2012) was a
Georgian
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and
Soviet
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football player.
Club career
Born in
Kutaisi
Kutaisi (, ka, ქუთაისი ) is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and the third-most populous city in Georgia, traditionally, second in importance, after the capital city of Tbilisi. Situated west of Tbilis ...
, Shengelia started career in his hometown club
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. Torp ...
in 1968.
He spent four seasons for the club, scoring 29 goals in 75 games in the
Soviet First League
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. Shengelia became the top scorer of the club twice.
After the successful spell in the second strongest team in
Georgian SSR
The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (Georgian SSR; ka, საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა, tr; russian: Грузинская Советская Соц ...
, he was invited to
Dinamo Tbilisi
Dinamo Tbilisi is a sports club from Tbilisi, Georgia. It was founded in 1925.
Among its highest honors, is the European trophy earned by its football team which won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1981, beating FC Carl Zeiss Jena of East Germany 2–1 ...
in 1977. The head coach of the
Tbilisi
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-based club,
Nodar Akhalkatsi arrived to
Kutaisi
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in order to monitor the performance of Shengelia and his other teammate
Tamaz Kostava
Tamaz Giviyevich Kostava (russian: Тамаз Гивиевич Костава) (born 29 February 1956, in Kutaisi) is a retired Georgian football player of the Soviet national team.
Honours
* Soviet Top League winner: 1978.
* Soviet Cup winner: ...
.
Both of them eventually signed for Dinamo for the following season.
During the debut years, Shengelia has to compete for the starting place with
Revaz Chelebadze
Revaz Chelebadze ( ka, რევაზ ჩელებაძე) (born 2 October 1955) was a retired Georgian football player. He was nicknamed Chele (an allusion to Pelé), for his brilliant technical play and ability to score goals. The ...
.
However, Shengelia found his place in the team and became the top scorer of the club during
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
season. Dinamo won the championship for the second time in history, while Shengelia was nominated as
Soviet Footballer of the Year
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ahead of
Oleg Blokhin
Oleg Vladimirovich Blokhin, or Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin ( uk, Оле́г Володи́мирович Блохі́н, rus, Оле́г Влади́мирович Блохи́н; born 5 November 1952), is a former Ukrainian and Soviet footbal ...
(
Dynamo Kyiv
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) and
Georgi Yartsev (
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).
The season of 1981 was the most successful for Shengelia. Dinamo won
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
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, after defeating
Carl Zeiss Jena in the
final
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** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of cont ...
. Shengelia scored 4 goals during the tournament. At the end of the season he finished 7th in
Ballon d'Or
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nominees. Two of his teammates were also the nominees for the title, as
Aleksandre Chivadze
Aleksandre Chivadze ( ka, ალექსანდრე გაბრიელის ძე ჩივაძე; russian: Александр Габриэлович Чивадзе) (born 8 April 1955 in Klukhori), is a former Georgian and So ...
finished 8th, while
David Kipiani
David Kipiani ( ka, დავით ყიფიანი; 18 November 1951 – 17 September 2001) was a Georgian football midfielder and manager. Kipiani principally played as a playmaker and is considered one of Georgia's greatest playe ...
was 11th in the final ranking. Shengelia was again named
Soviet Footballer of the Year
The award Soviet Footballer of the Year was awarded to the best footballer of the Soviet Union from 1964 until 1991. The poll was conducted among journalists by the weekly sport newspaper '' Football'' (Football-Hockey). Each journalist named his o ...
in 1981.
During the following season, Dinamo lost in the semifinal of
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
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to
Standard Liège
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They are one of the most ...
. However, Shengelia became the topscorer of the tournament with 6 goals.
Shengelia retired from football in 1988, but he came out of retirement a year later, joining the
Swedish
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club
IFK Holmsund
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English footbal ...
with his teammate
Tengiz Sulakvelidze
Tengiz Grigoriyevich Sulakvelidze ( ka, თენგიზ სულაქველიძე; born 23 July 1956 in Kutaisi) is a former Georgian footballer.
Honours
* International Master of Sports: 1980.
* Honored Master of Sports of the U ...
.
Holmsund competed in the second tier of the championship. During the
only season with the club, Shengelia scored 2 goals in 13 appearances.
International career
He played in 26 games scoring 10 goals for the
Soviet Union national football team
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, including performance at the
1982 FIFA World Cup
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(5 matches, 1 goal). He also represented his country in 5
FIFA World Cup qualification
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Qualifying tournaments are hel ...
matches.
Later years
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Shengelia worked in
Georgian 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 ...
as an assistant of
Aleksandre Chivadze
Aleksandre Chivadze ( ka, ალექსანდრე გაბრიელის ძე ჩივაძე; russian: Александр Габриэлович Чивадзе) (born 8 April 1955 in Klukhori), is a former Georgian and So ...
. Later was invited to
Georgian Football Federation
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by his former coach and then-president of the federation
Nodar Akhalkatsi.
Shengelia died of a
brain haemorrhage
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in
Tbilisi
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in June 2012, at the age of 55.
The
football stadium
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in his hometown
Kutaisi
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is named after him.
Club career statistics
''Source''
:
1Includes UEFA European Cup
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, UEFA Cup
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and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
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.
:
2Includes other competitive competition USSR Federation Cup
The Cup of Football Federation of USSR, az, SSRİ Futbol Federasiyasının Kuboku, kk, КСРО футбол федерациялары кубогы, KSRO fwtbol federacïyaları kwbogı, lt, TSRS Futbolo Lygos Taurė, ro, Cupa Federației de ...
.
International goals
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EU-Football.info. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
:''Score and results list Soviet Union's goal tally first.''
Titles
Player
Club
Dinamo Tbilisi
Dinamo Tbilisi is a sports club from Tbilisi, Georgia. It was founded in 1925.
Among its highest honors, is the European trophy earned by its football team which won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1981, beating FC Carl Zeiss Jena of East Germany 2–1 ...
*
Soviet Top League
The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991.
The professional top level ...
:
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
*
Soviet Cup
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:
1979
*
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
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:
1980–81
International
*
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
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:
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – ...
Individual
*
Soviet Footballer of the Year
The award Soviet Footballer of the Year was awarded to the best footballer of the Soviet Union from 1964 until 1991. The poll was conducted among journalists by the weekly sport newspaper '' Football'' (Football-Hockey). Each journalist named his o ...
(2): 1978, 1981
*
Soviet Top League
The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991.
The professional top level ...
top scorer:
1981
Events January
* January 1
** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
* January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...
(23 goals)
*
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...
top scorer:
1981–82 (6 goals)
*
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
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top scorer:
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – ...
*
Grigory Fedotov club member
*
Merited Master of Sports (1981)
*
The best 33 football players of the Soviet Union: 1st (1981); 2nd (1978, 1979, 1980); 3rd (1977)
Ballon d'Or
*
1981
Events January
* January 1
** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
* January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...
– 7th
References
External links
*
Profile in RussianPachkoria, Tengiz. ''In Memoriam. The star of Dinamo Tbilisi Ramaz Shengelia''Georgia online (Distributed by
Ukrayinska Pravda
''Ukrainska Pravda'' ( uk, Українська правда, lit=Ukrainian Truth) is a Ukrainian online newspaper founded by Georgiy Gongadze on 16 April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum). Published mainly in Ukraini ...
)
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1957 births
2012 deaths
Sportspeople from Kutaisi
Mingrelians
Footballers from Georgia (country)
Soviet footballers
Soviet expatriate footballers
Soviet Union international footballers
1982 FIFA World Cup players
Soviet Top League players
FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
FC Torpedo Kutaisi players
Soviet expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Expatriate footballers in Sweden
IFK Holmsund players
Association football forwards