Tamaz (Temur) Stepania ( ka, თამაზ (თემურ) სტეფანია) (born 28 September 1950 in

Bolnisi Bolnisi ( ka, ბოლნისი, az, Qəmərli), is a city in the country of Georgia, located in the Kvemo Kartli region and capital of the Bolnisi district. It currently has an estimated 13,800 inhabitants. History Bolnisi was settled ...

; died 28 March 1972 in Gori) was a

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 ...

and

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...

football player. Stepania died in a car accident at the age of 21.

Tamaz Stepania Stadium Tamaz Stephania Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Bolnisi, Georgia. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Sioni Bolnisi. The stadium is able to hold 3,000 people. The stadium is named after Tamaz Stepania, - former ...

in his hometown

is named after him.

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Dinamo Tbilisi Profile
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Footballfacts Profile
1950 births 1972 deaths Soviet footballers Footballers from Georgia (country) Association football goalkeepers FC Dinamo Tbilisi players Soviet Top League players Road incident deaths in the Soviet Union People from Kvemo Kartli {{Georgia-footy-bio-stub