Vitaly Kukhinovich Daraselia ( ka, ვიტალი დარასელია; 9 January 1957 – 13 December 1982) was a

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n football player.

Playing career

Club

Daraselia was born to a Georgian father and Abkhaz mother on 9 January 1957. His birth date was later changed by Soviet sports officials to 9 October 1957 so that he could play longer for the national junior team. Daraselia also played for

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senior national team. He scored a winning goal for

in 1981, in the final game of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, rushing into the penalty area past two defenders, just 3 minutes before the full-time whistle.

International

In 1982 he played his only World Cup.

Personal life

His son, Vitaly Daraselia Jr. (born 1978), also played internationally as an association football midfielder, while his daughter Christina became a football official. In September 1978, when FC Dinamo Tbilisi was going to play against

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, Vitaly's wife was expecting their second child. Before the game Daraselia told his teammates, that he would name his son after the one who would score the goal. Vitaly scored himself.Виталий ДАРАСЕЛИЯ
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Death

Daraselia died in a traffic accident on 13 December 1982 when his car plunged from a mountain cliff into a river. His body was carried away by the river and was completely buried in sand. It was found 13 days later using a

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Legacy

Vitaly Daraselia 2007 stamp of Abkhazia 2

The stadium in Daraselia's home town of

Ochamchire Ochamchire or Ochamchira ( ka, ოჩამჩირე, ; ab, Очамчыра, ''Ochamchyra''; russian: Очамчира, ''Ochamchira'') is a seaside city on the Black Sea coast of Abkhazia, Georgia, and a centre of an eponymous district. Acc ...

bears his name. In December 2009, Daraselia's mother reported that the footballer's house-museum in Ochamchire was plundered and burned down.В Абхазии сожгли дом известного грузинского футболиста Виталия Дараселия
. ''Rosbalt'', 18 December 2009

References

External links

pictures of Vitali Daraselia
* * 1957 births 1982 deaths People from Ochamchira District Footballers from Abkhazia Soviet footballers Footballers from Georgia (country) 1982 FIFA World Cup players Soviet Union international footballers FC Dinamo Tbilisi players Soviet Top League players Road incident deaths in Georgia (country) Road incident deaths in the Soviet Union Association football midfielders Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR {{USSR-footy-bio-stub