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Merab Jordania Personal information Full name Merab Jordania Date of birth 3 September 1960 Place of birth Lanchkhuti, Georgian SSR Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) Playing position midfielder Youth career FC Dinamo Tbilisi Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1980–1981 FC Dinamo Tbilisi 0 (0) 1982–1983 FC Torpedo Kutaisi 18 (0) 1984–1987 FC Dinamo Tbilisi 22 (0) 1988–1990 FC Guria Lanchkhuti 78 (44) Teams managed 2003 Georgia * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 October 2010.
† Appearances (Goals).Merab Jordania, in Georgian: მერაბ ჟორდანია (born 30 September 1960 in Lanchkhuti), is a retired Georgian footballer.
Nowadays he is the president of Dutch football club Vitesse.[1]
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Club career
During his career he played for Dinamo Tbilisi (1980–81, 1984–87), Torpedo Kutaisi (1982–1983) and FC Guria Lanchkhuti (1988–90).
Managerial and presidential career
Later, in 1998-2005 he was the president of Georgian Football Federation. In 2003 he was one of the temporary managers of Georgia national football team.
Vitesse Arnhem
In August 2010, he surprisingly took over financially-troubled Vitesse. He followed-up by acquiring the services of new players and replacing manager Theo Bos with the unexperienced Albert Ferrer, a former Spanish international defender.
References
- ^ "Vitesse heeft nieuwe eigenaar". vitesse.nl. 2010-08-16. http://www.vitesse.nl/nieuws/bericht/vitesse-heeft-nieuwe-eigenaar/738. Retrieved 2010-09-19.
External links
Categories:- 1960 births
- Living people
- People from Tbilisi
- Footballers from Georgia (country)
- Soviet footballers
- Honoured Masters of Sports of the USSR
- FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
- FC Guria Lanchkhuti players
- Georgia national football team managers
- Georgian (country) football biography stubs
- Soviet football biography stubs
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