- Murtaz Khurtsilava
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This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Kalistratovich and the family name is Khurtsilava.
Murtaz Khurtsilava Personal information Full name Murtaz Kalistratovich Khurtsilava Date of birth 5 January 1943 Place of birth Bandza, USSR Playing position Defender Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1961–1975 FC Dinamo Tbilisi 293 (15) 1975–1976 FC Torpedo Kutaisi 47 (4) National team 1965–1973 USSR 69 (6) Teams managed Lokomotiv Samtredia 1977 Dinamo Zugdidi 1982 Guria Lanchkhuti 1987–1989 FC Dinamo Tbilisi (assistant) 1997–1999 FC Dinamo Tbilisi 1999 FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi 1999–2001 Georgia U-21 2001–2003 Georgia (assistant) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Olympic medal record Competitor for 
Soviet UnionMen’s Football Bronze 1972 Munich Team competition Murtaz Kalistratovich Khurtsilava (Russian: Муртаз Калистратович Хурцилава, Georgian: მურთაზ ხურცილავა) (born 5 January 1943 in village Bandza, Martvili District, Georgian SSR) is a former Georgian footballer. He was a famed defender.
Khurtsilava was discovered while playing football in the school garden in Gegechkori, a small town in Caucasus -now known as Martvili- where he learnt to play football with a ball made of hay and rags. [1]
He was part of the USSR side that finished second in the 1972 UEFA European Championship, third at the 1972 Summer Olympics and fourth at the 1966 FIFA World Cup. He was also one of only two Georgians, alongside Alexandre Chivadze, to have captained the Soviet team. At the club level he played for FC Dynamo Tbilisi.
After retiring in 1977, Khurtsilava set up his own business in Tbilisi, where he now resides with his family. [2]
In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's Jubilee, he was selected as the Golden Player of Georgia by the Georgian Football Federation as their most outstanding player of the past 50 years. [3]
Playing Style
Famed for his man-to-man marking skills and no-nonsense approach to defending, Khurtsilava was a feared yet fearless defender.
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Soviet Union squad – UEFA Euro 1968 Fourth Place 1 Pshenichnikov • 2 Anichkin • 3 Afonin • 4 Banishevskiy • 5 Byshovets • 6 Voronin • 7 Yevriuzhikin • 8 Istomin • 9 Kavazashvili • 10 Kaplychnyi • 11 Malofeyev • 12 Muntyan • 13 Nodia • 14 Rudakov • 15 Levchenko • 16 Khurtsilava • 17 Chislenko • 18 Shesternyov • 19 Lenev • 20 Asatiani • 21 Logofet • 22 Smolnikov • Coach: YakushinSoviet Union squad – 1970 FIFA World Cup 1 Shmuts • 2 Kavazashvili • 3 Afonin • 4 Dzodzuashvili • 5 Kaplychnyi • 6 Lovchev • 7 Logofet • 8 Khurtsilava • 9 Shesternyov • 10 Zykov • 11 Asatiani • 12 Kiselev • 13 Yashin • 14 Muntyan • 15 Serebryanikov • 16 Byshovets • 17 Yevriuzhikin • 18 Metreveli • 19 Nodia • 20 Puzach • 21 Khmelnitsky • 22 Porkujan • Coach: KachalinSoviet Union squad – UEFA Euro 1972 Runners-up GK Pilguy • GK Rudakov • DF Abramov • DF Dzodzuashvili • DF Istomin • DF Kaplychnyi • DF Matviyenko • DF Troshkin • MF Baidachny • MF Dolmatov • MF Khurtsilava • MF Kolotov • MF Kon'kov • MF Muntyan • FW Banishevskiy • FW Kozynkevych • FW Nodia • FW Onyshchenko • Coach: PonomarevSoviet Union squad – 1972 Summer Olympics Bronze Medalists 1 Rudakov • 2 Istomin • 3 Khurtsilava • 4 Lovchev • 5 Kaplychnyi • 6 Kolotov • 7 Onyshchenko • 8 Semyonov • 9 Yakubik • 10 Kuksov • 11 Yevriuzhikin • 12 Dzodzuashvili • 13 Olshansky • 14 Zanazanyan • 15 Andreasyan • 16 Sabo • 17 Pilguy • 18 Yeliseyev • 19 Blokhin • Coach: PonomarevCategories:- UEFA Golden Players
- 1943 births
- Living people
- Soviet footballers
- Footballers from Georgia (country)
- Dynamo sports society athletes
- 1966 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 1968 players
- 1970 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 1972 players
- Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of the Soviet Union
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
- Soviet Union international footballers
- FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
- FC Torpedo Kutaisi players
- Football managers in Georgia (country)
- FC Dinamo Tbilisi managers
- Olympic medalists in football
- Georgian (country) football biography stubs
- Soviet football biography stubs
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