Mikheil Meskhi

Mikheil Meskhi

Personal information
Full name	Mikheil Meskhi
Date of birth	12 January 1937(1937-01-12)
Place of birth	Tbilisi, USSR
Date of death	22 April 1991(1991-04-22) (aged 54)
Place of death	Tbilisi, USSR
Height	1.69m (5ft 6¾in)
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
	School No. 35 Tbilisi
–	FShM Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1954–1969	FC Dinamo Tbilisi	284	(54)
1970	FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi	4	(0)
National team
1959–1966	USSR	35	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Mikheil Meskhi (Georgian: მიხეილ მესხი; Russian: Михаил Шалвович Месхи; born 12 January 1937 in Tbilisi; died 22 April 1991 in Tbilisi) was a Georgian footballer. Nicknamed the "Georgian Garrincha" for his dazzling wing play, Meskhi was a creative force on the left flank for the Soviet Union.

During his career he played for Dynamo Tbilisi (1954-1969) and Lokomotiv Tbilisi (1970). He earned 35 caps for the USSR national football team, and participated in the 1962 World Cup. He also appeared on the Soviet squad for the first ever European Nations' Cup in 1960, which the Soviets won.

In 1998, Meskhi was voted the best player in the history of Georgian football, and a member of the 20th Century Georgian "Dream Team."^[1]

References

1. ^ Goduadze, Lasha (2006). "Georgian Dream Team". Georgian Football Federation website. http://www.gff.ge/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec_id=112. Retrieved 2008-07-30. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Profile on RussiaTeam.ru (Russian)
• Career Statistics on KLISF

Persondata
Name	Meskhi, Mikhail
Alternative names	მიხეილ მესხი; Михаил Шалвович Месхи
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	12 January 1937
Place of birth	Tbilisi, USSR
Date of death	22 April 1991
Place of death	Tbilisi, USSR