Slava Metreveli

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Kalistratovich and the family name is Metreveli.
Slava Metreveli
Personal information
Full nameSlava Kalistratovich Metreveli
Date of birth30 May 1936
Place of birthSochi, USSR
Date of death7 January 1998 (aged 61)
Place of deathTbilisi, Georgia
Playing positionStriker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1953–1954Spartak Sochi
1955Torpedo Gorky32(0)
1956–1962FC Torpedo Moscow138(31)
1963–1971FC Dinamo Tbilisi237(52)
National team
1958–1966USSR48(11)
Teams managed
1976–1977FC Dinamo Tbilisi (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Slava Kalistratovich Metreveli (Georgian: სლავა მეტრეველი; Russian: Слава Калистратович Метревели) (30 May 1936 in Sochi - 7 January 1998 in Tbilisi) was a Georgian football player and later a football manager.

Metreveli played most of his career for Torpedo Moscow (1956-1962) and Dinamo Tbilisi (1963-1971).

Honours

International career

He played for Soviet Union national team (48 matches/11 goals), and was a participant at the 1962 FIFA World Cup, 1966 FIFA World Cup, 1970 FIFA World Cup and at the 1960 UEFA European Football Championship, where the Soviet Union won the gold medal. In the latter, Metreveli scored in the final against Yugoslavia as they won 2-1.

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