In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Kalistratovich and the family name is Khurtsilava.
Murtaz Khurtsilava
Khurtsilava in 1973
Personal information
Full name
Murtaz Kalistratovich Khurtsilava
Date of birth
(1943-01-05) 5 January 1943 (age 81)
Place of birth
Bandza, Martvili District, Georgia
Height
1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)
Defender
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1961–1975
Dinamo Tbilisi
293
(15)
1975–1976
Torpedo Kutaisi
47
(4)
Total
340
(19)
International career
1965–1973
USSR
69
(6)
Managerial career
Lokomotiv Samtredia
1977
Dinamo Zugdidi
1982
Guria Lanchkhuti
1987–1989
Dinamo Tbilisi (assistant)
1997–1999
Dinamo Tbilisi
1999
Lokomotivi Tbilisi
1999–2001
Georgia U21
2001–2003
Georgia (assistant)
Medal record
Representing Soviet Union
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up
1972 Belgium
Olympic Games
1972 Munich
Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Murtaz Kalistratovich Khurtsilava (Georgian: მურთაზ ხურცილავა, Russian: Муртаз Калистратович Хурцилава, born 5 January 1943) is a Georgian former footballer who played as a defender.
Khurtsilava was discovered while playing football in the school garden in Gegechkori, a small town in Caucasus – now known as Martvili – where he learned to play football with a ball made of hay and rags.[1]
He was part of the USSR side that finished fourth at the 1966 FIFA World Cup, third at the 1972 Summer Olympics[2] and second in the 1972 UEFA European Championship. After the UEFA Euro 1972 along with his teammates by Soviet Union national team — Revaz Dzodzuashvili and Evgeni Rudakov — he was included in the team of the tournament, where also were presented such great players like Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Paul Breitner, Uli Hoeness and Günter Netzer.[3] He was also one of the only two Georgians, alongside Alexandre Chivadze, to have captained the Soviet Union national team. At the club level he played for Dinamo Tbilisi.
After retiring in 1977, Khurtsilava set up his own business in Tbilisi, where he now resides with his family.[1]
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.[4]
Murtaz Kalistratovich Khurtsilava (Georgian: მურთაზ ხურცილავა, Russian: Муртаз Калистратович Хурцилава, born 5 January 1943) is a Georgian former footballer...
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