Merab Megreladze

Merab Megreladze

Personal information
Date of birth	(1956-01-26)26 January 1956
Place of birth	Ozurgeti, Georgian SSR
Date of death	24 January 2012(2012-01-24) (aged 55)
Place of death	Kutaisi, Georgia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977–1981	Guria Lanchkhuti	188	(88)
1982–1986	Torpedo Kutaisi	153	(53)
1987	Guria Lanchkhuti	20	(1)
1987–1990	Torpedo Kutaisi	72	(61)
1990	IFK Holmsund	19	(3)
1991–1992	Guria Lanchkhuti	38	(9)
1992–1993	FC Samgurali Tsqaltubo	31	(41)
1993–1994	Margveti Zestaponi	31	(31)
1994–1995	Torpedo Kutaisi	13	(5)
1995–1996	FC Samgurali Tsqaltubo	38	(31)
1996–1997	Torpedo Kutaisi	22	(13)
1998–1999	Chkalovets Novosibirsk	40	(7)
Total		665	(343)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Merab Megreladze (26 January 1956 – 24 January 2012) was a Georgian football player.

In 1977 he joined FC Guria Lanchkhuti playing in the Soviet Second League. He scored 88 goals in 188 games. He was the top scorer in 1978-1979 when they were promoted to the Soviet First League and was top scorer for the next two seasons.

He then joined Torpedo Kutaisi in 1982 and was top scorer for five seasons, including 29 goals in the 1989 Soviet First League.

He returned to Guria in 1987 and then again in 1991 playing in the recently formed Georgian Umaglesi Liga. In 1992 he moved to FC Samgurali Tsqaltubo where in his only season, he scored 41 goals in just 31 games, making him the top scorer in Europe for the season, although wasn't officially recognized as such. It remains a Georgian league record. He moved to FC Margveti Zestaponi where he was the league's top scorer again with 31 goals in 31 games. In total, he scored 104 goals in 140 matches in the Umaglesi Liga and 343 goals in 665 games in all competitions.

His son Giorgi, born in 1978, also became a footballer.

External links

• Playerhistory profile