Ramaz Shengelia
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ramaz Aleksandrovich Shengelia | ||
| Date of birth | 1 January 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Kutaisi, Georgian SSR | ||
| Date of death | 21 June 2012 (aged 55) | ||
| Place of death | Tbilisi, Georgia | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973–1976 | FC Torpedo Kutaisi | 75 | (29) |
| 1977–1988 | FC Dinamo Tbilisi | 283 | (120) |
| 1989–1990 | IFK Holmsund | 13 | (2) |
| National team | |||
| 1979–1983 | USSR | 26 | (10) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Ramaz Shengelia (Georgian: რამაზ შენგელია; 1 January 1957 – 21 June 2012[1]) was a Soviet footballer of Georgian origin.
Shengelia died of cerebral hemorrhage, aged 55.[2]
International career
He played in 26 games scoring 10 goals for the USSR national football team, including performance at the 1982 FIFA World Cup (5 matches, 1 goal).[3] He also represented his country in 5 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[4]
International goals
- Score and results list Soviet Union's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 28 March 1979 | Lokomotiv Republican Sports Complex, Simferopol | .svg.png){kind=small} Bulgaria | 2–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 2. | 19 April 1979 | Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi |  Sweden | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 3. | 5 May 1979 | Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow |  Czechoslovakia | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 4. | 19 May 1979 | Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi |  Hungary | 2–2 | 2–2 | Euro 1980 qualifying |
| 5. | 23 September 1981 | Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow |  Turkey | 4–0 | 4–0 | World Cup 1982 qualifying |
| 6. | 7 October 1981 | Atatürk Stadium, Izmir | Turkey | 0–1 | 0–3 | World Cup 1982 qualifying |
| 7. | 28 October 1981 | Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi | Czechoslovakia | 1–0 | 2–0 | World Cup 1982 qualifying |
| 8. | 2–0 | |||||
| 9. | 5 May 1982 | Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow |  East Germany | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 10. | 22 June 1982 | Estadio La Rosaleda, Málaga |  Scotland | 2–1 | 2–2 | World Cup 1982 |
Death
He died of a brain haemorrhage in Tbilisi in June 2012,[6] only three weeks after his fellow 1982 World Cup squad member Yuri Susloparov died.
External links
- Ramaz Shengelia at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile in Russian
- Pachkoria, Tengiz. In Memoriam. The star of Dinamo Tbilisi Ramaz Shengelia. Georgia online. (Distributed by Ukrayinska Pravda)
References
- ↑ Скончался легендарный грузинский футболист Рамаз Шенгелия
- ↑ Obituary at Corriere dello Sport website (Italian)
- ↑ Matthias Arnhold (31 May 2012). "Ramaz Aleksandrovich Shengeliya - Goals in International Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
- ↑ Ramaz Shengelia – FIFA competition record
- ↑ Ramaz Aleksandrovich Shengeliya . EU-Football.info. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
- ↑ Obituary - UEFA
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