Giorgi Megreladze

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Giorgi Megreladze
Personal information
Full name Giorgi Megreladze
Date of birth (1978-07-21) 21 July 1978 (age 47)
Place of birth Kutaisi, Soviet Union
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993–1994 FC Samgurali Tskaltubo 12 (5)
1994 FC Mertskhali Ozurgeti 7 (0)
1995–2000 FC Torpedo Kutaisi 124 (54)
2000–2001 ILTEX Lykoi F.C.
2002–2003 A.O. Patraikos
2003 FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 16 (1)
2004–2005 FC Torpedo Kutaisi 34 (23)
2005–2006 FC Dinamo Tbilisi 22 (14)
2006–2007 FK Baku 6 (0)
2007 FC Zhetysu 8 (0)
2007–2008 FC Borjomi 6 (5)
2008–2009 FC Olimpi Rustavi 21 (8)
2009–2010 FC Shurtan Guzar 12 (3)
2010–2011 FC Zugdidi 8 (6)
2011–2012 FC Torpedo Kutaisi 26 (10)
2012 FC Mertskhali Ozurgeti
2012–2013 FC Shurtan Guzar 0 (0)
2013 FC Merani Martvili 1 (0)
International career
1998 Georgia 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giorgi Megreladze (born 21 July 1978) is a retired Georgian footballer, the son of former Georgian football player and Torpedo Kutaisi star Merab Megreladze.

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Megreladze has played in six countries. He is the Georgian league winner with Torpedo and three-time team topscorer.

Career

Megreladze started his career at Samgurali, making his Umaglesi Liga debut at the age of 15 against Batumi on 6 December 1993.

In 1995, Megreladze moved to Torpedo where he won the Umaglesi Liga five years later. During his three spells with Torpedo, Megreladze finished as the team goalscorer three times and accrued 80 goals in 184 league appearances combined.

At the start of the 2006–07 season Megreladze signed up to play for FK Baku. [1]

On 21 March 2008, Megreladze scored for Borjomi against Ameri to become the 15th member of the 100 club. [2] He also played, among other clubs, for Dinamo Tbilisi. [3]

With the Georgia national football team Megreladze won only one game, on 12 August 1998 against Azerbaijan. In 2009, he scored the first ever UEFA Europa League goal. [4]

Personal life

Giorgi Megreladze is the fourth member of the Megreladze football family. His son Merab also played in the top division before taking up managerial roles.

In 2024, Megreladze revealed in an interview that he had formed a youth football club called Georgia Philly in the United States. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Erkin Ibragimov (14 June 2006). "All change in Azerbaijan". UEFA. Archived from the original on 20 July 2006. Retrieved 31 May 2009.
  2. ↑ "პირველი იყო კორღალიძე" [Korgalidze was 1st]. worldsport.ge (in Georgian). 9 November 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  3. ↑ Soso Kotoreishvili (29 July 2005). "Dinamo start as favourites". UEFA. Archived from the original on 30 January 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2009.
  4. ↑ "Big guns make fast Europa League start". UEFA. Archived from the original on 4 July 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
  5. ↑ "შეუცვლელია ქუთაისის სიყვარული, სადაც დაბრუნება ყოველთვის მიგიხარია". okmagazine.ge (in Georgian). 29 May 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2025.


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