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Ilia Datunashvili

Ilia Datunashvili

Soviet Georgian footballer (1937–2022)

Ilya Ilyich Datunashvili (Russian: Илья Ильич Датунашвили; Georgian: ილია დათუნაშვილი; 1 September 1937 – 11 February 2022) was a Soviet Georgian football player. Among his many achievements, there is one for which he is remembered most often: He scored five goals in a 5–0 away win against Dinamo Tbilisi's Soviet-time arch-rivals Ararat Yerevan of Armenia. He died on 11 February 2022, at the age of 84.[1]

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Honours

Dinamo Tbilisi

Individual

  • Soviet Top League top scorer: 20 goals (1966)
  • Top-33 season best players list: 1964, 1966 (both #2)

References

  1. [1]
    "თბილისის "დინამოს" ლეგენდარული ფეხბურთელი ილია დათუნაშვილი გარდაიცვალა". Imedi News (in Georgian). 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.


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