Ilia Datunashvili

Ilya Datunashvili

Personal information
Full name	Ilya Ilyich Datunashvili
Date of birth	(1937-09-01)1 September 1937
Place of birth	Kobuleti, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Date of death	11 February 2022(2022-02-11) (aged 84)
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Pioneers and School Students Park Batumi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1954–1956	Kolmeurne Lanchkhuti
1958	Lokomotivi Kutaisi
1959–1968	Dinamo Tbilisi	199	(46)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

Honours

Dinamo Tbilisi

• Soviet Top League: 1964; third place 1962, 1967

Individual

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

References

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

External links

• Ilia Datunashvili at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)