Ilya Ilyich Datunashvili (russian: Илья Ильич Датунашвили; ka, ილია დათუნაშვილი; 1 September 1937 – 11 February 2022) was a
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
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.
Honours
Dinamo Tbilisi
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Soviet Top League
The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991.
The professional top level ...
: 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
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1937 births
2022 deaths
People from Kobuleti
Soviet footballers
Footballers from Georgia (country)
Association football forwards
Soviet Top League players
FC Guria Lanchkhuti players
FC Torpedo Kutaisi players
FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
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