Slava Metreveli

Slava Kalistratovich Metreveli (Georgian: სლავა კალისტრატეს ძე მეტრეველი; Russian: Слава Калистратович Метревели, 30 May 1936 – 7 January 1998) was a Soviet and Georgian football player and manager.

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Kalistratovich and the family name is Metreveli.

Slava Metreveli

Metreveli in 1966
Personal information
Full name	Slava Kalistratovich Metreveli
Date of birth	(1936-05-30)30 May 1936
Place of birth	Sochi, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Date of death	7 January 1998(1998-01-07) (aged 61)
Place of death	Tbilisi, Georgia
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
1952–1954	Trud Adler
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1955–1956	Torpedo Gorky	49	(19)
1956–1962	Torpedo Moscow	138	(31)
1963–1971	Dinamo Tbilisi	237	(52)
Total		424	(102)
International career
1958–1970	USSR	48	(10)
Managerial career
1976–1977	Dinamo Tbilisi (assistant)
1978–1979	Dila Gori
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union UEFA European Championship Winner 1960 France
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Metreveli played most of his career for Torpedo Moscow (1956–1962) and Dinamo Tbilisi (1963–1971).

International career

Metreveli played for Soviet Union national team (48 matches/10 goals) and was a participant at the 1962 FIFA World Cup, 1966 FIFA World Cup, 1970 FIFA World Cup, and at the 1960 European Nations' Cup, where the Soviet Union won the gold medal. In the latter, Metreveli scored in the final against Yugoslavia as they won 2–1.

Honours

Torpedo Moscow

• Soviet Top League: 1960
• Soviet Cup: 1959–60

Dinamo Tbilisi

• Soviet Top League: 1964

Soviet Union

• UEFA European Football Championship: 1960

Individual

• UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1960,^[1]
• The best 33 football players of the Soviet Union (9): No. 1 (1958-1962, 1964, 1965, 1968); No. 2 (1957)