Slava Metreveli

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Kalistratovich and the family name is Metreveli.

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

Slava Metreveli

Personal information
Full name	Slava Kalistratovich Metreveli
Date of birth	(1936-05-30)30 May 1936
Place of birth	Sochi, USSR
Date of death	7 January 1998(1998-01-07) (aged 61)
Place of death	Tbilisi, Georgia
Playing position	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)
National team
1958–1966	USSR	48	(11)
Teams managed
1976–1977	Dinamo Tbilisi (assistant)
1978–1979	Dila Gori
Honours Representing Soviet Union UEFA European Championship Winner 1960 France
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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

Honours

• Soviet Top League winner: 1960, 1964.
• Soviet Cup winner: 1960.

International career

He played for Soviet Union national team (48 matches/11 goals), and was a participant at the 1962 FIFA World Cup, 1966 FIFA World Cup, 1970 FIFA World Cup and at the 1960 UEFA European Football Championship, where the Soviet Union won the gold medal. In the latter, Metreveli scored in the final against Yugoslavia as they won 2–1.

References

• RussiaTeam biography (in Russian)
• Weltfussball (in German)