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

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.


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