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'''Merab |
'''Merab Zhordania''', in {{lang-ka|მერაბ ჟორდანია}} (born 3 September 1965 in [[Tbilisi]]), is a retired [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] [[football (soccer)|footballer]]. |
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He is currently the owner and chairman of [[Malta|Maltese]] football club [[Valletta FC]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/2014/1/26/5343492/vitesse-chelsea-merab-jordania-valletta-fc-malta}}</ref> |
He is currently the owner and chairman of [[Malta|Maltese]] football club [[Valletta FC]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/2014/1/26/5343492/vitesse-chelsea-merab-jordania-valletta-fc-malta}}</ref> |
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Full name | Merab Zhordania | ||
Date of birth | 3 September 1965 | ||
Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgian SSR | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
FC Dinamo Tbilisi | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1980–1981 | FC Dinamo Tbilisi | 0 | (0) |
1982–1983 | FC Torpedo Kutaisi | 18 | (0) |
1984–1987 | FC Dinamo Tbilisi | 22 | (0) |
1988–1990 | FC Guria Lanchkhuti | 78 | (44) |
1990 | FC Shevardeni-1906 Tbilisi | 2 | (1) |
1992 | Stjarnan | 5 | (1) |
Managerial career | |||
2003 | Georgia | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 October 2010 |
Merab Zhordania, in Georgian: მერაბ ჟორდანია (born 3 September 1965 in Tbilisi), is a retired Georgian footballer.
He is currently the owner and chairman of Maltese football club Valletta FC.[1]
Club career
During his career he played for Dinamo Tbilisi (1980–81, 1984–87), Torpedo Kutaisi (1982–1983) and FC Guria Lanchkhuti (1988–90).
Managerial and presidential career
Later, in 1998-2005 he was the president of Georgian Football Federation. In 2003, he was one of the temporary managers of Georgia national football team.
Vitesse Arnhem
In August 2010, he bought financially troubled Vitesse Arnhem. There are rumors that this purchase was engineered by Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich.[2] He followed-up by acquiring the services of new players and replacing manager Theo Bos with the inexperienced Albert Ferrer, a former Spanish international defender. In 2013, Jordania appointed Peter Bosz, who left the club in January 2015. In 2016, Henk Fraser was appointed manager of the Vitesse first team.
References
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- Use dmy dates from September 2011
- 1965 births
- Living people
- Mingrelians
- Sports executives and administrators
- Footballers from Georgia (country)
- Soviet footballers
- Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
- FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
- FC Guria Lanchkhuti players
- Georgia national football team managers
- Stjarnan players
- Georgia (country) football biography stubs
- Association football midfielders
- Football managers from Georgia (country)
- Soviet football biography stubs