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{{short description|Soviet and Georgian football player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ramaz Shengelia
| image = Ramaz Shengelia - 054.jpg
| caption = 
| full_name = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1957|1|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Kutaisi]], [[Georgian SSR]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|6|21|1957|1|1|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Tbilisi]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]
| height = 1.73 m
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| youthyears1 = 1968–1973
| youthclubs1 = [[FC Torpedo Kutaisi|Torpedo Kutaisi]]
| years1 = 1973–1976
| clubs1 = [[FC Torpedo Kutaisi|Torpedo Kutaisi]]
| caps1 = 75
| goals1 = 29
| years2 = 1977–1988
| clubs2 = [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
| caps2 = 283
| goals2 = 120
| years3 = 1989
| clubs3 = [[IFK Holmsund]]
| caps3 = 13
| goals3 = 2
| totalcaps = 371
| totalgoals = 151
| nationalyears1 = 1976–1980
| nationalteam1 = [[Soviet Union national under-21 football team|Soviet Union U21]]
| nationalcaps1 = 13
| nationalgoals1 = 9
| nationalyears2 = 1979–1983
| nationalteam2 = [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]]
| nationalcaps2 = 26
| nationalgoals2 = 10
}}
'''Ramaz Shengelia''' ({{lang-ka|რამაზ შენგელია}}; 1 January 1957 – 21 June 2012<ref>[http://www.apsny.ge/2012/soc/1340303586.php Скончался легендарный грузинский футболист Рамаз Шенгелия]</ref>) was a [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] and [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] footballer who played as a [[striker (association football)|striker]].

==Club career==
Born in [[Kutaisi]], Shengelia started career in his hometown club [[FC Torpedo Kutaisi|Torpedo Kutaisi]] in 1968.<ref name="SHENG">{{cite web | url = http://msy.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=GEO&sec_id=1015 | title = Career in quotes: Ramaz Shengelia | website = Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgia | date = 17 January 2014 | access-date = 15 December 2017}}</ref> He spent four seasons for the club, scoring 29 goals in 75 games in the [[Soviet First League]]. Shengelia became the top scorer of the club twice.<ref name="SHENG" />

After the successful spell in the second strongest team in [[Georgian SSR]], he was invited to [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]] in 1977. The head coach of the [[Tbilisi]]-based club, [[Nodar Akhalkatsi]] arrived to [[Kutaisi]] in order to monitor the performance of Shengelia and his other teammate [[Tamaz Kostava]].<ref name="SHENG" /> Both of them eventually signed for Dinamo for the following season.

During the debut years, Shengelia has to compete for the starting place with [[Revaz Chelebadze]].<ref name="SHENG" /> However, Shengelia found his place in the team and became the top scorer of the club during [[1978 Soviet Top League|1978]] season. Dinamo won the championship for the second time in history, while Shengelia was nominated as [[Soviet Footballer of the Year]] ahead of [[Oleg Blokhin]] ([[Dynamo Kyiv]]) and [[Georgi Yartsev]] ([[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/ussrpoy.html|title=Statistics from RSSSF}}</ref>

The season of 1981 was the most successful for Shengelia. Dinamo won [[1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup|UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]], after defeating [[FC Carl Zeiss Jena|Carl Zeiss Jena]] in the [[1981 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|final]]. Shengelia scored 4 goals during the tournament. At the end of the season he finished 7th in [[Ballon d'Or]] nominees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy81.html|title=European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1981}}</ref> Two of his teammates were also the nominees for the title, as [[Aleksandre Chivadze]] finished 8th, while [[David Kipiani]] was 11th in the final ranking. Shengelia was again named [[Soviet Footballer of the Year]] in 1981.

During the following season, Dinamo lost in the semifinal of [[1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup|UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]] to [[Standard Liège]]. However, Shengelia became the topscorer of the tournament with six goals.<ref name="SHENG" />

Shengelia retired from football in 1988, but he came out of retirement a year later, joining the [[Sweden|Swedish]] club [[IFK Holmsund]] with his teammate [[Tengiz Sulakvelidze]].<ref name="SHENG" /> Holmsund competed in the second tier of the championship. During the [[1989 Swedish football Division 1|only season]] with the club, Shengelia scored 2 goals in 13 appearances.

==International career==
Shengelia played in 26 games scoring 10 goals for the [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union national team]], including performance at the [[1982 FIFA World Cup]] (five appearances, one goal).<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/shengeliya-intlg.html | title = Ramaz Aleksandrovich Shengeliya – Goals in International Matches | author = Matthias Arnhold | date = 31 May 2012 | access-date = 14 June 2012 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref> He also represented his country in five [[FIFA World Cup qualification]] matches.<ref>{{FIFA player|57932}}</ref>

==Later years==
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Shengelia worked in the [[Georgia national football team|Georgia national team]] as an assistant of [[Aleksandre Chivadze]]. Later was invited to [[Georgian Football Federation]] by his former coach and then-president of the federation [[Nodar Akhalkatsi]].<ref name="SHENG" />

Shengelia died of a [[brain haemorrhage]] in [[Tbilisi]] in June 2012, at the age of 55.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120625000536/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/aboutuefa/organisation/history/obituaries/newsid=1829644.html Obituary] – UEFA</ref><ref>[http://www.corrieredellosport.it/calcio/2012/06/21-247436/morto+georgiano+Shengelia Obituary] at [[Corriere dello Sport]] website {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703033723/http://www.corrieredellosport.it/calcio/2012/06/21-247436/morto+georgiano+Shengelia |date=3 July 2015 }} {{in lang|it}}</ref>

The [[Ramaz Shengelia Stadium|football stadium]] in his hometown [[Kutaisi]] is named after him.

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{cite web|url=http://footballfacts.ru/players/108293-shengeliya-ramaz-aleksandrovich|title=Ramaz Shengelia career statistics|publisher=Footballfacts.ru|access-date=14 December 2017}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="2"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|Europe{{efn|Includes [[UEFA European Cup]], [[UEFA Cup]] and [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]].}}
!colspan="2"|Other{{efn|Includes other competitive competition [[USSR Federation Cup]].}}
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[FC Torpedo Kutaisi|Torpedo Kutaisi]]
|[[1973 Soviet First League|1973]]
|1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||1||0
|-
|[[1974 Soviet First League|1974]]
|14||2||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||14||2
|-
|[[1975 Soviet First League|1975]]
|33||15||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||34||15
|-
|[[1976 Soviet First League|1976]]
|27||12||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||27||12
|-
!Total
!75!!29!!1!!0!!−!!−!!−!!−!!76!!29
|-
|rowspan="13"|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|[[1977 Soviet Top League|1977]]
|24||5||1||0||5||2||colspan="2"|–||29||7
|-
|[[1978 Soviet Top League|1978]]
|28||15||6||1||4||2||colspan="2"|–||38||18
|-
|[[1979 Soviet Top League|1979]]
|29||8||8||3||4||1||colspan="2"|–||41||12
|-
|[[1980 Soviet Top League|1980]]
|32||17||6||1||4||2||colspan="2"|–||42||20
|-
|[[1981 Soviet Top League|1981]]
|31||23||1||1||9||7||2||4||43|43||36
|-
|[[1982 Soviet Top League|1982]]
|26||16||2||1||6||2||colspan="2"|–||34||19
|-
|[[1983 Soviet Top League|1983]]
|27||11||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||28||11
|-
|[[1984 Soviet Top League|1984]]
|29||9||3||2||0||0||colspan="2"|–||32||11
|-
|[[1985 Soviet Top League|1985]]
|22||6||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||23||6
|-
|[[1986 Soviet Top League|1986]]
|3||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||3||0
|-
|[[1987 Soviet Top League|1987]]
|27||9||4||3||6||3||2||1||39||16
|-
|[[1988 Soviet Top League|1988]]
|5||1||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||6||1
|-
!Total
!283!!120!!34!!12!!38!!19!!2!!1!!357!!156
|-
|[[IFK Holmsund|Holmsund]]
|[[1989 Swedish football Division 1|1989]]
|13||2||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||13||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Career total
!371!!151!!35!!12!!37!!20!!2!!1!!445!!188
|}

{{notelist}}

===International===
:''Scores and results list Soviet Union's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Shengelia goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Ramaz Shengelia<ref name="eu-fc">[http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=19119 Ramaz Aleksandrovich Shengeliya ]. EU-Football.info. Retrieved 5 April 2013.</ref>
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| style="text-align:center"|1 || 28 March 1979 || [[Lokomotiv Republican Sports Complex]], [[Simferopol]], Soviet Union || {{fb|BUL|1971}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–1 || [[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|2 || 19 April 1979 || [[Boris Paichadze Stadium|Dinamo Stadium]], [[Tbilisi]], Soviet Union || {{fb|SWE}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|3 || 5 May 1979 || [[Luzhniki Stadium|Central Lenin Stadium]], [[Moscow]], Soviet Union || {{fb|CSK}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|4 || 19 May 1979 || Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi, Soviet Union || {{fb|HUN}} || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || [[UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying Group 6|UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|5 || 23 September 1981 || Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union || {{fb|TUR}} || style="text-align:center"|4–0 || style="text-align:center"|4–0 || [[1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|1982 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|6 || 7 October 1981 || [[İzmir Atatürk Stadium|Atatürk Stadium]], [[İzmir]], Turkey || {{fb|TUR}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| style="text-align:center"|7
| rowspan="2"|28 October 1981 || rowspan="2"|Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi, Soviet Union || rowspan="2"|{{fb|CSK}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–0 || rowspan="2"|1982 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| style="text-align:center"|8
| style="text-align:center"|2–0
|-
| style="text-align:center"|9 || 5 May 1982 || Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union || {{fb|GDR}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|10 || 22 June 1982 || [[Estadio La Rosaleda]], [[Málaga]], Spain || {{fb|SCO}} || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || [[1982 FIFA World Cup]]
|}

==Honours==
===Player===
'''[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]'''
*[[Soviet Top League]]: [[1978 Soviet Top League|1978]]
*[[Soviet Cup]]: [[1979 Soviet Cup Final|1979]]
*[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]: [[1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup|1980–81]]

'''Soviet Union U21'''
*[[UEFA European Under-21 Championship]]: [[1980 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1980]]

'''Individual'''
* [[Soviet Footballer of the Year]] (2): 1978, 1981
* [[Soviet Top League]] top scorer: [[1981 Soviet Top League|1981]] (23 goals)
* [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]] top scorer: [[1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup|1981–82]] (6 goals)
* [[UEFA European Under-21 Championship]] top scorer: [[1980 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1980]]
* [[Grigory Fedotov club]] member
* [[Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR and Russia|Merited Master of Sports]] (1981)
* [[The best 33 football players of the Soviet Union]]: 1st (1981); 2nd (1978, 1979, 1980); 3rd (1977)
*[[1981 Ballon d'Or|1981]] – 7th

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*{{NFT player|pid=20686}}
*[http://rusteam.permian.ru/players/shengeliya.html Profile in Russian]
*[http://www.istpravda.com.ua/digest/2012/06/29/89446/ Pachkoria, Tengiz. ''In Memoriam. The star of Dinamo Tbilisi Ramaz Shengelia'']. [http://www.apsny.ge/ Georgia online]. (Distributed by [[Ukrayinska Pravda]])

{{USSR Squad 1982 World Cup}}
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{{Soviet Top League Top Scorers}}
{{UEFA Cup Winners' Cup top scorers}}
{{UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship awards}}

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