Merab Megreladze

Merab Megreladze
Personal information
Date of birth (1956-01-26)26 January 1956
Place of birth Ozurgeti, Georgian SSR
Date of death 24 January 2012(2012-01-24) (aged 55)
Place of death Kutaisi, Georgia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Mertskhali
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1981 Guria 188 (88)
1982–1986 Torpedo Kutaisi 153 (53)
1987 Guria 20 (1)
1987–1990 Torpedo Kutaisi 72 (61)
1990 IFK Holmsund 19 (3)
1991–1992 Guria 38 (9)
1992–1993 Samgurali 31 (41)
1993–1994 Margveti 31 (31)
1994–1995 Torpedo Kutaisi 13 (5)
1995–1996 Samgurali 38 (31)
1996–1997 Torpedo Kutaisi 22 (13)
1998–1999 Chkalovets Novosibirsk 40 (7)
Total 665 (343)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Merab Megreladze (26 January 1956 – 24 January 2012) was a Georgian football player.

Megreladze belongs to a football dynasty which stretches from his grandfather up to his grandson. He is the two-time most prolific striker of the Georgian top league as well as its all-time record topscorer with 41 goals netted in a single season.

Megreladze is regarded as a Georgian football legend.