Murtaz Khurtsilava

Murtaz Kalistratovich Khurtsilava (Russian: Муртаз Калистратович Хурцилава, Georgian: მურთაზ ხურცილავა) (born 5 January 1943 in village Bandza, Martvili District, Georgian SSR) is a former Georgian footballer. He was a famed defender. He was part of the USSR side that finished second in the 1972 UEFA European Championship, third at the 1972 Summer Olympics and fourth at the 1966 FIFA World Cup. He was also one of only two Georgians, alongside Alexandre Chivadze, to have captained the Soviet team. At the national level he played for FC Dynamo Tbilisi.

In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's Jubilee, he was selected as the Golden Player of Georgia by the Georgian Football Federation as their most outstanding player of the past 50 years. [1]

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v • d • e USSR squad - 1966 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place

1 Yashin • 2 Serebryanikov • 3 Ostrovskiy • 4 Ponomarev • 5 Afonin • 6 Shesternyov • 7 Khurtsilava • 8 Sabo • 9 Getmanov • 10 Danilov • 11 Chislenko • 12 Voronin • 13 Korneyev • 14 Sichinava • 15 Khusainov • 16 Metreveli • 17 Porkujan • 18 Banishevskiy • 19 Malofeyev • 20 Markarov • 21 Kavazashvili • 22 Bannikov • Coach: Morozov

v • d • e USSR squad - 1970 FIFA World Cup

1 Shmuts • 2 Kavazashvili • 3 Afonin • 4 Dzodzuashvili • 5 Kaplichny • 6 Lovchev • 7 Logofet • 8 Khurtsilava • 9 Shesternyov • 10 Zikov • 11 Asatiani • 12 Kiselev • 13 Yashin • 14 Muntyan • 15 Serebryanikov • 16 Byshovets • 17 Yevriuzhikin • 18 Metreveli • 19 Nodia • 20 Puzach • 21 Khmelnitsky • 22 Porkujan • Coach: Kachalin