Merab Jordania

Merab Jordania

Personal information
Full name	Merab Jordania
Date of birth	(1960-09-03) 3 September 1960
Place of birth	Lanchkhuti, Georgian SSR
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	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)
Teams managed
2003	Georgia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 October 2010. † Appearances (Goals).

Merab Jordania, in Georgian: მერაბ ჟორდანია (born 30 September 1960 in Lanchkhuti), is a retired Georgian footballer.

He is currently the owner and chairman of Dutch football club Vitesse Arnhem.

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. He followed-up by acquiring the services of new players and replacing manager Theo Bos with the unexperienced Albert Ferrer, a former Spanish international defender. The current manager, as of 2012, is Fred Rutten.

External links

• Career Statistics on KLISF