Tamaz Stepania

Tamaz Stepania
Personal information
Full name	Tamaz Stepania
Date of birth	28 September 1950
Place of birth	Bolnisi, Georgian SSR
Date of death	28 March 1972 (aged 21)
Place of death	Gori, Georgian SSR
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1964–1968	Sioni Bolnisi
Senior career*
Years	Team
1968–1970	Dila Gori
1970–1972	Dinamo Tbilisi
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tamaz (Temur) Stepania (Georgian: თამაზ (თემურ) სტეფანია) (born 28 September 1950 in Bolnisi; died 28 March 1972 in Gori) was a Georgian and Soviet football player.

Stepania died in a car accident at the age of 21.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Tamaz Stepania Stadium in his hometown Bolnisi is named after him.^[4]

References[edit]

^ "ცაზე ვარსკვლავის გაელვება" (in Georgian). Bolnisi Newspaper. 9 February 2014.
^ В 30 лет давид кипиани ушел из футбола, потому что ему не нашлось места в сборной ссср, отправлявшейся в испанию на чемпионат мира (in Russian). Fakty. 26 October 2001.
^ "კაცი - კურიოზი" (in Georgian). Georgian Republic Newspaper. 27 January 2011.
^ "რევაზ ჩელებაძე –ანანიძეზე, ნოდარ ახალკაცზე, საფეხბურთო ტრაგედიებზე, ნაცემ მსაჯებსა და ფეხბურთელებზე..." (in Georgian). World Sport. 28 January 2011.

External links[edit]

(in Russian) Dinamo Tbilisi Profile
(in Russian) Footballfacts Profile

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[1] "ცაზე ვარსკვლავის გაელვება" (in Georgian). Bolnisi Newspaper. 9 February 2014.

[2] В 30 лет давид кипиани ушел из футбола, потому что ему не нашлось места в сборной ссср, отправлявшейся в испанию на чемпионат мира (in Russian). Fakty. 26 October 2001.

[3] "კაცი - კურიოზი" (in Georgian). Georgian Republic Newspaper. 27 January 2011.

[4] "რევაზ ჩელებაძე –ანანიძეზე, ნოდარ ახალკაცზე, საფეხბურთო ტრაგედიებზე, ნაცემ მსაჯებსა და ფეხბურთელებზე..." (in Georgian). World Sport. 28 January 2011.

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