Vladimir Margania

Vladimir Margania (Georgian: ვლადიმერ მარღანია; 8 February 1928 – 6 September 1958) was a Georgian and Soviet football player. He was a reserve goalkeeper of the Soviet Union football team that took part in the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]

Vladimir Margania
Margania on a 2009 stamp of Abkhazia
Personal information
Full name Vladimir Margania
Date of birth (1928-02-08)8 February 1928
Place of birth Gulripshi, Georgian SSR
Date of death 6 September 1958(1958-09-06) (aged 30)
Place of death Ochamchire, Georgian SSR
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1945 Dinamo Sokhumi 0 (0)
1946 Shakhtar Donetsk 5 (0)
1947–1958 Dinamo Tbilisi 180 (0)
National team
1952 USSR 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Margania died in a car accident at the age of 30.[2][3][4]

References
  1. "ვლადიმერ მარღანიას გახსენება" (in Georgian). Newspaper Lelo. 21 January 2002.
  2. "ვლადიმერ მარღანია - 85" (in Georgian). Dinamo Tbilisi. 8 February 2013.
  3. "მარღანია ვლადიმერ" (in Georgian). Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgia. 24 June 2006.
  4. "ვლადიმერ მარღანია" (in Georgian). Dinamo Tbilisi. 8 February 2017.

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