Ilia Datunashvili

{{Short description|Soviet Georgian footballer (1937–2022)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ilya Datunashvili

| image =

| fullname = Ilya Ilyich Datunashvili

| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|09|01|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Kobuleti, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union

| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|02|11|1937|09|01|df=yes}}

| height = 1.72 m

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Pioneers and School Students Park Batumi

| years1 = 1954–1956 | clubs1 = Kolmeurne Lanchkhuti | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1958 | clubs2 = Lokomotivi Kutaisi | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 1959–1968 | clubs3 = Dinamo Tbilisi | caps3 = 199 | goals3 = 46

}}

Ilya Ilyich Datunashvili ({{langx|ru|Илья Ильич Датунашвили}}; {{lang-ka|ილია დათუნაშვილი}}; 1 September 1937 – 11 February 2022) was a Soviet Georgian football player. Among his many achievements, there is one for which he is remembered most often: He scored five goals in a 5–0 away win against Dinamo Tbilisi's Soviet-time arch-rivals Ararat Yerevan of Armenia. He died on 11 February 2022, at the age of 84.{{cite web|title=თბილისის "დინამოს" ლეგენდარული ფეხბურთელი ილია დათუნაშვილი გარდაიცვალა|url=https://imedinews.ge/ge/sporti/237669/tbilisis-dinamos-legendaruli-pekhburteli-ilia-datunashvili-gardaitsvala|date=11 February 2022|accessdate=11 February 2022|language=Georgian|work=Imedi News}}