Tamaz Stepania

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| name = Tamaz Stepania

| fullname = Tamaz Stepania

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1950|9|28}}

| birth_place = Bolnisi, Georgian SSR

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1972|3|28|1950|9|28}}

| death_place = Gori, Georgian SSR

| position = Goalkeeper

| youthyears1 = 1964–1968

| youthclubs1 = Sioni Bolnisi

| years1 = 1968–1970

| clubs1 = Dila Gori

| caps1 = 2

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1970–1972

| clubs2 = Dinamo Tbilisi

| caps2 = 27

| goals2 = 0

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Tamaz (Temur) Stepania ({{lang-ka|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.{{cite web|publisher=Bolnisi Newspaper|url=http://bolnisi.ge/?p=491#prettyPhoto|title=ცაზე ვარსკვლავის გაელვება|date=9 February 2014|language=ka}}{{cite web|publisher=Fakty|url=http://fakty.ua/94054-v-30-let-david-kipiani-ushel-iz-futbola-potomu-chto-emu-ne-nashlos-mesta-v-sbornoj-sssr-otpravlyavshejsya-v-ispaniyu-na-chempionat-mira|script-title=ru:В 30 лет давид кипиани ушел из футбола, потому что ему не нашлось места в сборной ссср, отправлявшейся в испанию на чемпионат мира|date=26 October 2001|language=ru}}{{cite web|publisher=Georgian Republic Newspaper|url=http://www.opentext.org.ge/index.php?m=12&y=2011&art=1071|title=კაცი - კურიოზი|date=27 January 2011|language=ka}}

Tamaz Stepania Stadium in his hometown Bolnisi is named after him.{{cite web|publisher=World Sport|url=http://worldsport.ge/ge/page/revaz-chelebadze-ananidzeze-nodar-axalkacze-safexburto-tragediebze-nacem-msadjebsa-da-fexburtelebze|title=რევაზ ჩელებაძე –ანანიძეზე, ნოდარ ახალკაცზე, საფეხბურთო ტრაგედიებზე, ნაცემ მსაჯებსა და ფეხბურთელებზე...|date=28 January 2011|language=ka}}

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