Tamaz Stepania
{{Infobox football biography
| 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}}
References
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External links
- {{in lang|ru}} [http://www.dinamo-tbilisi.ru/personalii/igroki-2/igroki-na-s/stepaniya-tejmuraz-amiranovich/ Dinamo Tbilisi Profile]
- {{in lang|ru}} [http://footballfacts.ru/players/383720-stepaniya-tejmuraz-amiranovich Footballfacts Profile]
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Category:Soviet men's footballers
Category:Men's footballers from Georgia (country)
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
Category:Soviet Top League players
Category:Road incident deaths in the Soviet Union
Category:Footballers from Kvemo Kartli
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