Ilya Ilyich Datunashvili (; ; 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.

Honours

Dinamo Tbilisi

Soviet Top League: 1964; third place 1962, 1967

Individual

Soviet Top League top scorer: 20 goals (1966) Top-33 season best players list: 1964, 1966 (both #2)

Ilia Datunashvili

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1937 births

2022 deaths

People from Kobuleti

Soviet men's footballers

Men's footballers from Georgia (country) Men's association football forwards Soviet Top League players FC Guria Lanchkhuti players FC Torpedo Kutaisi players FC Dinamo Tbilisi players

Ilia Datunashvili