Zviad Endeladze
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Zviad Endeladze Vitalovich (born 7 April 1966 in Adigeni) is an retired Georgian
footballer. He has played for clubs such as Guria Lanchkhuti
and Margveti
, scoring 40 goals during the 1995–96 season, which made him the top scorer in European domestic competitions and would have won the European Golden Boot had it not been suspended in 1991. The award was reinstated a season after Endeladze's feat under new rules that would count goals scored in the Georgian Top League
as one point while goals scored in Europe's top leagues are counted double. He retired from football in 2006.
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
footballer. He has played for clubs such as Guria Lanchkhuti
FC Guria Lanchkhuti
FC Guria Lanchkhuti is a Georgian association football club at Pirveli Liga. The club finished runner-up in 1990 and Umaglesi Liga 1991. Before 1960 the club was named Kolmeurne Lanchkhuti, K.I.M.I....
and Margveti
FC Margveti Zestaponi
Margveti Zestafoni is a Georgian association football club. It is based in Zestafoni.-History:In 1990 Georgian Football Federation was found, to held they own football competition and leave Soviet football league system...
, scoring 40 goals during the 1995–96 season, which made him the top scorer in European domestic competitions and would have won the European Golden Boot had it not been suspended in 1991. The award was reinstated a season after Endeladze's feat under new rules that would count goals scored in the Georgian Top League
Umaglesi Liga
The Georgian Top League is the top division of football in Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional Football League of Georgia and Georgian Football Federation. From 1927 to 1989, the competition was held as a regional tournament within the Soviet Union...
as one point while goals scored in Europe's top leagues are counted double. He retired from football in 2006.