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SOCCER PLAYER

Mikheil Meskhi

1937 - 1991

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Mikheil Salvovich Meskhi (Georgian: მიხეილ მესხი; Russian: Михаил Шалвович Месхи; born 12 January 1937 in Tbilisi; died 22 April 1991 in Tbilisi) was a Georgian footballer. Nicknamed the "Georgian Garrincha" for his dazzling wing play, he was a creative force on the left flank for the Soviet Union. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mikheil Meskhi has received more than 54,887 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Mikheil Meskhi is the 890th most popular soccer player (up from 1,008th in 2019), the 103rd most popular biography from Georgia (down from 98th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Georgian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Mikheil Meskhi ranks 890 out of 16,880Before him are Horst-Dieter Höttges, Sergio Goycochea, Patrick Battiston, Metin Oktay, Philippe Troussier, and Peter Crouch. After him are Klaus Augenthaler, Louis Pilot, José Della Torre, Emil Kostadinov, Marc-André ter Stegen, and Luuk de Jong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Mikheil Meskhi ranks 190Before him are Chris Bristow, Sofiko Chiaureli, Gordon Milne, Nur Hassan Hussein, Keiko Abe, and Tomas Venclova. After him are Armin Hary, Lorraine Gary, Antonio Rattín, Erich Ribbeck, Barbara Steele, and Eero Mäntyranta. Among people deceased in 1991, Mikheil Meskhi ranks 97Before him are Giacomo Manzù, Shintaro Abe, Heidi Brühl, Yasushi Inoue, Otl Aicher, and Metin Oktay. After him are Antoine Berman, Helmut Walcha, Schubert Gambetta, Zino Francescatti, Claude Cahen, and Gino Colaussi.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Mikheil Meskhi ranks 103 out of 342Before him are George II of Georgia (1054), Gregory of Tatev (1346), Nikoloz Baratashvili (1817), Sofiko Chiaureli (1937), Teimuraz II of Kakheti (1700), and Teimuraz I of Kakheti (1589). After him are Robert Shavlakadze (1933), Alimardan Topchubashov (1862), Hovhannes Kajaznuni (1868), Maia Chiburdanidze (1961), Anthim the Iberian (1650), and Sauromaces I of Iberia (-250).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Georgia

Among soccer players born in Georgia, Mikheil Meskhi ranks 2Before him are Murtaz Khurtsilava (1943). After him are David Kipiani (1951), Givi Chokheli (1937), Ramaz Shengelia (1957), Boris Paichadze (1915), Kakhi Asatiani (1947), Shota Arveladze (1973), Anzor Kavazashvili (1940), Zaur Kaloev (1931), Sergo Kotrikadze (1936), and Tengiz Sulakvelidze (1956).