Zurab Sotkilava

Zurab Sotkilava
ზურაბ სოტკილავა
Born	Zurab Lavrentievich Sotkilava (1937-03-12)12 March 1937 Sokhumi, Georgian SSR
Died	18 September 2017(2017-09-18) (aged 80) Moscow, Russian Federation
Occupations	tenor opera singer (1965–2017) football player (1955–1959)
Association football career Full name Zurab Lavrentievich Sotkilava[1] Position(s) Defender Youth career 1951–1955 Dinamo Sokhumi Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1955 Dinamo Tbilisi 2 (0) 1956 FShM Tbilisi 1958–1959 Dinamo Tbilisi 1 (0) *Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zurab Lavrentievich Sotkilava (Russian: Зураб Лаврентьевич Соткилава, Georgian: ზურაბ სოტკილავა; 12 March 1937 – 18 September 2017) was a Georgian operatic tenor and People's Artist of the USSR recipient.