Merab Jordania

Merab Jordania, born in Tbilisi on 3 September 1965, is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and later became a prominent football administrator and club owner. As a player he appeared for Dinamo Tbilisi in 1980 to 1981 and again from 1984 to 1987, for Torpedo Kutaisi in 1982 and 1983, and for FC Guria Lanchkhuti from 1988 to 1990. From 1998 to 2005 he was president of the Georgian Football Federation, and in 2003 he was one of the temporary managers of the Georgia national football team. In August 2010 he bought the financially troubled Dutch club Vitesse Arnhem, and he is the owner and chairman of the Maltese club Valletta FC.