He is the two-time most prolific striker of the Georgian top league as well as its all-time record topscorer with 41 goals netted in a single season.
[3] A product of Makharadze's youth sport school, Megreladze started taking first steps at his hometown team Mertskhali, representing it in the Soviet Second League at age 17.
Two years later, Megreladze scored 31 goals in 46 games to become the league topscorer and greatly contributed to Guria's first ever promotion to the 2nd division.
In early 1982, Megreladze joined Torpedo Kutaisi who had just gained promotion to the Soviet Top League.
During his first season, Megreladze netted 18 times and finished as runner-up among the league topscorers behind Pakhtakor's Andrei Yakubik.
[7] The Imereti regional football federation regularly organizes a tournament named after Merab Megreladze among U11 teams.