Alexander Iashvili

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Alexander Iashvili

Full name	Alexander Iashvili
Date of birth	October 23, 1977 (age 29)
Place of birth	Tblisi, Georgia
Height	1.75m
Position	Striker
Club information
Current club	SC Freiburg
Number	9
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1996-1997 1997 1997-	FC Dinamo Tbilisi VfB Lübeck SC Freiburg
National team**
	Georgia	32 (9)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 October 2006 (UTC). ** National team caps and goals correct as of 23 October 2006 (UTC).

Alexander Iashvili (born October 23, 1977 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian football striker.

He started his career in Dinamo Tbilisi, where he was a great goalscorer. With 24 goals in 24 games (1994-1995) and 26 goals in 25 games (1995-1996) he attracted interest from foreign clubs, and decided to join VfB Lübeck in January 1997. After his loan spell ended, he once again moved to play in Germany, this time for SC Freiburg. The team earned promotion to the Bundesliga the first season, and since 1998 has contributed with 29 goals in 147 Bundesliga games. For the 2005/2006 season he was promoted to team captain.

For the Georgian national team Iashvili has scored 9 goals in 32 games.

SC Freiburg - Current Squad
1 Walke \| 3 Mohamad \| 4 Khizaneishvili \| 6 Aogo \| 7 Hansen \| 8 Pitroipa \| 9 Iashvili \| 10 S. Coulibaly \| 11 Kruppke \| 16 Cafú \| 17 Diarra \| 18 Olajengbesi \| 19 Ibertsberger \| 20 Antar \| 21 Bührer \| 22 Riether \| 23 Sanou \| 25 Bencik \| 28 Schutzbach \| 29 Konrad \| 30 Ampomah \| 31 Nulle \| 32 Solic \| 33 Tanko \| 34 B. Coulibaly \| 36 Schwaab \| 40 Matmour \| Manager: Finke