Alexander Iashvili

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Personal information
Alexander Iashvili
Date of birth	October 23, 1977 (1977-10-23) (age 30)
Place of birth	Tbilisi, Georgia (then the Soviet Union)
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Karlsruher SC
Number	20
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994–1997 1997 1997–2007 2007–	FC Dinamo Tbilisi VfB Lübeck SC Freiburg Karlsruher SC	057 0(59) 015 00(3) 256 0(52) 016 00(0)
National team²
1998–	Georgia	036 0(12)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 February 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 23 October 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Alexander Iashvili (born October 23, 1977 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian football striker. He currently playes for German club Karlsruher SC.

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 30 goals in 148 Bundesliga games. For the 2005/2006 season he was promoted to team captain. He was released in 2007, after ten years with the club, and subsequently joined Karlsruher SC.

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

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v • d • e Karlsruher SC – current squad

1 Miller • 2 Reinhard • 3 Franz • 4 Aduobe • 5 Eggimann • 6 Carnell • 7 Timm • 8 Staffeldt • 9 Kapllani • 10 Porcello • 13 Mutzel • 14 Kornetzky • 16 Stoll • 17 Kennedy • 18 Freis • 19 Buck • 20 Iashvili • 21 Eichner • 23 Dick • 24 Langkamp • 25 Traut • 28 Barg • 30 Hajnal • 77 Görlitz • Manager: Becker