Lasha Jakobia

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Lasha Jakobia
Full name	Lasha Jakobia
Date of birth	August 20, 1980 (1980-08-20) (age 27)
Place of birth	Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Vorskla Poltava
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2003 2003 2003 2003 2004 2004-2006 2006-2007 2007 2008-	Standard Liège → C.S. Visé (loan) FC Liège K.S.C. Eendracht Aalst AEC Mons → FC Rapid Bucureşti (loan) Dinamo Tbilisi Tbilisi PAS Giannina Metalist Kharkiv FC Arsenal Kyiv Metalist Kharkiv Vorskla Poltava	02 0(0) 0? 0(?) 14 (14) 03 0(1) 00 0(0) 00 0(0) 01 0(0) 17 0(1) 07 0(4) 45 0(9) 16 0(4) 18 (11) 00 0(0)
National team
2004-	Georgia
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Lasha Jakobia (born 20 August 1980 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian football player. He plays for Vorskla Poltava.

1 Football career
2 References
3 External links

[edit] Football career

[edit] Belgium

Lasha Jakobia started his career at Belgian League club Standard Liège. He then spent his career at lower division for Visé, FC Liège, before joined Eendracht Aalst. He then suffered long-period of injuries, and signed a contract until the end of season for AEC Mons in January 2003.^[1] But he then loaned to Rapid Bucureşti^[2]

[edit] Georgia

In April 2003, he returned to his homeland for Dinamo Tbilisi.^[3] But in summer 2003, he left for FC Tbilisi, another Georgian club.

[edit] Greece & Ukraine

In January 2004, he moved to Greece for Giannina, signed a two-year contract.^[4] But a the end of season, he moved again, this time to Metalist Kharkiv, which is the longest club he played, from summer 2004 to winter 2007, except 2006/07 season spent on Arsenal Kiev.

In December 2007, he signed a two-year contract with Vorskla Poltava.

[edit] International career

A former U21 internationals, Jakobia received his first call-up on 18 August 2004 against Moldova.^[5] he also in the squad of Georgian side in UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying. He was call-up to the first match in August 2006,^[6] but just played three matches in the campaign in September and October 2007.