Mikheil Ashvetia

Mikheil Ashvetia
Personal information
Date of birth 10 November 1977 (1977-11-10) (age 34)
Place of birth Tbilisi, Soviet Union
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993-1994 FC Torpedo Kutaisi 24 (11)
1994-1995 Rtsmena Kutaisi 7 (6)
1994-1995 Samgurali Tskhaltubo 13 (5)
1995-1997 FC Torpedo Kutaisi 54 (55)
1997 FC Alania Vladikavkaz 22 (6)
1997-2000 FC Dinamo Tbilisi 57 (49)
2000 FC Alania Vladikavkaz 25 (7)
2000-2001 FC Torpedo Kutaisi 16 (12)
2001-2002 FC København 5 (0)
2002-2003 FC Alania Vladikavkaz 31 (7)
2003-2005 FC Lokomotiv Moscow 42 (11)
2005 FC Rostov 13 (1)
2006 FC Rubin Kazan 17 (2)
2006-2007 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 10 (5)
2008 FC Anzhi Makhachkala 36 (17)
2009 FC Dynamo Barnaul 12 (5)
2009 FC Nizhny Novgorod 10 (1)
National team
1997-1999 Georgia U21 14 (7)
1998–2005 Georgia 24 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 November 2009.
† Appearances (Goals).

Mikheil Ashvetia (born 10 November 1977) is a Georgian footballer. He has played mostly in Georgia and Russia, except for a short spell at FC København in 2001-2002 and a recent spell in Germany with FC Carl Zeiss Jena. In Russia he has played for Alania Vladikavkaz, Lokomotiv Moscow, Rubin Kazan and FC Rostov. While playing for Lokomotiv, he scored a notable Champion League 2003-2004 goal against Inter Milan making a score 2:0 for Loko. His team went ahead and won the game with an impressive 3:0 result.

He played for the Georgian national team between 1995 and 2005, and was capped 24 times, scoring 5 goals.

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