Mikheil Ashvetia

Mikheil Ashvetia

Personal information
Date of birth	(1977-11-10) 10 November 1977
Place of birth	Kutaisi, Soviet Union
Height
Position(s)	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)
International career
1997–1999	Georgia U21	14	(7)
1998–2005	Georgia	24	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mikheil Ashvetia (Georgian: მიხეილ აშვეთია; born 10 November 1977) is a Georgian former 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 2003–04 goal against Inter Milan making a score 2–0 for Lokomotiv. 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 five goals.

External links

• Ashvetia.html Mikheil Ashvetia at National-Football-Teams.com
• Appearances for Georgia National Team