Aleksandre Iashvili

Alexander Iashvili (Georgian: ალექსანდრე მამულის ძე იაშვილი; born 23 October 1977) is a Georgian former football striker.

Not to be confused with Sandro Iashvili.

Alexander Iashvili
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-10-23) 23 October 1977
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Forward, midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1997 Dinamo Tbilisi 89 (84)
1997 → VfB Lübeck (loan) 15 (3)
1997–2007 SC Freiburg 255 (51)
2007–2012 Karlsruher SC 141 (24)
2012–2013 VfL Bochum 28 (0)
2013–2014 Inter Baku 33 (5)
2014–2015 Samtredia 10 (2)
2015–2016 Dinamo Tbilisi 24 (5)
National team
1993 Georgia U-17 2 (0)
1994–1995 Georgia U-19 4 (0)
1996–1997 Georgia U-21 9 (1)
1996–2011 Georgia 67 (15)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 May 2016

Club career

Early years

Born in Tbilisi, Iashvili started his career in Dinamo Tbilisi in 1993,[1] where he became a prolific goalscorer. With 24 goals in 24 games (1994–95) and 26 goals in 25 games (1995–96) he attracted interest from foreign clubs, and at the age of 19 decided to join VfB Lübeck[2] on loan in January 1997.

Freiburg

After initially returning to Tbilisi from his loan spell Iashvili permanently moved to play in Germany, signing with SC Freiburg for the 1996–1997 season.[2] The team earned promotion to the Bundesliga in his first season there. For the 2005–06 season he was promoted to team captain.[3] In April 2007, he expressed his intention to not renew his Freiburg contract but to instead leave for another, preferably German, club.[4] In his ten years at Freiburg he scored 51 goals in 255 league appearances.[5]

Karlsruhe

Iashvili subsequently joined Karlsruhe in summer 2007.[5] In 2009, Iashvili agreed to a contract extension until 2013.[6] In 2012, he was released by Karlsruhe.[7]

Later years

In 2012, Iashvili joined fellow 2. Bundesliga side VfL Bochum.[8]

Iashvili spent the 2013–2014 season with Inter Baku of the Azerbaijan Premier League.[9]

He played for FC Samtredia in his home country in the second half of the 2014–2015 season.[9]

In July 2015, he re-joined his home club Dinamo Tbilisi.[1]

International career

Having played 67 matches scoring 15 goals, Iashvili is the fifth most-capped player of Georgia.[10] With Georgia he won in 1998 the Malta International Football Tournament.[11]

Career statistics

Club
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other1 Total Ref.
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dinamo Tbilisi1993–94Top League2819??—??????
1994–952424??—??????
1995–962526??—??????
1996–9789??—40????
Total 8578??004+????89+?78+?—
Lübeck1996–972. Bundesliga15300———153[12][13]
Dinamo Tbilisi1997–98Top League46??—60????
Freiburg1997–982. Bundesliga24400———244[13][14]
1998–99Bundesliga11620———136[13][15]
1999–0022111———232[13][16]
2000–0126432———296[13][17]
2001–02295221060—386[13]
2002–032. Bundesliga25400———254[13][18]
2003–04Bundesliga30933———3312[13][19]
2004–0529442———336[13][20]
2005–062. Bundesliga27422———296[13][21]
2006–07321020———3410[13][22]
Total 25551191210000027563—
Karlsruhe2007–08Bundesliga2802010——310[13]
2008–0923322———255[13][23]
2009–102. Bundesliga27620———296[13][24]
2010–1131710———327[13][25]
2011–1232820——20368[13][26]
Total 141249210000015126—
Bochum2012–132. Bundesliga28041———321[13][27]
Inter Baku2013-14APL33532—40??407
FC Samtredia2014–15Top League????—??????
Dinamo Tbilisi2015–16Top League????—20????
Total Georgia 89+?84+???0012+?0+???101+?84+?—
Germany 43978321520602048193—
Azerbaijan 33532004000407—
Career total 56116735+?17+?2022+?0+?2+?0+?622+?184?—
  • 1.^ Includes 2. Bundesliga relegation playoff.

Honours

Individual

Georgian Footballer of the Year: 2004, 2008[2]

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gollark: How does it compare to osmarksISA-2028™?

References
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  4. "Iashvili will weg". kicker Online (in German). 18 April 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
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  6. "Die nächste KSC-"Korsettstange" bleibt". Bundesliga (in German). Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  7. "Iashvili verlässt den KSC" [Iashvili leaves KSC]. Bundesliga (in German). 4 June 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  8. "Bochum holt Alexander Iashvili". Reviersport (in German). 2 June 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
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  10. "Georgia - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  11. "Georgia vs Latvia international football match report". eu-football.info. 6 February 1998. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
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