Aleksandr Iashvili

Not to be confused with Sandro Iashvili.

Alexandr Iashvili
Iashvili with Karlsruher SC in 2007
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-10-23) 23 October 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
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)
Total 595 (174)
International career
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexandr Iashvili (Georgian: ალექსანდრე მამულის ძე იაშვილი; born 23 October 1977) is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

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.[citation needed]

SC Freiburg

After initially returning to Tbilisi from his loan spell[citation needed] Iashvili permanently moved to play in Germany, signing with SC Freiburg for the 1996–97 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]

Karlsruher SC

Iashvili subsequently joined Karlsruher SC 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

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total Ref.
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dinamo Tbilisi 1993–94 Top League 28 19 28 19 [12]
1994–95 24 24 1 0 25 24 [12][13]
1995–96 25 26 1 0 26 26 [12][13]
1996–97 8 9 8 3 16 12 [12][13]
1997–98 Top League 4 6 6 3 10 9 [12][13]
Total 89 84 0 0 16 6 0 0 105 90 —
VfB Lübeck (loan) 1996–97 2. Bundesliga 15 3 0 0 — — 15 3 [14][13]
SC Freiburg 1997–98 2. Bundesliga 24 4 0 0 — — 24 4 [13][15]
1998–99 Bundesliga 11 6 2 0 — — 13 6 [13][16]
1999–00 22 1 1 1 — — 23 2 [13][17]
2000–01 26 4 3 2 — — 29 6 [13][18]
2001–02 29 5 2 2 6 0 1[a] 0 38 6 [13]
2002–03 2. Bundesliga 25 4 0 0 — — 25 4 [13][19]
2003–04 Bundesliga 30 9 3 3 — — 33 12 [13][20]
2004–05 29 4 4 2 — — 33 6 [13][21]
2005–06 2. Bundesliga 27 4 2 2 — — 29 6 [13][22]
2006–07 32 10 2 0 — — 34 10 [13][23]
Total 255 51 19 12 6 0 1 0 281 63 —
Karlsruher SC 2007–08 Bundesliga 28 0 2 0 — 1[a] 0 31 0 [13]
2008–09 23 3 2 2 — — 25 5 [13][24]
2009–10 2. Bundesliga 27 6 2 0 — — 29 6 [13][25]
2010–11 31 7 1 0 — — 32 7 [13][26]
2011–12 32 8 2 0 — 2[b] 0 36 8 [13][27]
Total 141 24 9 2 0 0 3 0 153 26 —
VfL Bochum 2012–13 2. Bundesliga 28 0 4 1 — — 32 1 [13][28]
Inter Baku 2013-14 APL 33 5 4 0 37 5 [12][13]
FC Samtredia 2014–15 Top League 10 2 10 2 [12]
Dinamo Tbilisi 2015–16 Top League 24 5 2 0 26 5 [12][13]
Career total 595 174 32 15 28 6 4 0 659 195 —
  1. ^ a b Includes appearance in DFB-Ligapokal
  2. ^ Includes 2. Bundesliga relegation playoff

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[29]
National team Year Apps Goals
Georgia 1996 2 1
1997 0 0
1998 5 1
1999 0 0
2000 1 0
2001 4 4
2002 1 0
2003 5 1
2004 5 1
2005 4 1
2006 6 1
2007 5 2
2008 8 0
2009 7 1
2010 7 1
2011 7 1
Total 67 15

Honours

Dinamo Tbilisi

SC Freiburg

Individual

References

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  4. ^ "Iashvili will weg". kicker Online (in German). 18 April 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
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