Sandro Tsveiba

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Akhrikovich and the family name is Tsveiba.

Sandro Tsveiba
Personal information
Full name Sandro Akhrikovich Tsveiba
Date of birth (1993-09-05) 5 September 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Kyiv, Ukraine
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, centre-back
Youth career
1998–1999 Dynamo Moscow
1999–2000 Spartak Moscow
2000–2013 Lokomotiv Moscow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Rus Saint Petersburg 20 (4)
2014 SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk 3 (0)
2014–2015 Újpest 2 (0)
2015 Osijek 1 (0)
2016 Aktobe 28 (1)
2017 Krylia Sovetov Samara 0 (0)
2017–2018 Dynamo St. Petersburg 31 (2)
2018–2019 Fakel Voronezh 33 (2)
2019 AFC Eskilstuna 12 (0)
2020 Isloch Minsk Raion 17 (0)
International career
2010 Russia U17 6 (0)
2014 Russia U21 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sandro Akhrikovich Tsveiba (Russian: Сандро Ахрикович Цвейба; Abkhaz: Сандро Аҳрик-иҧа Цәеиба; born 5 September 1993) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or centre-back. Born in Ukraine, he represented Russia internationally at youth levels. He is a son of former international Akhrik Tsveiba.

Career

Tsveiba spent 13 seasons in the youth ranks of FC Lokomotiv Moscow, amassing 59 matches and 5 goals between 2011 and 2013 for the "double"/youth team.[1] Not breaking into the club's first team, he left the club and made his debut in the third-tier Russian Second Division for Rus Saint Petersburg on 15 July 2013 in a game against Spartak Kostroma.[2] After half a season there, he moved again, to the second-tier SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk, playing only three matches in the season.

In the summer of 2014, he moved abroad, to the Hungarian side Újpest FC. Despite making the first-team squad in 22 league matches, he only entered the game twice, for a total of seven minutes in play. his only full match for Újpest was in a cup game against FC Ajka, where he made an assist.

In the summer of 2015, he moved abroad again, signing for the Croatian side NK Osijek.

On 17 February 2017, he signed with Russian Premier League club Krylia Sovetov Samara.[3] On 24 June 2017, he signed with Dynamo Saint Petersburg.[4]

On 19 July 2019, he signed with Swedish club AFC Eskilstuna until the end of 2019.[5]

References

  1. ^ Sandro Ahrikovich Cveyba at Sportbox.ru
  2. ^ "Career Summary". Russian Football Union. 3 August 2013. Archived from the original on 8 September 2013.
  3. ^ Сандро Цвейба стал игроком "Крыльев" (in Russian). FC Krylia Sovetov Samara. 17 February 2017.
  4. ^ Цвейба подписал контракт с клубом (in Russian). FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg. 24 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Mittfältare ansluter till AFC Eskilstuna" [Midfielder joins AFC Eskilstuna] (in Swedish). AFC Eskilstuna. 19 July 2019.


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