Mikheil Ashvetia ( ka, მიხეილ აშვეთია; born 10 November 1977) is a
Georgian
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former
footballer
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.
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
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with
FC Carl Zeiss Jena
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. In Russia he has played for
Alania Vladikavkaz,
Lokomotiv Moscow
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,
Rubin Kazan
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and
FC Rostov
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. 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.
Honours
Individual
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CIS Cup top goalscorer: 2001 (shared)
References
External links
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Appearances for Georgia National Team
1977 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Kutaisi
Footballers from Georgia (country)
Expatriate footballers from Georgia (country)
Georgia (country) international footballers
FC Torpedo Kutaisi players
FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players
FC Lokomotiv Moscow players
FC Rostov players
FC Rubin Kazan players
FC Anzhi Makhachkala players
FC Dynamo Barnaul players
F.C. Copenhagen players
FC Carl Zeiss Jena players
Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
Expatriate footballers in Germany
Expatriate footballers in Russia
Russian Premier League players
Erovnuli Liga players
2. Bundesliga players
FC Nizhny Novgorod (2007) players
Association football forwards
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