Sandro Akhrikovich Tsveiba (russian: Сандро Ахрикович Цвейба; ab, Сандро Аҳрик-иҧа Цәеиба; born 5 September 1993) is a former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

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. Born in Ukraine, he represented Russia internationally at youth levels. He is a son of former international

Akhrik Tsveiba Akhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba (russian: Ахрик Сократович Цвейба; born 10 September 1966) is a former Soviet association footballer. Career Tsveiba started his career at FC Dinamo Sukhumi before playing regularly for FC Dinamo Tb ...

Career

Tsveiba spent 13 seasons in the youth ranks of

FC Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three oc ...

, amassing 59 matches and 5 goals between 2011 and 2013 for the "double"/youth team. Not breaking into the club's first team, he left the club and made his debut in the third-tier

Russian Second Division The Russian Second League (russian: Первенство России II дивизиона ФНЛ), formerly Russian Professional Football League is the third level of Russian professional football (soccer), football. History In 1998–2010, it ...

for Rus Saint Petersburg on 15 July 2013 in a game against

Spartak Kostroma FC Spartak Kostroma (russian: ФК «Спартак» Кострома) is a Russian association football club from Kostroma, founded in 1959. The highest level it achieved in its history was second-highest Soviet First League, where it played in 1 ...

. 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 Újpest Football Club () is a Hungarian professional association football, football club, based in Újpest, Budapest, that competes in Nemzeti Bajnokság I. Formed in 1885, Újpest reached the first division of the Hungarian League in Nemzeti ...

. 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

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, where he made an assist. In the summer of 2015, he moved abroad again, signing for the Croatian side

NK Osijek Nogometni klub Osijek ( en, Osijek Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Osijek or simply Osijek (), is a Croatian professional football club from Osijek. Founded in 1947, it was the club from Slavonia with the most seasons in the Yugoslav F ...

. On 17 February 2017, he signed with

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 ...

club

Krylia Sovetov Samara PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara (russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб «Крылья Советов» Самара) is a football club from Russia based in Samara. It returned to the Russian Premier League for the 20 ...

. On 24 June 2017, he signed with Dynamo Saint Petersburg. On 19 July 2019, he signed with Swedish club

AFC Eskilstuna Athletic Football Club Eskilstuna, also known as AFC Eskilstuna or simply AFC, is a Swedish football club located in Eskilstuna. The club has previously been known under the names FC Café Opera and Väsby United before switching ownership and th ...

until the end of 2019.

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Career summary by sportbox.ru
* * * 1993 births Footballers from Kyiv Living people Russian men's footballers Russia men's youth international footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football defenders Russian people of Abkhazian descent Ukrainian people of Abkhazian descent Russian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Kazakhstan Premier League players Allsvenskan players Újpest FC players FC SKA-Khabarovsk players FC Aktobe players FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg players FC Lokomotiv Moscow players NK Osijek players FC Fakel Voronezh players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players AFC Eskilstuna players FC Isloch Minsk Raion players Russian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Russian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Russian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Russian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Russian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden {{Russia-footy-defender-1993-stub