Zaza Eloshvili ( ka, ზაზა ელოშვილი; russian: Заза Элошвили sometimes referred to with the surname Eloev, ელოევი. (16 October 1964 – 5 January 2001) was a Georgian

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who played as a defender and made one appearance for the Georgia national team.

Career

Eloshvili played for the

Dinamo Tbilisi Dinamo Tbilisi is a sports club from Tbilisi, Georgia. It was founded in 1925. Among its highest honors, is the European trophy earned by its football team which won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1981, beating FC Carl Zeiss Jena of East Germany 2–1 i ...

reserve team, making nine appearances and scoring one goal in 1984, along with three appearances in 1986. He later made fifteen appearances and scored one goal for Kolkheti-1913 Poti in the

Umaglesi Liga The Erovnuli Liga ( ka, ეროვნული ლიგა - lit. National League) is the top division of professional football in Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional Football League of Georgia and Georgian Football F ...

. Eloshvili earned his first and only cap for

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on 23 February 1994 in a friendly against

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. He came on as a half-time substitute for

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, with the away match in

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finishing as a 0–2 loss for Georgia. His career was halted due to injuries.

Personal life

Zaza Eloshvili has a mother - Tania Kulumbegashvili, a father - Shalva Eloshvili (passed away in 2006) a sister - Maia Eloshvili, a brother-in-law - Vakhtang Talakhadze and a nephew - Tevdore Talakhadze.

Career statistics

International

References

External links

FootballFacts.ru profile 1

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Eloshvili, Zaza 1964 births 2001 deaths Footballers from Tbilisi Footballers from Georgia (country) Ossetian footballers Georgian people of Ossetian descent Georgia (country) international footballers Association football defenders FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi players FC Dinamo Tbilisi players FC Kolkheti-1913 Poti players FC Duruji Kvareli players Soviet Second League players Erovnuli Liga players