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{{short description|Georgian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jaba Kankava
| image = Jaba Kankava.jpg
| caption = Kankava in 2014
| full_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|3|18}}
| birth_place = [[Tbilisi]], [[Georgian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| height = 1.75 m
| position = [[Defensive midfielder]]
| currentclub = [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
| clubnumber = 23
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 2003–2004
| clubs1 = [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
| caps1 = 14
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2005
| clubs2 = [[FC Spartak Vladikavkaz|Alania Vladikavkaz]]
| caps2 = 12
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2005–2006
| clubs3 = [[FC Arsenal Kyiv|Arsenal Kyiv]]
| caps3 = 24
| goals3 = 4
| years4 = 2007–2015
| clubs4 = [[FC Dnipro|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]
| caps4 = 91
| goals4 = 4
| years5 = 2010–2012
| clubs5 = → [[FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (1959–2013)|Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih]] (loan)
| caps5 = 37
| goals5 = 2
| years6 = 2015–2017
| clubs6 = [[Stade de Reims|Stade Reims]]
| caps6 = 47
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2018–2020
| clubs7 = [[FC Tobol|Tobol]]
| caps7 = 76
| goals7 = 4
| years8 = 2021
| clubs8 = [[Valenciennes FC|Valenciennes]]
| caps8 = 14
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2021–2024
| clubs9 = [[ŠK Slovan Bratislava|Slovan Bratislava]]
| caps9 = 71
| goals9 = 3
| years10 = 2025–
| clubs10 = [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
| caps10 = 14
| goals10 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2002–2003
| nationalteam1 = [[Georgia national under-17 football team|Georgia U17]]
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2003–2004
| nationalteam2 = [[Georgia national under-19 football team|Georgia U19]]
| nationalcaps2 = 5
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2004–2006
| nationalteam3 = [[Georgia national under-21 football team|Georgia U21]]
| nationalcaps3 = 8
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 2004–2024
| nationalteam4 = [[Georgia national football team|Georgia]]
| nationalcaps4 = 101
| nationalgoals4 = 10
| club-update = 30 June 2025
| nationalteam-update = 14 April 2024
}}

'''Jaba Kankava''' ({{lang-ka|ჯაბა კანკავა|tr}}, {{IPA|ka|dʒaba kʼankʼava|pron}}; born 18 March 1986) is a [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[defensive midfielder]] for [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]].

Kankava is the three-time winner of Slovakia's [[Slovak First Football League]]. With 101 appearances in official matches for the [[Georgian national football team|national team]], he is the second most-capped Georgian player after [[Guram Kashia]]. 
He has been twice recognized as [[Georgian Footballer of the Year]].<ref>{{cite web |title=ჯაბა მეორედ: საქართველოს საუკეთესო ფეხბურთელი საქართველოს კაპიტანია |url=https://fortuna.ge/jaba-meored-saqartvelos-sauketeso-fekhburteli-saqartvelos-kapitania/ |website=fortuna.ge (in Georgian) |date=28 December 2019}}</ref>  

==Club career==
Jaba Kankava was born on 18 March 1986 in Tbilisi to Nana and Gia Kankava, and has one older brother, Levan.

He played football from a young age, joining ''Vake 91'' when he was six in 1992. Kankava played eight years there under the management of Guram Chomakhidze before moving to Dinamo Tbilisi at the age of 14.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldsport.ge/ge/page/136058_es-tasi-djabasia?ShowAllAdvSpaces |website=worldsport.ge (in Georgian) |title=ეს თასი ჯაბასია! |date=18 March 2016}}</ref>

In 2004, Kankava started his football career with [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]], where Gia Geguchadze was just appointed as head coach. Geguchadze started to create a new club with youngsters and Kankava became a main member of them. In his first year, Kankava won the [[Georgian Cup]], and played in the [[UEFA Europa League]] scoring the winning goal against [[SK Slavia Prague|Slavia Prague]] and contributing to the qualification for the group stages.

After one season at Dinamo, Kankava moved to [[FC Spartak Vladikavkaz|Alania Vladikavkaz]], where he played 12 matches, before signing a contract with [[FC Arsenal Kyiv|Arsenal Kyiv]] in 2005. At Arsenal Kyiv, he played 24 matches and scored 4 goals.

In 2007, Kankava agreed to sign a three-year contract with league rival [[FC Dnipro|Dnipro]]. Newly arrived Kankava was among the starting squad from the first games but received a red card against [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]] because of a tough tackle and missed several games and was among the bench players. He won the silver medals of the Ukrainian league in 2014. The next season Kankava played in a dramatic [[2014–15 UEFA Europa League|Europa League]] final against [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Dnipro vs Sevilla |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2015228--dnipro-vs-sevilla/ |website=[[UEFA]] |date=27 May 2015}}</ref> which was his last appearance for the club. In eight years at Dnipro, he played 91 matches and scored 4 goals.

In 2015, Kankava joined [[Ligue 1]] club [[Stade de Reims|Reims]] in a deal worth €1.5 million.<ref>{{cite web |title=ჯაბა კანკავა "რეიმსში" გადავიდა |url=https://fanebi.com/jaba-kankava-reimsshi-gadavida-photo/ |website=fanebi.com (in Georgian) |date=14 August 2015}}</ref> During his second season at this club Kankava was three times named the best player of month by popular vote and eventually recognized Player of the Season.<ref>{{cite web |title=ფანების აღიარება: კანკავა რეიმსში საუკეთესოა |url=https://fortuna.ge/fortuna/post/fanebis-aghiareba-kankava-reimsshi-sauketesoa |website=fortune.ge (in Georgian) |date=27 May 2017}}</ref> In July 2017, he agreed to the termination of his contract which ran until 2018.<ref>{{cite news|title=Transferts : Jaba Kankava quitte Reims|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Transferts-jaba-kankava-quitte-reims/820547|access-date=27 September 2017|work=L'Équipe|date=24 July 2017|language=fr}}</ref>

On 22 November 2018, Kankava signed a new two-year contract with [[FC Tobol]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Тобол продлил отношения с 4 игроками |url=https://fctobol.kz/tobol-prodlil-otnosheniya-s-4-igrokami/ |website=fctobol.kz |publisher=FC Tobol |access-date=15 January 2019 |language=ru |date=22 November 2018 |archive-date=16 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116125405/https://fctobol.kz/tobol-prodlil-otnosheniya-s-4-igrokami/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On 16 January 2021, [[Valenciennes FC|Valenciennes]] announced the signing of Kankava on a contract until June 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jaba Kankava s'engage avec le VAFC |url=http://www.va-fc.com/fr/saison/actualite/article/19603/Jaba-Kankava-s%E2%80%99engage-avec-le-VAFC.html |website=va-fc.com/ |publisher=Valenciennes FC |access-date=16 January 2021 |language=fr |date=16 January 2021 |archive-date=16 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116095206/http://www.va-fc.com/fr/saison/actualite/article/19603/Jaba-Kankava-s%E2%80%99engage-avec-le-VAFC.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Аt the end of this season he joined [[Slovak First Football League|Fortuna Liga]] side [[ŠK Slovan Bratislava|Slovan Bratislava]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://netgazeti.ge/news/549043/ |title=გურამ კაშია და ჯაბა კანკავა ბრატისლავის სლოვანში გადავიდნენ |date=17 June 2021 |language=KA}}</ref> In May 2022, he was selected in Team of the Season. During the next three years Kankava made 116 appearances for Slovan in all competitions and won three league titles.<ref>{{cite web |title=გურამ კაშია და ჯაბა კანკავა სლოვაკეთის ჩემპიონები ზედიზედ მესამედ გახდნენ |url=https://digest.ge/news/sazogadoeba/guram-kashia-da-jaba-kankava-slovaketis-chempionebi-zedized-mesamed-gakhdnen |website=digest.ge |access-date=14 April 2024}}</ref> He left the club in June 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jaba Kankava už nebude rozdávať rany v belasom drese. Slovan sa rozlúčil s miláčikom fanúšikov |url=https://sport.aktuality.sk/futbal/clanok/jaba-kankava-uz-nebude-rozdavat-rany-v-belasom-drese-slovan-sa-rozlucil-s-milacikom-fanusikov-2024062713150239555 |website=sport.aktuality.sk |date=27 June 2024 |access-date=28 June 2024}}</ref> 

On 29 December 2024, [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]] announced the signing of Kankava to a one-year contract.<ref>{{cite web |title=ჯაბა კანკავა დინამოში დაბრუნდა |url=https://fcdinamo.ge/ge/news?n=105117&i= |website=fcdinamo.ge |publisher=FC Dinamo Tbilisi |access-date=2 January 2025 |language=Georgian |date=29 December 2024}}</ref>

==International career==
On 8 September 2004, Kankava made his debut for [[Georgia national football team|Georgia]] against [[Albania national football team|Albania]] in the [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]]. Later on, he managed score a goal against [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]] in [[UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying]], and against [[Germany national football team|Germany]] in [[UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying]]. From August 2012 up to October 2021, he was the captain, leading the team in 62 matches.<ref>{{cite web |title=Georgia international footballers |url=https://eu-football.info/_players.php?id=85&data=10 |website=eu-football.info |access-date=28 June 2024}}</ref>

On 27 January 2022, Kankava announced his retirement from international football after appearing in 100 matches, captaining Georgia 62 times,<ref>{{cite web |title=Georgia Football Team Captain Jaba Kankava Retires From International Duty |url=https://georgianjournal.ge/sports/37738-georgia-football-team-captain-jaba-kankava-retires-from-international-duty.html |website=Georgian Journal}}</ref> however he came out of retirement to feature in Georgia's qualifiers for [[UEFA Euro 2024 |Euro 2024]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Georgia vs Luxemburg |url=https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2039641--georgia-vs-luxembourg/ |website=[[UEFA]] |date=21 March 2024 |access-date=14 April 2024}}</ref>

Kavkava received a call-up to the team for the European championship on 22 May 2024.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://primetime.ge/news/sazogadoeb/vili-saniolma-evropis-chempionatistvis-gundis-shemadgenloba-daasakhela |website=primetime.ge |title=ვილი სანიოლმა ევროპის ჩემპიონატისთვის გუნდის შემადგენლობა დაასახელა |date=22 May 2024 |language=KA}}</ref> Two days later, he announced that he would refrain himself from taking part in the matches and travel to [[Germany]] as a fan only.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sportall.ge/fekhburthi/fekhburthii/erovnuli-nakrebiiii/171387-qminda-chemi-gadatsyvetilebis-shesakheb-githkhrathq-nakrebshi-gamodzakhebuli-jaba-kankava-evropis-chempionatze-ar-ithamashebs.html |website=sportall.ge |title="მინდა, ჩემი გადაწყვეტილების შესახებ გითხრათ..." - ნაკრებში გამოძახებული ჯაბა კანკავა ევროპის ჩემპიონატზე არ ითამაშებს |date=24 May 2024 |language=KA}}</ref> His decision was widely hailed as unselfish and exemplary.<ref>{{cite web |title='ლეგენდარული კაპიტანი ხარ' - როგორ ეხმაურებიან ქომაგები ჯაბა კანკავას საქციელს |url=https://sportline.ge/index.php/?newsid=13702 |website=sportall.ge (in Georgian) |date=25 May 2024 |access-date=28 June 2024}}</ref> Although not present at [[Euro 2024]], Kankava was awarded the [[Order of Honor (Georgia)|Order of Honour]] by a presidential decree issued on 2 July 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=პრეზიდენტი - მინდა, ერთობის სახელით, ეს ჯილდო გადავცე ბიჭებს და ვუსურვო, რომ გზა მათი გამარჯვებისა უსასრულო ყოფილიყოს |url=https://president.ge/index.php?m=209&news_id=2229&lng=geo |website=president.ge |date=2 July 2024 |access-date=10 July 2024 |language=KA}}</ref> 

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{{updated|match played 28 May 2025}}
''Data available from 2008''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="6"|[[FC Dnipro|Dnipro]]
|[[2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League|2008–09]]
|rowspan="6"|[[Ukrainian Premier League]]
|0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||0||0
|-
|[[2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League|2009–10]]
|0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||1||0
|-
|[[2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League|2012–13]]
|17||1||2||0||5||0||colspan="2"|–||24||1
|-
|[[2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League|2013–14]]
|25||0||2||0||8||0||colspan="2"|–||35||0
|-
|[[2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League|2014–15]]
|15||0||2||0||14||1||colspan="2"|–||31||1
|-
|[[2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League|2015–16]]
|4||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||6||0
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (1959–2013)|Kryvbas]] (loan)
|[[2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League|2010–11]]
|rowspan="3"|Ukrainian Premier League
|8||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||8||0
|-
|[[2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League|2011–12]]
|23||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||24||0
|-
|[[2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League|2012–13]]
|7||2||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||7||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!38!!2!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!39!!2
|-
| rowspan="3"|[[Stade de Reims|Stade Reims]]
| [[2015–16 Ligue 1|2015–16]]
| [[Ligue 1]]
| 27||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||28||0
|-
| [[2016–17 Ligue 2|2016–17]]
| [[Ligue 2]]
| 20||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||21||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
! 47!!0!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!49!!0
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[FC Tobol|Tobol]]
| [[2018 Kazakhstan Premier League|2018]]
| rowspan="3"|[[Kazakhstan Premier League]]
| 28||3||2||0||4||0||colspan="2"|–||34||3
|-
| [[2019 Kazakhstan Premier League|2019]]
| 29||0||2||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||33||0
|-
| [[2020 Kazakhstan Premier League|2020]]
| 19||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||19||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
! 76!!4!!4!!0!!6!!0!!0!!0!!86!!4
|-
| [[Valenciennes FC|Valenciennes]]
| [[2020–21 Ligue 2|2020–21]]
| Ligue 2
| 14||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||16||0
|-
| rowspan="4"|[[ŠK Slovan Bratislava|Slovan]] 
| [[2021–22 Slovak First Football League|2021–22]]
| rowspan="3"|[[Slovak First Football League]]
| 25||1||5||0||8||0||colspan="2"|–||38||0
|-
| [[2022–23 Slovak First Football League|2022–23]]
| 26||1||3||2||10||0||colspan="2"|–||39||3
|-
| [[2023–24 Slovak First Football League|2023–24]]
| 20||1||3||1||16||0||colspan="2"|–||39||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
! 71!!3!!11!!3!!34!!0!!0!!0!!116!!6
|-
| [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
| [[2025 FC Dinamo Tbilisi season|2025]]
| [[Erovnuli Liga]]
|14||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||14||0
|}

===National team===
{{updated|26 March 2024}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="19“|[[Georgia national football team|Georgia]]
|2004||1||0
|-
|2005||6||0
|-
|2006||8||1
|-
|2007||7||1
|-
|2008||3||0
|-
|2009||0||0
|-
|2010||1||0
|-
|2011||7||2
|-
|2012||7||0
|-
|2013||6||0
|-
|2014||7||1
|-
|2015||8||2
|-
|2016||2||0
|-
|2017||8||0
|-
|2018||8||2
|-
|2019||8||1
|-
|2020||7||0
|-
|2021||6||0
|-
|2024||1||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!101!!10
|}

:''Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kankava goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Jaba Kankava<ref name="NFT">{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/8486/Jaba_Kankava.html|title=Kankava, Jaba|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=19 October 2018}}</ref>
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || 1 March 2006 || [[Ta' Qali National Stadium]], [[Attard]], Malta || {{fb|MLT}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|2–0 || [[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|-
| align="center"|2 || 16 November 2007 || [[Thani bin Jassim Stadium|Al-Gharafa Stadium]], [[Doha]], Qatar || {{fb|QAT}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|2–1 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|3 || 3 June 2011 || [[Stadion Poljud]], [[Split, Croatia|Split]], Croatia || {{fb|CRO}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–2 || [[UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group F|UEFA Euro 2012 qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|4 || 6 September 2011 || Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard, Malta || {{fb|MLT}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–1 || UEFA Euro 2012 qualification
|-
| align="center"|5 || 14 October 2014 || [[Estádio Algarve]], [[Faro, Portugal|Faro]]/[[Loulé]], Portugal || {{fb|GIB}} || align="center"|3–0 || align="center"|3–0 || [[UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group D|UEFA Euro 2016 qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|6 || 25 March 2015 || [[Mikheil Meskhi Stadium]], [[Tbilisi]], Georgia || {{fb|MLT}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|2–0 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|7 || 12 October 2015 || [[Red Bull Arena (Leipzig)|Red Bull Arena]], [[Leipzig]], Germany || {{fb|GER}} || align="center"|1&ndash;1 || align="center"|1–2 || UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
|-
| align="center"|8 || 13 October 2018 || [[Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena]], Tbilisi, Georgia || {{fb|AND}} || align="center"|3–0 || align="center"|3–0 || [[2018–19 UEFA Nations League D]]
|-
| align="center"|9 || 16 October 2018 || [[Daugava Stadium (Riga)|Daugava Stadium]], [[Riga]], Latvia || {{fb|LVA}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|3–0 || 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D
|-
| align="center"|10 || 15 October 2019 || [[Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar|Victoria Stadium]], Gibraltar || {{fb|GIB}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|3–2 || [[UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group D|UEFA Euro 2020 qualification]]
|}

==Honours==
'''Dinamo Tbilisi'''
* [[Georgian Cup]]: 2003–04

'''Dnipro'''
* [[Ukrainian Premier League|Premier League]] runner-up: [[2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League|2013–14]]
* [[UEFA Europa League]] runner-up: [[2014–15 UEFA Europa League#Final|2014–15]]

'''Tobol'''
* [[Kazakhstan Premier League]] runner-up: [[2020 Kazakhstan Premier League|2020]]

'''Slovan Bratislava'''
* [[Slovak First Football League|Fortuna Liga]]: [[2021–22 Slovak First Football League|2021–22]], [[2022–23 Slovak First Football League|2022–23]], [[2023–24 Slovak First Football League|2023–24]]
* [[Slovak Cup]] runner-up: [[2021–22 Slovak Cup|2021–22]] 

'''Individual'''
* [[Georgian Footballer of the Year]]: 2015, 2019
*[[Slovak First Football League]] Team of the Season: [[2021–22 Slovak First Football League#Team of the Season|2021–22]]<ref name="fortunaliga.sk">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fortunaliga.sk/clanok/2912-jedenastka-sezony-najlepsim-hracom-weiss-ml-objavom-kadak|title=Jedenastka sezony...|website=Fortuna liga|date=22 May 2022}}</ref>

==Awards==
On 30 March 2014, Kankava saved the life of [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]] captain, [[Oleh Husyev]], after Husyev was briefly knocked unconscious in a collision and swallowed his tongue which [[Airway obstruction|blocked his airway]]. Kankava reacted immediately by sticking his fingers in Husyev's mouth to dislodge his tongue and [[Basic airway management|clear his airway]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/mar/31/dnipro-jaba-kankava-kiev-oleg-gusev-save-life-swallow-tongue|title=Dnipro's Jaba Kankava saves Kiev captain's life after he swallows tongue|date=31 March 2014|access-date=31 March 2014|work=The Guardian}}</ref> On 12 April 2014, before Dnipro played [[FC Metalurh Zaporizhya|Metalurh Zaporizhya]] at the [[Dnipro Arena]], Kankava was awarded the [[Order of Merit (Ukraine)|Order of Merit]] for his actions in [[Dnipropetrovsk]].<ref> He saved someone's life so he deserved it.[http://www.ukrinform.ua/ukr/news/futbolist_dnipra_kankava_udostoe_niy_nagorodi_za_poryatunok_guse_va_1929063 Dnipro footballer Kankava was given an award for saving Husyev] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421222224/http://www.ukrinform.ua/ukr/news/futbolist_dnipra_kankava_udostoe_niy_nagorodi_za_poryatunok_guse_va_1929063 |date=21 April 2014 }}. [[Ukrinform]]. 14 April 2014</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{FIFA}}
* {{NFT}}
* {{Worldfootball.net}}
* {{Soccerbase}}
* {{Soccerway}}
* {{FFU}}

{{FC Dinamo Tbilisi squad}}
{{Georgian Footballer of the Year}}

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[[Category:21st-century sportsmen from Georgia (country)]]
[[Category:FIFA Men's Century Club]]
[[Category:Russian Premier League players]]
[[Category:Ukrainian Premier League players]]
[[Category:Ligue 1 players]]
[[Category:Slovak First Football League players]]
[[Category:FC Dinamo Tbilisi players]]
[[Category:FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players]]
[[Category:FC Arsenal Kyiv players]]
[[Category:FC Dnipro players]]
[[Category:FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih players]]
[[Category:Stade de Reims players]]
[[Category:FC Tobol players]]
[[Category:Valenciennes FC players]]
[[Category:ŠK Slovan Bratislava players]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country)]]
[[Category:Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Russia]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Russia]]
[[Category:Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Ukraine]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine]]
[[Category:Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in France]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in France]]
[[Category:Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Slovakia]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia]]