Mikheil Ashvetia
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Mikheil Ashvetia (Georgian: Script error: No such module "Lang".; born 10 November 1977) is a Georgian former footballer who played as a striker.[1] Most recently he was the head coach of 2nd division club Samtredia.
Career
Player
Ashvetia played mostly in Georgia and Russia, except for short spells at FC København in 2001–2002 and FC Carl Zeiss Jena in 2006-2007. In Russia, he played for Alania Vladikavkaz, Lokomotiv Moscow, Rubin Kazan and FC Rostov. While playing for Lokomotiv in 2003, he scored a notable Champions League goal against Inter Milan, making the score 2–0 to Lokomotiv, which they would later win 3-0.
He played for the Georgian national team between 1995 and 2005, and was capped 24 times, scoring five goals.
Coach
In 2016, Ashvetia started working at Torpedo Kutaisi first as an assistant manager to Kakhaber Chkhetiani, later promoted to the manager's position. He left the club in April 2021.[2]
Ashvetia spent next four seasons at Samgurali as an assistant manager, manager and sporting director.[3]
In January 2025, he took charge of 2nd league side Samtredia, who had suffered relegation the previous season.[4] In May 2025, he left the team amid a poor run of form.
Honours
Club
- FC Copenhagen
- Danish Super Cup: 2001[5]
Individual
- CIS Cup top goalscorer: 2001 (shared)
References
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External links
- Pages with script errors
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Kutaisi
- Men's footballers from Georgia (country)
- Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country)
- Georgia (country) men's 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 men's footballers in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
- Russian Premier League players
- Erovnuli Liga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- FC Nizhny Novgorod (2007) players
- Men's association football forwards