Aleksandr Iashvili

Not to be confused with Sandro Iashvili.

Alexandr Iashvili (Georgian: ალექსანდრე მამულის ძე იაშვილი; born 23 October 1977) is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Alexandr Iashvili

Iashvili with Karlsruher SC in 2007
Personal information
Date of birth	(1977-10-23) 23 October 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward, midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1997	Dinamo Tbilisi	89	(84)
1997	→ VfB Lübeck (loan)	15	(3)
1997–2007	SC Freiburg	255	(51)
2007–2012	Karlsruher SC	141	(24)
2012–2013	VfL Bochum	28	(0)
2013–2014	Inter Baku	33	(5)
2014–2015	Samtredia	10	(2)
2015–2016	Dinamo Tbilisi	24	(5)
Total		595	(174)
International career
1993	Georgia U-17	2	(0)
1994–1995	Georgia U-19	4	(0)
1996–1997	Georgia U-21	9	(1)
1996–2011	Georgia	67	(15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Early years

Born in Tbilisi, Iashvili started his career in Dinamo Tbilisi in 1993,^[1] where he became a prolific goalscorer. With 24 goals in 24 games (1994–95) and 26 goals in 25 games (1995–96) he attracted interest from foreign clubs, and at the age of 19 decided to join VfB Lübeck^[2] on loan in January 1997.^{[citation needed]}

SC Freiburg

After initially returning to Tbilisi from his loan spell^{[citation needed]} Iashvili permanently moved to play in Germany, signing with SC Freiburg for the 1996–97 season.^[2] The team earned promotion to the Bundesliga in his first season there. For the 2005–06 season he was promoted to team captain.^[3] In April 2007, he expressed his intention to not renew his Freiburg contract but to instead leave for another, preferably German, club.^[4] In his ten years at Freiburg he scored 51 goals in 255 league appearances.^[5]

Karlsruher SC

Iashvili subsequently joined Karlsruher SC in summer 2007.^[5] In 2009, Iashvili agreed to a contract extension until 2013.^[6] In 2012, he was released by Karlsruhe.^[7]

Later years

In 2012, Iashvili joined fellow 2. Bundesliga side VfL Bochum.^[8]

Iashvili spent the 2013–2014 season with Inter Baku of the Azerbaijan Premier League.^[9]

He played for FC Samtredia in his home country in the second half of the 2014–2015 season.^[9]

In July 2015, he re-joined his home club Dinamo Tbilisi.^[1]

International career

Having played 67 matches scoring 15 goals, Iashvili is the fifth most-capped player of Georgia.^[10] With Georgia he won in 1998 the Malta International Football Tournament.^[11]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total		Ref.
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dinamo Tbilisi	1993–94	Top League	28	19							28	19	[12]
	1994–95		24	24			1	0			25	24	[12][13]
	1995–96		25	26			1	0			26	26	[12][13]
	1996–97		8	9			8	3			16	12	[12][13]
	1997–98	Top League	4	6			6	3			10	9	[12][13]
	Total		89	84	0	0	16	6	0	0	105	90	—
VfB Lübeck (loan)	1996–97	2. Bundesliga	15	3	0	0	—		—		15	3	[14][13]
SC Freiburg	1997–98	2. Bundesliga	24	4	0	0	—		—		24	4	[13][15]
	1998–99	Bundesliga	11	6	2	0	—		—		13	6	[13][16]
	1999–00		22	1	1	1	—		—		23	2	[13][17]
	2000–01		26	4	3	2	—		—		29	6	[13][18]
	2001–02		29	5	2	2	6	0	1[a]	0	38	6	[13]
	2002–03	2. Bundesliga	25	4	0	0	—		—		25	4	[13][19]
	2003–04	Bundesliga	30	9	3	3	—		—		33	12	[13][20]
	2004–05		29	4	4	2	—		—		33	6	[13][21]
	2005–06	2. Bundesliga	27	4	2	2	—		—		29	6	[13][22]
	2006–07		32	10	2	0	—		—		34	10	[13][23]
	Total		255	51	19	12	6	0	1	0	281	63	—
Karlsruher SC	2007–08	Bundesliga	28	0	2	0	—		1[a]	0	31	0	[13]
	2008–09		23	3	2	2	—		—		25	5	[13][24]
	2009–10	2. Bundesliga	27	6	2	0	—		—		29	6	[13][25]
	2010–11		31	7	1	0	—		—		32	7	[13][26]
	2011–12		32	8	2	0	—		2[b]	0	36	8	[13][27]
	Total		141	24	9	2	0	0	3	0	153	26	—
VfL Bochum	2012–13	2. Bundesliga	28	0	4	1	—		—		32	1	[13][28]
Inter Baku	2013-14	APL	33	5			4	0			37	5	[12][13]
FC Samtredia	2014–15	Top League	10	2							10	2	[12]
Dinamo Tbilisi	2015–16	Top League	24	5			2	0			26	5	[12][13]
Career total			595	174	32	15	28	6	4	0	659	195	—

1. Includes appearance in DFB-Ligapokal
2. Includes 2. Bundesliga relegation playoff

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[29]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Georgia	1996	2	1
	1997	0	0
	1998	5	1
	1999	0	0
	2000	1	0
	2001	4	4
	2002	1	0
	2003	5	1
	2004	5	1
	2005	4	1
	2006	6	1
	2007	5	2
	2008	8	0
	2009	7	1
	2010	7	1
	2011	7	1
Total		67	15

Honours

Dinamo Tbilisi

• Erovnuli Liga: 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98
• Georgian Cup: 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97
• Georgian Super Cup: 1996, 1997

SC Freiburg

• 2. Bundesliga: 2002–03

Individual

• Georgian Footballer of the Year: 2004, 2008^[2]