Aleksandre Iashvili

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

Club career

Early years Born in Tbilisi, Iashvili started his career in Dinamo Tbilisi in 1993, 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 on loan in January 1997.

SC Freiburg After initially returning to Tbilisi from his loan spell Iashvili permanently moved to play in Germany, signing with SC Freiburg for the 1996–97 season. In April 2007, he expressed his intention to not renew his Freiburg contract but to instead leave for another, preferably German, club. In his ten years at Freiburg he scored 51 goals in 255 league appearances.

Karlsruher SC Iashvili subsequently joined Karlsruher SC in summer 2007. In 2012, he was released by Karlsruhe.

Later years In 2012, Iashvili joined fellow 2. Bundesliga side VfL Bochum.

Iashvili spent the 2013–2014 season with Inter Baku of the Azerbaijan Premier League.

He played for FC Samtredia in his home country in the second half of the 2014–2015 season. With Georgia he won in 1998 the Malta International Football Tournament.

Career statistics

Club

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