- Mikhail Kavelashvili
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Mikhail Kavelashvili Personal information Full name Mikhail Kavelashvili Date of birth 22 July 1971 Place of birth Tblisi, Georgia Height 180 cm Playing position Striker Youth career 1989-1991 Dinamo Tbilisi Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1988–1995 Dinamo Tbilisi 132 (80) 1994-1995 → Vladikavkaz (loan) 24 (12) 1995-1997 Manchester City 28 (3) 1997-1999 → Grasshoppers (loan) 59 (20) 1999-2002 Zürich 81 (28) 2002-2003 Luzern 25 (5) 2003-2004 Sion 10 (6) 2004-2005 Aarau 16 (8) 2004 → Vladikavkaz (loan) 7 (0) 2005-2006 Basel 14 (4) National team‡ 1992-2002 Georgia 45 (8) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 May 2007.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 May 2008Mikhail Kavelashvili (Georgian: მიხეილ გურამის ძე ყაველაშვილი; born 22 July 1971 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian former footballer.
As with many leading Georgian players, Kavelahvili began his career with FC Dinamo Tbilisi, emerging from their youth system in 1989. A skillful striker, he soon established himself in the Dinamo side before earning a move to Russian club FC Spartak Vladikavkaz in 1995.
He began training with Manchester City F.C. on March 1, 1996 [1] before finally joining the club on transfer deadline day. He made his city debut on April 6 scoring in the derby game against Manchester United F.C.. Following City's relegation he played 24 games (2 goals) in the Football League First Division. The number was not enough to secure a renewal of his work permit and so he was sent out on loan to Grasshopper-Club Zürich, winning a Swiss Super League in 1998. He has since played the majority of his football in Switzerland, featuring for Fussballclub Zürich, FC Lucerne, FC Sion and FC Aarau (as well as a loan spell back at Vladikavkaz). He most recently signed for FC Basel in 2005. [2].
Honours
- Umaglesi Liga champion: 1990, 1994, 1995.
- Russian Premier League champion: 1995.
- Swiss Super League: 1998.
External links
- Interview with Kavelashvili
- Statistical record
- Mikhail Kavelashvili at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:- People from Tbilisi
- Premier League players
- FC Basel players
- Association football forwards
- Footballers from Georgia (country)
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz players
- Grasshopper-Club Zürich players
- Manchester City F.C. players
- FC Zürich players
- FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
- Russian Premier League players
- Georgia (country) international footballers
- FC Luzern players
- FC Aarau players
- FC Sion players
- Expatriate footballers in Russia
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Georgian expatriate footballers
- 1971 births
- Living people
- Georgian (country) football biography stubs
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