 Ashvetia in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 November 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Kutaisi,[1] Georgian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1994 | FC Torpedo Kutaisi | 24 | (11) |
| 1994–1995 | Rtsmena Kutaisi | 7 | (6) |
| 1994–1995 | Samgurali Tskhaltubo | 13 | (5) |
| 1995–1997 | FC Torpedo Kutaisi | 54 | (55) |
| 1997 | FC Alania Vladikavkaz | 22 | (6) |
| 1997–2000 | FC Dinamo Tbilisi | 57 | (49) |
| 2000 | FC Alania Vladikavkaz | 25 | (7) |
| 2000–2001 | FC Torpedo Kutaisi | 16 | (12) |
| 2001–2002 | FC København | 5 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | FC Alania Vladikavkaz | 31 | (7) |
| 2003–2005 | FC Lokomotiv Moscow | 42 | (11) |
| 2005 | FC Rostov | 13 | (1) |
| 2006 | FC Rubin Kazan | 17 | (2) |
| 2006–2007 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 10 | (5) |
| 2008 | FC Anzhi Makhachkala | 36 | (17) |
| 2009 | FC Dynamo Barnaul | 12 | (5) |
| 2009 | FC Nizhny Novgorod | 10 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 1997–1999 | Georgia U21 | 14 | (7) |
| 1998–2005 | Georgia | 24 | (5) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mikheil Ashvetia (Georgian: მიხეილ აშვეთია; born 10 November 1977) is a Georgian former footballer.[1] He has played mostly in Georgia and Russia, except for a short spell at FC København in 2001–2002 and a recent spell in Germany with FC Carl Zeiss Jena. In Russia he has played for Alania Vladikavkaz, Lokomotiv Moscow, Rubin Kazan and FC Rostov. While playing for Lokomotiv, he scored a notable Champion League 2003–04 goal against Inter Milan making a score 2–0 for Lokomotiv. His team went ahead and won the game with an impressive 3–0 result.
He played for the Georgian national team between 1995 and 2005, and was capped 24 times, scoring five goals.