Davit Janashia

Davit Janashia

Personal information
Full name	Davit Janashia
Date of birth	8 July 1972 (1972-07-08) (age 39)
Place of birth	Kutaisi, Soviet Union
Playing position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1989–1993	Torpedo Kutaisi
1993–1995	Samtredia
1996	Zhemchuzhina Sochi	31	(1)
1997	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	3	(0)
1997–2001	Torpedo Kutaisi
2001	Lokomotiv Tbilisi	6	(0)
2002	Dinamo Batumi
2002	Torpedo Kutaisi
2002–2003	Samgurali Tskhaltubo
2003	Atyrau	6	(2)
2004	Zestaponi	17	(4)
2005	Borjomi
2005–2007	Torpedo Kutaisi	3	(0)
National team
1992–1999	Georgia	8	(3)
Teams managed
2007	Torpedo Kutaisi
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Davit Janashia (born 8 July 1972 in Kutaisi) is a Georgian head coach and former footballer .

Career

Janashia started his career at hometown club Torpedo Kutaisi, he then moved to Samtredia in 1993, where he met name sake Zaza Janashia in next season.

Janashia moved to Russian (North Caucasus) side Zhemchuzhina Sochi in 1996. He then played for Chernomorets Novorossiysk but failed to play regularly. He moved back from his neighbour country and re-signed for Torpedo Kutaisi, where he won two Umaglesi Liga title.

Janashia was signed for Dinamo Batumi in January 2002, after failed to play regular football at Lokomotiv Tbilisi.^[1] He rejoined hometown club Torpedo Kutaisi at the start of 2002–03 season but was fired again in September.^[2] He then signed by Samgurali Tskhaltubo of Pirveli Liga, before moved to Kazakhstani side Atyrau.

International career

Janashia made his Georgia debut on 2 September 1992 against Lithuania. In total, Janashia capped 8 time for Georgia, 6 in friendlies, one in UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying and one in UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying. In addition, Janashia capped twice in non-A friendlies against Azerbaijan in 1992 and 1993, which at that time Azerbaijan not yet a member of UEFA nor FIFA.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	23 June 1994	Riga, Latvia	Latvia	3–1	Win	Friendly
2.	15 November 1995	Chişinău, Moldova	Moldova	2–3	Lose	UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
3.	18 November 1998	Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia	Estonia	3–1	Win	Friendly

Coaching career

Janashia was appointed as coach of Torpedo Kutaisi in May 2007.^[3]

Personal

He is the brother of Kakhaber Janashia.

References

1. ^ "Janashia joins Batumi". UEFA.com. 2002-01-31. http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=16437.html. Retrieved 2009-03-04. 
2. ^ "Torpedo release Janashia". UEFA.com. 2002-09-26. http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=35538.html. Retrieved 2009-03-04. 
3. ^ "Olimpi to make it first time lucky". UEFA.com. 2007-05-15. http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=538404.html. Retrieved 2009-03-04. 

External links

• Davit Janashia at National-Football-Teams.com
• Profile at footballdatabase

Persondata
Name	Janashia, Davit
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	8 July 1972
Place of birth	Kutaisi, Soviet Union
Date of death
Place of death