Alexander Iashvili

Football player infobox
playername = Alexander Iashvili


fullname =
height = height|m=1.75
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1977|10|23
cityofbirth = Tbilisi
countryofbirth = Georgia (then the Soviet Union)
currentclub = Karlsruher SC
clubnumber = 20
position =Striker
years = 1994–1997
1997
1997–2007 2007–
clubs = FC Dinamo Tbilisi
VfB Lübeck
SC Freiburg Karlsruher SC
caps(goals) = 057 0(59)
015 00(3)
256 0(52) 029 00(0)
nationalyears = 1998–
nationalteam = Georgia
nationalcaps(goals)= 047 0(14)
pcupdate = August 23, 2008
ntupdate = September 14, 2008

Alexander Iashvili (born October 23, 1977 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian football striker. He currently playes for German club Karlsruher SC.

He started his career in Dinamo Tbilisi, where he was a great goalscorer. With 24 goals in 24 games (1994–1995) and 26 goals in 25 games (1995–1996) he attracted interest from foreign clubs, and decided to join VfB Lübeck in January 1997. After his loan spell ended, he once again moved to play in Germany, this time for SC Freiburg. The team earned promotion to the Bundesliga the first season, and since 1998 has contributed with 30 goals in 148 Bundesliga games. For the 2005/2006 season he was promoted to team captain. He was released in 2007, after ten years with the club, and subsequently joined Karlsruher SC.

For the Georgian national team Iashvili has scored twelve goals in 32 games.

External links

* [http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil.php?id=246 Weltfussball.de provides profile and stats for Alexander Iashvili]