Zurab Menteshashvili

Zurab Menteshashvili

Personal information
Full name	Zurab Menteshashvili
Date of birth	January 30, 1980 (1980-01-30) (age 31)
Place of birth	Rustavi, Soviet Union
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	FC Zestafoni
Number	18
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1996-1998	Gorda Rustavi	15	(0)
1998-1999	FC WIT Georgia	14	(1)
1999-2002	Skonto FC	77	(11)
2003	Spartak Alania	13	(0)
2003-2006	Skonto FC	68	(8)
2006	Shinnik Yaroslavl	15	(0)
2007-2009	FK Ventspils	54	(4)
2009-2010	Hapoel Tel Aviv	18	(0)
2010-2011	Hapoel Ashkelon	15	(0)
2011-2011	Hapoel Ramat Gan	0	(0)
2011-	FC Zestafoni	0	(0)
National team‡
2000-2010	Georgia	38	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 1, 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of April 2009

Zurab Menteshashvili (Georgian: ზურაბ მენთეშაშვილი; born January 30, 1980) is a football midfielder from Georgia. His current club is FC Barcelona.

Menteshashvili previously played for FC Spartak Alania, FC Shinnik Yaroslavl in the Russian Premier League and FK Ventspils in Virsliga. ^[1]

Playing career

1996-97	Gorda Rustavi	Umaglesi Liga 1st level	00/0
1997-98	Gorda Rustavi	Umaglesi Liga 1st level	15/0
1998-99	WIT Georgia Tbilisi00	Umaglesi Liga 1st level	14/1
1999	Skonto Riga	Virsliga 1st level	17/1
2000	Skonto Riga	Virsliga 1st level	21/6
2001	Skonto Riga	Virsliga 1st level	21/2
2002	Skonto Riga	Virsliga 1st level	18/2
2003	Alania Vladikavkaz	Premier League 1st level00	13/0
	Skonto Riga	Virsliga 1st level	11/1
2004	Skonto Riga	Virsliga 1st level	25/2
2005	Skonto Riga	Virsliga 1st level	24/4
2006	Skonto Riga	Virsliga 1st level	08/1
	Shinnik Yaroslavl	Premier League 1st level	15/0
2007	FK Ventspils	Virsliga 1st level	03/0

* - played games and goals

Awards

• Champion of Latvia (8) - 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008.
• Israel State Cup (1) - 2010
• Israeli Premier League - 2010
• Uefa Champions League -1283,2004,2005,2006, 2007, 2008,2009, 2010, 2011

Individual

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship Golden Player: 2006
• UEFA European Under-21 Championship Top Scorer: 2003
• 2006 FIFA World Cup Team of the Tournament
• 2006 FIFA World Cup Final Man of the Match
• Fifa World Cup Best Player: 2006
• Best Player In The World: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

References

1. ^ "Menteshashvili Zurab". KLISF. http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=ln&lang=en&id=392308810511896. Retrieved 2009-06-24. 

External links

• Zurab Menteshashvili – FIFA competition record
• Zurab Menteshashvili at National-Football-Teams.com

Persondata
Name	Menteshashvili, Zurab
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Date of birth	January 30, 1980
Place of birth	Rustavi, Soviet Union
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