Jano Ananidze
{{short description|Georgian professional footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jano Ananidze
ჯანო ანანიძე
| image = Jano Ananidze 2019.jpg
| upright = 0.9
| caption = Ananidze playing for Krylia Sovetov in 2019
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|10|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kobuleti, Georgia
| position = Attacking midfielder
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = 2002–2003
| youthclubs1 = Shukura Kobuleti
| youthyears2 = 2003–2005
| youthclubs2 = Norchi Dinamo Tbilisi
| youthyears3 = 2005–2007
| youthclubs3 = Dynamo Kyiv
| youthyears4 = 2007–2009
| youthclubs4 = Spartak Moscow
| years1 = 2009–2019
| clubs1 = Spartak Moscow
| caps1 = 122
| goals1 = 12
| years2 = 2013–2014
| clubs2 = → Rostov (loan)
| caps2 = 22
| goals2 = 3
| years3 = 2019
| clubs3 = → Krylia Sovetov Samara (loan)
| caps3 = 8
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2020
| clubs4 = Anorthosis Famagusta
| caps4 = 6
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2020
| clubs5 = Rotor Volgograd
| caps5 = 0
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2021–2022
| clubs6 = Dinamo Tbilisi
| caps6 = 1
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2021–2022
| clubs7 = Dinamo Batumi
| caps7 = 5
| goals7 = 0
| totalcaps = 164
| totalgoals = 16
| nationalyears1 = 2007
| nationalteam1 = Georgia U16
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| nationalyears2 = 2007-2009
| nationalteam2 = Georgia U17
| nationalcaps2 = 13
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2009
| nationalteam3 = Georgia U19
| nationalcaps3 = 2
| nationalgoals3 = 1
| nationalyears4 = 2009–2013
| nationalteam4 = Georgia U-21
| nationalcaps4 = 6
| nationalgoals4 = 2
| nationalyears5 = 2009–2022
| nationalteam5 = Georgia
| nationalcaps5 = 43
| nationalgoals5 = 7
}}
Jano Ananidze ({{lang-ka|ჯანო ანანიძე}}, {{IPA|ka|dʒano ananidze|pron}}; born 10 October 1992) is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
=Spartak Moscow=
Ananidze appeared in Spartak Moscow colours in spring of 2009, initially playing for its junior's team, scoring four goals in twelve games.{{cite web|url=http://www.gazeta.ru/sport/rfc/spartakm/3223256.shtml |title=Player profile. Jano Ananidze |language=ru |publisher=gazeta.ru |access-date=1 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090718134704/http://www.gazeta.ru/sport/rfc/spartakm/3223256.shtml |archive-date=18 July 2009 }} During the midseason break Valery Karpin moved Ananidze from juniors into the main team, then on a training tour in Austria. Ananidze debuted in Russian Cup on 15 July 2009, scoring a goal against first division Krasnodar.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} On 1 August 2009, Ananidze debuted in regular 2009 Russian Premier League championship, substituting Alex in the 69th minute of the game.{{cite web | url=http://www.gazeta.ru/sport/rfc/2009/08/a_3230184.shtml | title=Karpin otomstil za Laudrupa | language=ru | publisher=gazeta.ru, 1 August 2009 | access-date=1 August 2009 }}
On 18 October 2009, he became the youngest player ever to score a goal in the Russian Premier League when he scored for Spartak Moscow against Lokomotiv Moscow at the age of 17 years and 8 days.
After a successful ending of his debut season, Jano was on the radar of Arsenal, Milan and Juventus. Spartak Moscow sporting director Dmitri Popov insisted the club would not listen to offers until Ananidze was at least in his 20s.{{cite web |title=Dazzling Ananidze making waves at Spartak |url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=rus/news/newsid=1604204.html?autoplay=true |website=UEFA |access-date=20 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711054007/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=rus/news/newsid=1604204.html?autoplay=true |archive-date=11 July 2012 |date=12 March 2011}}
In September 2012, before the 2014 World Cup qualification match against Spain, Iker Casillas named Ananidze as one of the key players of the Georgia national team alongside the keeper Giorgi Loria.[http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/3841/world-cup-2014/2012/09/10/3366684/casillas-there-is-no-guarantee-spain-will-make-world-cup Casillas: There is no guarantee Spain will make World Cup ]; Goal.com
On 21 January 2020, his contract with Spartak was terminated by mutual consent, 13 years after he originally joined the club's academy.{{cite press release|publisher=FC Spartak Moscow|url=https://spartak.com/news/2020-01-21-dzhano_ananidze_pokidayet_spartak/|title=Джано Ананидзе покидает "Спартак"|trans-title=Jano Ananidze leaves Spartak|date=21 January 2020|language=ru}}
=FC Rostov=
On 3 July 2013, he went on a one-year loan to FC Rostov.{{Cite web|url=http://www.spartak.com/main/news/41880/|title=Академия "Спартак" имени Ф. Черенкова | VK|access-date=3 July 2013|archive-date=7 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130707103816/http://spartak.com/main/news/41880/|url-status=dead}}
=Krylia Sovetov Samara=
On 13 January 2019, he joined Krylia Sovetov Samara on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.{{cite web|publisher=PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara|url=http://www.kc-camapa.ru/cgi-bin/newsprn.cgi?16843|script-title=ru:Джано Ананидзе переходит в "Крылья Советов" на правах аренды|trans-title=Jano Ananidze joins Krylia Sovetov on loan|date=13 January 2019|language=ru}}
=Rotor Volgograd=
On 6 August 2020, he returned to Russian Premier League and signed with Rotor Volgograd.{{cite web|publisher=FC Rotor Volgograd|url=https://rotor-vlg.com/?p=9996|title=Жано Ананидзе вошел в состав "Ротора"|date=6 August 2020|language=ru}} His Rotor contract was terminated by mutual consent on 12 September 2020 due to a knee injury.{{cite web|publisher=FC Rotor Volgograd|url=https://rotor-vlg.com/?p=10402|title=Жано Ананидзе покидает "Ротор"|date=12 September 2020|language=ru}}
=Dinamo Tbilisi=
On 29 April 2021, Ananidze returned to his native Georgia, joining Dinamo Tbilisi on a one-year contract, with the option of an additional year.{{cite web |title=ჯანო ანანიძე დინამოელია |url=https://fcdinamo.ge/ge/news?n=103663&i=241 |website=fcdinamo.ge |publisher=FC Dinamo Tbilisi |access-date=23 February 2024 |language=Georgian |date=29 April 2021}} On 3 December 2021, Dinamo Tbilisi announced the departure of Ananidze after playing only 26 minutes for the club.{{cite web |title=დინამო თბილისის განცხადება |url=https://fcdinamo.ge/ge/news?n=103924 |website=fcdinamo.ge |publisher=FC Dinamo Tbilisi |access-date=23 February 2024 |language=Georgian |date=3 December 2021}}
In April 2022, Jano announced his retirement ended his career due to multiple injuries.{{Cite web |title=Former player of Spartak Moscow retired |date=29 April 2022 |url=https://matchtv.ru/football/matchtvnews_NI1579963_Eks_igrok_Spartaka_Ananidze_objavil_o_zavershenii_karjery}} For the last three months he played in Dinamo Batumi and during this period he appeared on the field for only 122 minutes in total.{{Cite web |title="Jano was compared with Messi but ruined his career in 29." |url=https://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/golovin/3038798.html |access-date=3 May 2022 |website=Sports.ru}}
International career
In March 2009 UEFA web site listed Ananidze as one of three "key players" of Georgian U-17 team along with Nika Dzalamidze and Irakli Shekiladze.{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under17/news/kind=1/newsid=811176.html |title=Austria's unbeaten streak under threat |publisher=UEFA, 19 March 2009 |access-date=1 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423002108/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under17/news/kind%3D1/newsid%3D811176.html |archive-date=23 April 2009 }} In July 2009 Ananidze received and accepted Héctor Cúper's invitation to the Georgia national team.{{cite web|url=http://ru.uefa.com/competitions/worldcup/news/kind=1/newsid=864632.html |title=Bez Kaladze, no s Ananidze |language=ru |publisher=UEFA, 27 July 2009 |access-date=1 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090809122038/http://ru.uefa.com/competitions/worldcup/news/kind%3D1/newsid%3D864632.html |archive-date= 9 August 2009 }} Ananidze told Russian media "don't worry about me. I made my choice. I am a Georgian and I will play for my country." ({{langx|ru|"переживать не стоит. Я сделал свой выбор. Я грузин и буду играть за сборную своей страны"}}).{{cite web | url=http://www.sovsport.ru/gazeta/article-item/339449 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725140139/http://www.sovsport.ru/gazeta/article-item/339449 | url-status=dead | archive-date=25 July 2009 | title=Ananidze vybral sbornuyu | language=ru | publisher=Sovetsky Sport, 24 July 2009 | access-date=1 August 2009 }}
He made his debut for Georgia in a 2–0 home defeat by Italy on 5 September 2009. He scored his first goal against Slovenia in Koper on 17 November 2010. Then he scored against Moldova from the penalty spot and Georgia won this match 2–0 on 11 November 2011.
Career statistics
=Club=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition{{Soccerway|zhano-ananidze/84455}} | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="11"|Spartak Moscow
|2009 |rowspan="11"|Russian Premier League |8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 9 | 3 | ||
| 2010
|23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 25 | 2 | ||
| 2011–12
|15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 20 | 2 | ||
| 2012–13
|15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 20 | 4 | ||
| 2014–15
|15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16
|11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17
|22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 24 | 5 | ||
| 2017–18
|6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearance in Russian Super Cup}} | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2018–19
|1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20
|6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 10 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!122 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 145 | 16 | |
| Rostov (loan)
|Russian Premier League |22 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 25 | 5 | ||
| Krylia Sovetov Samara (loan)
|Russian Premier League |8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 8 | 1 | ||
| Anorthosis Famagusta
|6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 8 | 0 | ||
| Rotor Volgograd
|Russian Premier League |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dinamo Tbilisi
|2021 |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dinamo Batumi
|2022 |Erovnuli Liga |5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearance in Georgian Super Cup}} | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!164 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 193 | 22 |
{{notelist}}
=International=
:Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ananidze goal.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Jano Ananidze | ||||||
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"|1 | 17 November 2010 | Bonifika Stadium, Koper, Slovenia | {{fb|Slovenia}} | align="center"|2–1 | align="center"|2–1 | Friendly |
| align="center"|2 | 11 November 2011 | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia | {{fb|Moldova}} | align="center"|3–0 | align="center"|3–0 | Friendly |
| align="center"|3 | 5 March 2014 | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia | {{fb|Liechtenstein}} | align="center"|2–0 | align="center"|2–0 | Friendly |
| align="center"|4 | 5 September 2016 | Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia | {{fb|Austria}} | align="center"|1–2 | align="center"|1–2 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| align="center"|5 | rowspan="2"|28 March 2017 | rowspan="2"|Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia | rowspan="2"|{{fb|Latvia}} | align="center"|1–0 | rowspan="2" align="center"|5–0 | rowspan="2"|Friendly |
| align="center"|6 | align="center"|4–0 | |||||
| align="center"|7 | 5 September 2019 | Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey | {{fb|South Korea}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"|2–2 | Friendly |
Honours
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [http://spartak.com/main/14/16/195/ Player profile at Spartak official web-site] {{in lang|ru}}
- {{RPL player}}
- {{Soccerbase}}
- {{Soccerway}}
- {{UEFA}}
{{Georgian Footballer of the Year}}
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