Mikheil Ashvetia

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Mikheil Ashvetia

|image = Mikheil Ashvetia.jpg

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|caption = Ashvetia in 2008

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|height = {{height|meters=1.83}}

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1977|11|10}}

|birth_place = Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union

|currentclub = Samtredia (head coach)

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|position = Striker

|youthyears1 =

|youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1993–1994

| clubs1 = FC Torpedo Kutaisi

| caps1 = 24 | goals1 = 11

| years2 = 1994–1995

| clubs2 = Rtsmena Kutaisi

| caps2 = 7 | goals2 = 6

| years3 = 1994–1995

| clubs3 = Samgurali Tskaltubo

| caps3 = 13 | goals3 = 5

| years4 = 1995–1997

| clubs4 = FC Torpedo Kutaisi

| caps4 = 54 | goals4 = 55

| years5 = 1997

| clubs5 = FC Alania Vladikavkaz

| caps5 = 22 | goals5 = 6

| years6 = 1997–2000

| clubs6 = FC Dinamo Tbilisi

| caps6 = 57 | goals6 = 49

| years7 = 2000

| clubs7 = FC Alania Vladikavkaz

| caps7 = 25 | goals7 = 7

| years8 = 2000–2001

| clubs8 = FC Torpedo Kutaisi

| caps8 = 16 | goals8 = 12

| years9 = 2001–2002

| clubs9 = FC København

| caps9 = 5 | goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2002–2003

| clubs10 = FC Alania Vladikavkaz

| caps10 = 31 | goals10 = 7

| years11 = 2003–2005

| clubs11 = FC Lokomotiv Moscow

| caps11 = 42 | goals11 = 11

| years12 = 2005

| clubs12 = FC Rostov

| caps12 = 13 | goals12 = 1

| years13 = 2006

| clubs13 = FC Rubin Kazan

| caps13 = 17 | goals13 = 2

| years14 = 2006–2007

| clubs14 = FC Carl Zeiss Jena

| caps14 = 10 | goals14 = 5

| years15 = 2008

| clubs15 = FC Anzhi Makhachkala

| caps15 = 36 | goals15 = 17

| years16 = 2009

| clubs16 = FC Dynamo Barnaul

| caps16 = 12 | goals16 = 5

| years17 = 2009

| clubs17 = FC Nizhny Novgorod

| caps17 = 10 | goals17 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 1997–1999

| nationalteam1 = Georgia U21

| nationalcaps1 = 14 | nationalgoals1 = 7

| nationalyears2 = 1998–2005

| nationalteam2 = Georgia

| nationalcaps2 = 24 | nationalgoals2 = 5

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Mikheil Ashvetia ({{lang-ka|მიხეილ აშვეთია}}; born 10 November 1977) is a Georgian former footballer who played as a striker.{{cite web | url = http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/mikheil-ashvetia/ | title = Mikheil Ashvetia | publisher = worldfootball.net | accessdate = 25 February 2012}} Currently he is the head coach of 2nd division club Samtredia.

Career

=Player=

Ashvetia played mostly in Georgia and Russia, except for short spells at FC København in 2001–2002 and FC Carl Zeiss Jena in 2006-2007. In Russia, he played for Alania Vladikavkaz, Lokomotiv Moscow, Rubin Kazan and FC Rostov. While playing for Lokomotiv in 2003, he scored a notable Champions League goal against Inter Milan, making the score 2–0 to Lokomotiv, which they would later win 3-0.

He played for the Georgian national team between 1995 and 2005, and was capped 24 times, scoring five goals.

=Coach=

In 2016, Ashvetia started working at Torpedo Kutaisi first as an assistant manager to Kakhaber Chkhetiani, later promoted to the manager's position. He left the club in April 2021.{{cite news |title=ქუთაისის "ტორპედოს" მთავარმა მწვრთნელმა მიხეილ აშვეთიამ პოსტი დატოვა |url=https://www.radiotavisupleba.ge/a/31217154.html |access-date=22 January 2025 |publisher=radiotavisupleba.ge (in Georgian) |date=22 April 2021}}

Ashvetia spent next four seasons at Samgurali as an assistant manager, manager and sporting director.{{cite news |title=აშვეთიამ "სამგურალის" მთავარი მწვრთნელის პოსტი დატოვა |url=https://sportall.ge/fekhburthi/fekhburthii/erovnuli-liga/173906-ashvethiam-qsamguralisq-mthavari-mtsvrthnelis-posti-datova.html |access-date=22 January 2025 |publisher=sportall.ge (in Georgian) |date=10 October 2024}}

In January 2025, he took charge of 2nd league side Samtredia, who had suffered relegation the previous season.{{cite news |title=მიხეილ აშვეთიამ „სამტრედია“ ჩაიბარა |url=https://atiani.ge/2025/01/22/mikheil-ashvethiam-samtredia-chaibara/ |access-date=22 January 2025 |publisher=atiani.ge (in Georgian)}}