Mikheil Kavelashvili
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mikheil Kavelashvili | ||
| Date of birth | 22 July 1971 | ||
| Place of birth |
Georgian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) |
Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1989–1991 | Dinamo Tbilisi | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1995 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 132 | (80) |
| 1994–1995 |
→ Spartak Vladikavkaz (loan) | 24 | (12) |
| 1995–1997 | Manchester City | 28 | (3) |
| 1997–1999 | → Grasshoppers (loan) | 59 | (20) |
| 1999–2002 | Zürich | 81 | (28) |
| 2002–2003 |
Luzern | 25 | (5) |
| 2003–2004 | Sion | 10 | (6) |
| 2004–2005 | Aarau | 16 | (8) |
| 2004 |
→ Alania Vladikavkaz (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Basel | 14 | (4) |
| Total | 396 | (166) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1991–2002 | Georgia | 46 | (9) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 May 2007 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 May 2008 | |||
Mikheil Kavelashvili (Georgian: მიხეილ ყაველაშვილი; born 22 July 1971) is a Georgian politician and former professional footballer. He is the co-founder of People's Power party.
As a player, he was a
He moved into politics in 2016, and was elected to the Parliament of Georgia in the Georgian Dream party, before leaving to co-found the People's Power party.
Club career
As with many leading Georgian players, Kavelashvili began his career with
He began training with
. Aarau loaned him out to Vladikavkaz in Autumn 2004, but he returned to Switzerland after playing just seven games.Kavelashvili joined Basel's first team during their 2005–06 season under head coach Christian Gross, who was in his seventh season with the club in that position. Gross had been head coach for GC as Kavelashvili had won the Swiss championship in the 1997–98 season. Kavelashvili played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 12 March 2006 as he was substituted in the 66th minute. He also scored his first goal for the team during the same game, it was the match winning goal as Basel won 1–0 against Grasshopper Club.[1] Basel had started the season well and were joint leaders of the championship with Zürich right until the last day of the league campaign. On the final day of the league season FCB played at home against FCZ. A last-minute goal from Zürich's Iulian Filipescu meant the final score was 1-2 in favour of the away team and it gave FCZ their first national championship since 1980–81. The title for Basel was lost on goal difference.[2]
Kavelashvili had ten appearances for FCB in his first season and in each he had been used as a substitute. In his second season, he also made seven appearances, again each as substitute, but the club released him before the winter break, and he retired from his active football career. During his period with the club, he played a total of 26 games for Basel scoring a total of 12 goals. 14 of these games were in the
International career
With his national team he won Malta International Football Tournament 1998[4]
Political career
In 2016 he was elected as a member of Parliament of Georgia from the Georgian Dream party. He left Georgian Dream in 2022 and co-founded the People's Power party.
Honours
Dinamo Tbilisi
- Umaglesi Ligachampion: 1990, 1994, 1995.
Vladikavkaz
- Russian Premier League champion: 1995.
Grasshoppers
- Swiss Super League: 1998.
References
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (12 March 2006). "FC Basel - Grasshopper Club 2:1 (1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ Karel Stokkermans, Daniel Dalence and Antonio Zea (2006). "Switzerland 2005/06". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (2007). "Mikheil Kavelashvili - FCB statistics". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ "Georgia vs Latvia, 6 February 1998".
External links
- Mikheil Kavelashvili on Facebook
- Interview with Kavelashvili at archive.today (archived 22 February 2013)
- Mikheil Kavelashvili at EU-Football.info
- Mikheil Kavelashvili at National-Football-Teams.com