Mikheil Kavelashvili
Georgian former footballer and politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Full name | Mikheil Kavelashvili | ||
Date of birth | (1971-07-22) 22 July 1971 (age 52) | ||
Place of birth | Bolnisi, 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) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 May 2007 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 May 2008 |
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As a player, he was a striker who notably played in the Premier League for Manchester City and in the Swiss Super League for Grasshoppers, Zürich, Luzern, Sion, Aarau and Basel. He also played for Dinamo Tbilisi and Spartak Vladikavkaz. He was capped 46 times by Georgia, scoring nine goals.
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.