Mikheil Ashvetia ( ka, მიხეილ აშვეთია; born 10 November 1977) is a Georgian former

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who played as a striker. Most recently he was the head coach of 2nd division club

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Career

Player

Ashvetia played mostly in Georgia and Russia, except for short spells at

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in 2001–2002 and

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in 2006-2007. In Russia, he played for

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and

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. While playing for Lokomotiv in 2003, he scored a notable Champions League goal against

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, 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 FC Torpedo Kutaisi ( Georgian: საფეხბურთო კლუბი ტორპედო ქუთაისი) is a Georgian professional football club based in Kutaisi, Georgia's third largest city. The team competes in the Erovnuli ...

first as an assistant manager to Kakhaber Chkhetiani, later promoted to the manager's position. He left the club in April 2021. Ashvetia spent next four seasons at Samgurali as an assistant manager, manager and

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. In January 2025, he took charge of 2nd league side

, who had suffered relegation the previous season. In May 2025, he left the team amid a poor run of form.

Honours

Club

;FC Copenhagen *

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: 2001

Individual

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top goalscorer: 2001 (shared)

References

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Appearances for Georgia National Team
1977 births Living people Footballers from Kutaisi Men's footballers from Georgia (country) Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country) Georgia (country) men's international footballers FC Torpedo Kutaisi players FC Dinamo Tbilisi players FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players FC Lokomotiv Moscow players FC Rostov players FC Rubin Kazan players FC Anzhi Makhachkala players FC Dynamo Barnaul players F.C. Copenhagen players FC Carl Zeiss Jena players Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Russian Premier League players Erovnuli Liga players 2. Bundesliga players FC Nizhny Novgorod (2007) players Men's association football forwards {{Georgia-footy-bio-stub