Guram Kashia

Guram Kashia
Kashia with Vitesse in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-07-04) 4 July 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Slovan Bratislava
Number 4
Youth career
2003–2006 Dinamo Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2010 Dinamo Tbilisi 91 (12)
2010–2018 Vitesse 250 (22)
2018–2020 San Jose Earthquakes 44 (0)
2021 Locomotive Tbilisi 16 (4)
2021– Slovan Bratislava 75 (6)
International career
2007–2009 Georgia U21 10 (2)
2009– Georgia 121 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:50, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:47, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

Guram Kashia (Order of Honor) (Georgian: გურამ კაშია, romanized: guram k'ashia, pronounced [ɡuɾam kʼaʃia]; born 4 July 1987) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Niké Liga club Slovan Bratislava and captains the Georgia national team.[2]

Developed at Dinamo Tbilisi, Kashia spent most of his career at Dutch Eredivisie club Vitesse, where he was captain. In the Netherlands for eight years, he played 292 official matches (24 goals) and won the KNVB Cup in 2017.

  1. ^ "G. Kashia: Summary". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  2. ^ Mendola, Nicholas (14 June 2018). "San Jose signs Miazga's running mate Kashia to fix defense". NBC Sports. NBC. Retrieved 15 June 2018.