![]() Kashia with Vitesse in 2012 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 4 July 1987 | ||
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 | 70 | (6) |
International career‡ | |||
2007–2009 | Georgia U21 | 10 | (2) |
2009– | Georgia | 117 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:55, 19 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:47, 30 June 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 eight years in the Netherlands, he played 292 official matches (24 goals) and won the KNVB Cup in 2017.