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Jaba Kankava (Georgian: ჯაბა კანკავა, romanized: jaba k'ank'ava, pronounced [dʒɑbɑ kʼɑnkʼɑvɑ]; born 18 March 1986) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Slovan Bratislava.

Jaba Kankava

Kankava in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Jaba Kankava
Date of birth	(1986-03-18) 18 March 1986 (age 36)
Place of birth	Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team	Slovan Bratislava
Number	20
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2004	Dinamo Tbilisi	14	(0)
2005	Alania Vladikavkaz	12	(0)
2005–2006	Arsenal Kyiv	24	(4)
2007–2015	Dnipro	91	(4)
2010–2012	→ Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (loan)	37	(2)
2015–2017	Stade Reims	47	(0)
2018–2021	Tobol	76	(4)
2021	Valenciennes	14	(0)
2021–	Slovan Bratislava	26	(1)
National team‡
2002–2003	Georgia U17	3	(0)
2003–2004	Georgia U19	5	(0)
2004–2006	Georgia U21	8	(0)
2004–2021	Georgia	100	(10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:09, 9 June 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:56, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

He has previously played for Reims, Dinamo Tbilisi, Alania Vladikavkaz,[1] Arsenal Kyiv, and Dnipro.

Club career

In 2004 Jaba Kankava started his football career with Dinamo Tbilisi, where Gia Geguchadze was just appointed as head coach. Geguchadze started to create a new club with youngsters and Kankava became a main member of them. In his first year, Kankava won the Georgian Cup, and played in the UEFA Europa League scoring the winning goal against Slavia Prague and contributing to the qualification for the group stages.

After one season at Dinamo, Kankava moved to Alania Vladikavkaz, where he played 12 matches, before signing a contract with Arsenal Kyiv in 2005. At Arsenal Kyiv, he played 24 matches and scored 4 goals.

In 2007, Kankava agreed to sign a three-year contract with league rival Dnipro. Newly arrived Kankava was among the starting squad from the first games but received a red card against Dynamo Kyiv because of a tough tackle and missed several games and was among the bench players. In eight years at Dnipro, he played 91 matches and scored 4 goals.

In 2015, Kankava joined Ligue 1 club Reims. In July 2017, he agreed to the termination of his contract which ran until 2018.[2]

On 22 November 2018, Kankava signed a new two-year contract with FC Tobol.[3]

On 16 January 2021, Valenciennes announced the signing of Kankava on a contract until June 2021.[4]

International career

On 8 September 2004, Kankava made his debut for Georgia against Albania in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification. Later on, he managed score a goal against Croatia in UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying, and against Germany in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying. On January 27 2022, Kankava announced his retirement from international football after appearing in 100 matches, captaining Georgia 62 times.[5]

Career statistics

As of 30 November 2021

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Georgia	2004	1	0
2005	6	0
2006	8	1
2007	7	1
2008	3	0
2009	0	0
2010	1	0
2011	7	2
2012	7	0
2013	6	0
2014	7	1
2015	8	2
2016	2	0
2017	8	0
2018	8	2
2019	8	1
2020	7	0
2021	6	0
Total		100	10

Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kankava goal.

List of international goals scored by Jaba Kankava[6]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	1 March 2006	Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard, Malta	Malta	2–0	2–0	Friendly
2	16 November 2007	Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Qatar	1–0	2–1	Friendly
3	3 June 2011	Stadion Poljud, Split, Croatia	Croatia	1–0	1–2	UEFA Euro 2012 qualification
4	6 September 2011	Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard, Malta	Malta	1–0	1–1	UEFA Euro 2012 qualification
5	14 October 2014	Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé, Portugal	Gibraltar	3–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
6	25 March 2015	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia	Malta	1–0	2–0	Friendly
7	12 October 2015	Red Bull Arena, Leipzig, Germany	Germany	1–1	1–2	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
8	13 October 2018	Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia	Andorra	3–0	3–0	2018–19 UEFA Nations League D
9	16 October 2018	Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia	Latvia	1–0	3–0	2018–19 UEFA Nations League D
10	15 October 2019	Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar	Gibraltar	2–0	3–2	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification

Honours

Dinamo Tbilisi

• Georgian Cup winner: 2003-04

Dnipro

• UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2014–15

Slovan Bratislava

• Fortuna Liga: 2021–22

Awards

On 30 March 2014, Kankava saved the life of FC Dynamo Kyiv captain, Oleh Husyev, after Husyev was briefly knocked unconscious in a collision and swallowed his tongue which blocked his airway. Kankava reacted immediately by sticking his fingers in Husyev's mouth to dislodge his tongue and clear his airway.[7] On 12 April 2014 before Dnipro played Metalurh Zaporizhya at the Dnipro Arena, Kankava was awarded the Order of Merit for his actions in Dnipropetrovsk.[8]

References

External links

• Jaba Kankava – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Jaba Kankava at National-Football-Teams.com
• Jaba Kankava at WorldFootball.net
• Jaba Kankava at Soccerway

На других языках

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[de] Dschaba Kankawa

Dschaba Kankawa (georgisch ჯაბა კანკავა; * 18. März 1986 in Tiflis; FIFA-Schreibweise laut englischer Transkription Jaba Kankava) ist ein georgischer Fußballspieler, der meist im defensiven Mittelfeld agiert. Zurzeit ist er bei ŠK Slovan Bratislava aktiv, zuvor stand Kankawa acht Jahre beim ukrainischen Klub Dnipro Dnipropetrowsk unter Vertrag und ist seit 2004 für die georgische Fußballnationalmannschaft aktiv; seit September 2012 ist er deren Mannschaftskapitän.

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- [en] Jaba Kankava

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[es] Jaba Kankava

Jaba Kankava (Tiflis, Georgia, 18 de marzo de 1986) es un futbolista georgiano que juega como centrocampista en el Š. K. Slovan Bratislava de la Superliga de Eslovaquia.[1]

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[fr] Jaba Kankava

Jaba Kankava est un footballeur international géorgien, né le 18 mars 1986 à Tbilissi. Il évolue au poste de milieu défensif au Slovan Bratislava.

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[it] Jaba Kankava

Jaba Giorgis Dze Kankava (in georgiano: ჯაბა გიორგის ძე კანკავა?, in russo: Джаба Георгиевич Канкава?, traslitterato: Džaba Georgievič Kankava; Tbilisi, 18 marzo 1986) è un calciatore georgiano, centrocampista dello Slovan Bratislava e della Nazionale georgiana, di cui è capitano.

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[ru] Канкава, Джаба Георгиевич

Джа́ба Гео́ргиевич Канка́ва (груз. ჯაბა გიორგის ძე კანკავა; род. 18 марта 1986[1][2], Тбилиси) — грузинский футболист, полузащитник словацкого клуба «Слован» (Братислава) и капитан национальной сборной Грузии.

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