Sandro Akhrikovich Tsveiba (Russian: Сандро Ахрикович Цвейба; Abkhazian: Сандро Аҳрик-иҧа Цәеиба; born 5 September 1993) is a Ukrainian-born Russian former football defender. He is a son of former international Akhrik Tsveiba.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sandro Akhrikovich Tsveiba | ||
Date of birth | (1993-09-05) 5 September 1993 (age 29) | ||
Place of birth | Kyiv, Ukraine | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder/Centre-back | ||
Youth career | |||
1998–1999 | Dynamo Moscow | ||
1999–2000 | Spartak Moscow | ||
2000–2013 | Lokomotiv Moscow | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013 | Rus Saint Petersburg | 20 | (4) |
2014 | SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk | 3 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Újpest | 2 | (0) |
2015 | Osijek | 1 | (0) |
2016 | Aktobe | 28 | (1) |
2017 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 0 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Dynamo St. Petersburg | 31 | (2) |
2018–2019 | Fakel Voronezh | 33 | (2) |
2019 | AFC Eskilstuna | 12 | (0) |
2020 | Isloch Minsk Raion | 17 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2010 | Russia U17 | 6 | (0) |
2014 | Russia U21 | 5 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 October 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 June 2014 |
Tsveiba spent 13 seasons in the youth ranks of FC Lokomotiv Moscow, amassing 59 matches and 5 goals between 2011 and 2013 for the "double"/youth team.[1] Not breaking into the club's first team, he left the club and made his debut in the third-tier Russian Second Division for FC Rus Saint Petersburg on 15 July 2013 in a game against FC Spartak Kostroma.[2] After half a season there, he moved again, to the second-tier FC SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk, playing only three matches in the season.
In the summer of 2014, he moved abroad, to the Hungarian side Újpest FC. Despite making the first-team squad in 22 league matches, he only entered the game twice, for a total of 7 minutes in play. his only full match for Újpest FC was in a cup game against FC Ajka, where he made an assist.
In the summer of 2015, he moved abroad again, signing for the Croatian side NK Osijek.
On 17 February 2017, he signed with the Russian Premier League club FC Krylia Sovetov Samara.[3] On 24 June 2017, he signed with FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg.[4]
On 19 July 2019, he signed with Swedish club AFC Eskilstuna until the end of 2019.[5]
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