Full name Jaba Kankava Years Team Weight 75 kg Number 4 Height 1.76 m | Role Footballer Name Jaba Kankava Career start 2003 | |
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Date of birth (1986-03-18) 18 March 1986 (age 29) | ||
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Jaba kankava saves the life of his opponent during a football match
Jaba Kankava (Georgian: ჯაბა კანკავა) (born 18 March 1986) is a Georgian footballer. He plays as a defensive midfielder. He has previously featured for Reims, Dinamo Tbilisi, Alania Vladikavkaz, Arsenal Kyiv, and FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.
Contents
- Jaba kankava saves the life of his opponent during a football match
- Jaba Kankava saves Oleg Gusevs life by removing his tongue from blocking his airway
- Career
- International career
- International goals
- International
- Club
- Awards
- References
Jaba Kankava saves Oleg Gusev's life by removing his tongue from blocking his airway
Career
In 2004 Jaba Kankava Started his football career in Dinamo Tbilisi, where Gia Geguchadze was just appointed as head coach. He started to create a new club with youngsters, so Jaba became a main member of them. In his first year, Kankava won Georgian Cup, and played successfully on European League. He scored the winning goal against Slavia Prague and qualified Georgians most titled Club - Dinamo, on group stages of Uefa league. After a successful season in Dinamo, Jaba moved to Alanya Vladikavkaz and played 12 matches. In 2005, Kankava changed club and signed a contract with Arsenal Kyiv. He played 24 matches and scored 4 goals. in 2007, Jaba agreed to sign a three-year contract with new club Dnipro. Newly arrived Kankava was among the starting squad from the first games but he was fouled and given a red card against Dynamo Kyiv because of a tough tackle, so he missed several games and was among the bench players. After spending 8 years in Dnipro, he played 91 matches and scored 4 goals. From 2015, Jaba is the member of Ligue 1 club - Reims.
International career
Kankava played 5 games in 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying and 9 games in UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying. He also played 2 friendlies i 4 in 2006, 2 in 2007 and 2 in 2008.
Kankava scored a goal against Croatia in UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying.
International goals
Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first.International
As of 12 June 2017Club
UEFA Europa League runner-up (1) 2014–15
Awards
On 20 March 2014, Kankava saved the life of FC Dynamo Kyiv captain, Oleh Husyev, after Husyev was dazed in a collision and his tongue blocked his airway. 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.