Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 27 September 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union [1] | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–1997 | Dinamo Batumi | 6 | (2) |
1998–2000 | CSKA Kyiv | 21 | (2) |
1998–2000 | → CSKA-2 Kyiv (loan) | 68 | (17) |
2000 | Systema-Boreks Borodyanka | 2 | (1) |
2001–2004 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 80 | (27) |
2004–2005 | Alania Vladikavkaz | 24 | (1) |
2005–2006 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 10 | (1) |
2006 | Shakhter Karagandy | 16 | (1) |
2007 | Sioni Bolnisi | 5 | (3) |
2007–2008 | Dacia Chişinău | 8 | (2) |
2008–2009 | Lokomotivi Tbilisi | 20 | (3) |
International career | |||
2002–2005 | Georgia | 10 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Vitaly Daraselia (born 27 September 1978), or Vitali Daraselia Jr., is a retired Georgian footballer.
Daraselia Jr. is the son of Vitaly Daraselia, also a footballer.
Daraselia started his career at Dinamo Batumi before cross border for CSKA Kyiv. He was signed by Georgian giant Dinamo Tbilisi after poor season in Kyiv.
In February 2004, he was spotted by Alania Vladikavkaz [2] and played for 2 seasons. In 2005–06 season he returned to Dinamo Tbilisi before left for Shakhter Karagandy in August 2006. [3]
In January 2007 Daraselia returned to Georgia again, for Sioni Bolnisi. [4]
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