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Jaba Kankava

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Jaba Kankava (Georgian: ჯაბა კანკავა, romanized: jaba k'ank'ava, pronounced [dʒaba kʼankʼava]; born 18 March 1986) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Dinamo Tbilisi. Kankava is the three-time winner of Slovakia's Slovak First Football League. With 101 appearances in official matches for the national team, he is the second most-capped Georgian player after Guram Kashia. He has been twice recognized as Georgian Footballer of the Year. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2024). Jaba Kankava is the 9,054th most popular soccer player (down from 8,348th in 2024), the 312th most popular biography from Georgia (down from 293rd in 2019) and the 30th most popular Georgian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jaba Kankava ranks 9,054 out of 21,273Before him are Takuya Hashiguchi, Álex Baena, Bashar Abdullah, Mitsuhiro Misaki, Robert Verbeek, and Jesús Dátolo. After him are Marta Torrejón, Hiroto Arai, Anatoliy Trubin, Ibrahima Bakayoko, Marek Suchý, and Jefferson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Jaba Kankava ranks 462Before him are Ivan Cheparinov, Giorgi Loria, Leandro Castán, Pablo Andújar, Colleen Ballinger, and Stéphane Ruffier. After him are Ami Koshimizu, Sopho Khalvashi, Vladana Vučinić, Valorie Curry, Quincy Owusu-Abeyie, and Alessandra Mastronardi.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Jaba Kankava ranks 312 out of 406Before him are Zviad Endeladze (1966), Otar Tushishvili (1978), Sofia Nizharadze (1985), Lasha Shavdatuashvili (1992), Arman Tsarukyan (1996), and Giorgi Loria (1986). After him are Sopho Khalvashi (1986), Zurab Zviadauri (1981), Sergei Movsesian (1978), Khatuna Narimanidze (1974), Nikoloz Basilashvili (1992), and Manuchar Kvirkvelia (1978).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Georgia

Among soccer players born in Georgia, Jaba Kankava ranks 30Before him are Georgi Kinkladze (1973), Guram Kashia (1987), Aleksandre Iashvili (1977), Giorgi Demetradze (1976), Zviad Endeladze (1966), and Giorgi Loria (1986). After him are Valeri Qazaishvili (1993), Budu Zivzivadze (1994), Vladimir Dvalishvili (1986), Zuriko Davitashvili (2001), Levan Kenia (1990), and Solomon Kvirkvelia (1992).