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David Loriya

David Loriya

Kazakhstani footballer

David Grigoryevich Loriya (Russian: Давид Григорьевич Лория; born 31 October 1981) is a retired Kazakhstani football goalkeeper of Georgian Jewish descent.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Grigoryevich and the family name is Loriya.
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Career

Trials at Eredivisie clubs

On 14 July 2007 Loriya had a week's trial at PSV Eindhoven.[1] PSV's coach Ronald Koeman was impressed by David's performance in Belgium 0-0 Kazakhstan EURO qualifier opener back in August 2006.

On 24 July 2007 he also had a trial at Sparta Rotterdam.[2] Neither club signed him, though David performed well during the trials

Allsvenskan and Halmstads BK

In 2007 Halmstads BK goalkeeper Magnus Bahne got injured and missed the rest of the season,[3][4] Halmstad then only had one fit goalkeeper, making the club looking for a new goalkeeper for the remainder of the season and the choice became Kazakhstan international David Loriya. However, his Scandinavian journey did not last long and returned home shortly after playing only 7 games.

Loriya's contract was terminated in June 2014[5] before going on to sign with Karşıyaka.

Kairat

On 24 August 2018, Loriya signed for FC Kairat as a free agent, on a short-term contract until the end of the 2018 season.[6]

International career

Loriya represented Kazakhstan at U21 level when they qualified to U21 World Cup 1999 in Nigeria. Seventeen-year-old David was the youngest player of that team. He received his first cap for Kazakhstan senior team on 26 May 2000 in a friendly against Syria at the age of 18, putting a record as the youngest player. This record was broken by Sergei Larin after five years. Loriya represented Kazakhstan in World Cup 2002, World Cup 2006, Euro 2008 and World Cup 2010 qualifiers.

Retirement

After retiring from professional football at the end of the 2019 season, Loriya was appointed Executive Director of FC Astana on 9 October 2020.[7]

Personal

  • Likes numbers 1 and 99, since his dad and grandfather played #9, 99 is a combination of both.
  • He is nicknamed "Dato" in Kazakhstan

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 27 October 2018[8][9]
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International

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Statistics accurate as of match played 10 June 2017[8]

Honours

Club

Zhenis Astana/Astana

Personal

  • 2000 Kazakhstan FF "Best goalkeeper of the year"
  • 2005 Kazakhstan FF "Best goalkeeper of the year"
  • 2006 GOAL Journal "Best Player of the year"

References

  1. [1]
    Trial at PSV Archived 18 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine The club's official site, 16 July 2007, (in Dutch)
  2. [2]
    Trial at Sparta[permanent dead link] The club's official site, 4 August 2007,(in Dutch)
  3. [3]
    "Bahne borta resten av säsongen" (in Swedish). Hallandsposten.se. 29 August 2007. Archived from the original on 24 October 2007. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
  4. [4]
    "Bahne tillbaka efter EM-uppehållet" (in Swedish). Hallandsposten.se. 20 February 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008. [dead link]
  5. [5]
    "Terminated The Contract With Loria". www.fckairat.kz (in Russian). FC Kairat. 12 June 2014. Archived from the original on 19 January 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  6. [6]
    ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: ДАВИД ЛОРИЯ — ИГРОК КАЙРАТА. fckairat.com (in Russian). FC Kairat. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  7. [7]
    "Давид Лория - новый исполнительный директор клуба". fcastana.kz/ (in Russian). FC Astana. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  8. [8]
    "David Loriya". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  9. [9]
    "D.Loria". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
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