David Loria

From Kazakhstan Encyclopedia

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David Grigorievich Loria (Template:Lang-ru born 31 October 1981) is a Kazakhstani football goalkeeper of Georgian Jewish descent. He plays for Kazakhstan Premier League club Irtysh Pavlodar. He also plays for the Kazakhstan national football team since 2000.

Career

Trials at Eredivisie clubs

On 14 July 2007 Loria 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 Loria. However, his Scandinavian journey did not last long and returned home shortly after playing only 7 games.

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

International career

Loria 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. Loria represented Kazakhstan in World Cup 2002, World Cup 2006, Euro 2008 and World Cup 2010 qualifiers.

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

Club career stats

Last update: 2 December 2014

Season Team Country League Level Apps
1996–97 Enfield City Falcons Template:Flagicon Australia SA Premier League 3 0
1997 Okzhetpes (Avtomobilist) Template:Flagicon Kazakhstan Premier League 1 1
1998 Astana-64 (Zhenis) Template:Flagicon Kazakhstan Premier League 1 3
1999 Astana-64 (Zhenis) Template:Flagicon Kazakhstan Premier League 1 7
2000 Astana-64 (Zhenis) Template:Flagicon Kazakhstan Premier League 1 12
2001 Astana-64 (Zhenis) Template:Flagicon Kazakhstan Premier League 1 22
2002 Astana-64 (Zhenis) Template:Flagicon Kazakhstan Premier League 1 26
2003 Okzhetpes Template:Flagicon Kazakhstan Premier League 1 7
2004 Shakhter Template:Flagicon Kazakhstan Premier League 1 35
2005 Shakhter Template:Flagicon Kazakhstan Premier League 1 30
2006 Astana-64 (Astana) Template:Flagicon Kazakhstan Premier League 1 24
2007 Shakhter Template:Flagicon Kazakhstan Premier League 1 18
2007 Halmstads BK Template:Flagicon Sweden Allsvenskan 1 7
2008 Shakhter Template:Flagicon Kazakhstan Premier League 1 29
2009 Spartak Nalchik Template:Flagicon Russia Premier League 1 2
2009 Astana (Lokomotiv) Template:Flagicon Kazakhstan Premier League 1 12
2010 Irtysh Pavlodar Template:Flagicon Kazakhstan Premier League 1 32
2011 Irtysh Pavlodar Template:Flagicon Kazakhstan Premier League 1 9
2012 Irtysh Pavlodar Template:Flagicon Kazakhstan Premier League 1 14
2012–13 Çaykur Rizespor Template:Flagicon Turkey TFF First League 1 33
2013 Kairat Almaty Template:Flagicon Kazakhstan Premier League 1 13
2014 Kairat Almaty Template:Flagicon Kazakhstan Premier League 1 3
2014–15 Karşıyaka Template:Flagicon Turkey TFF First League 1 8
2015–present Irtysh Pavlodar Template:Flagicon Kazakhstan Premier League 1 4

Awards

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

Honours

With Astana

  • Kazakhstan League Winner: 2000, 2001, 2006
  • Kazakhstan Cup Winner: 2000, 2002

References

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External links

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