David Grigoryevich Loriya (; born 31 October 1981) is a retired Kazakhstani football goalkeeper of Georgian Jewish descent.
Career
Trials at Eredivisie clubs On 14 July 2007 Loriya had a week's trial at PSV Eindhoven.Trial at PSV The club's official site, 16 July 2007, 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.Trial at Sparta The club's official site, 4 August 2007, 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, 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 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.
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.
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
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAvtomobilist1997Kazakhstan Premier League10 –––10Zhenis Astana1998Kazakhstan Premier League30 ---30199970 ---702000120 ---1202001220 ---2202002160 ---160Total600 ------600Esil2003Kazakhstan Premier League70 –––70Shakhter Karagandy2004Kazakhstan Premier League350 ---3502005300 ---300200600 ---002007180 ---1802008290 -20-310Total1120 --20--1140Astana (loan)2006Kazakhstan Premier League240 ---240Halmstad (loan)2007Allsvenskan70 ---70Spartak Nalchik2009Russian Premier League20 ---20Lokomotiv Astana (loan)2009Kazakhstan Premier League12030---150Irtysh Pavlodar2010Kazakhstan Premier League320 ---320201190 -00-902012140 ---140Total550 ------550Çaykur Rizespor2012–13TFF First League33000---330Kairat2013Kazakhstan Premier League13000---13020143000-00-30Total16000--00--160Karşıyaka2014–15TFF First League8000---80Irtysh Pavlodar2015Kazakhstan Premier League29000---290201624000---240201730000-40-340Total83000--40--870Ordabasy2018Kazakhstan Premier League7000---70Kairat2018Kazakhstan Premier League1000---10Okzhetpes2019Kazakhstan Premier League0000---00Career total428030--60--4370
International Kazakhstan national teamYearAppsGoals2000202001102002002003002004002005402006702007130200860200920201000201120201200201300201400201500201630201760Total460 Statistics accurate as of match played 10 June 2017
Honours Club Zhenis Astana/Astana Kazakhstan Premier League: 2000, 2001, 2006 Kazakhstan Cup: 2000, 2002
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"
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