Giorgi Aburjania
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Giorgi Aburjania | ||
| Date of birth | 2 January 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgia | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Sevilla B | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2012 | Metalurgi Rustavi | ||
| 2012 | → Olimpiki Tbilisi (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011 | Metalurgi Rustavi | 3 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Dila | 17 | (1) |
| 2014 | Lokomotivi Tbilisi | 9 | (5) |
| 2014–2016 | Anorthosis | 42 | (2) |
| 2016 | Gimnàstic | 16 | (2) |
| 2016– | Sevilla B | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011–2012 | Georgia U17 | 7 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Georgia U19 | 8 | (2) |
| 2015– | Georgia U21 | 6 | (0) |
| 2016– | Georgia | 3 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 June 2016. | |||
Giorgi Aburjania (Georgian: გიორგი აბურჯანია; born 2 January 1995) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Sevilla Atlético as a central midfielder.
Club career
Aburjania kicked off his career with Metalurgi Rustavi in 2010. He then had stints with Dila and Lokomotivi Tbilisi. On 17 June 2014, he signed for Cypriot club Anorthosis Famagusta on a two-year contract.[1]
On 8 January 2016 Aburjania moved to Spain, after agreeing to a three-and-a-half year contract with Segunda División side Gimnàstic de Tarragona.[2] He made his debut for the club late in the month, coming on as a second-half substitute for Lévy Madinda in a 2–1 home win against CD Tenerife.[3]
Aburjania subsequently became an undisputed starter for Vicente Moreno's side, and scored his first goal for the club on 20 March 2016 in a 4–0 away routing of Bilbao Athletic.[4] On 2 August he signed a four-year contract with Sevilla FC, being assigned to the reserves also in the second division, for a rumoured fee of € 1 million.[5]
International career
After representing Georgia at under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels, Aburjania made his debut with the full squad on 29 March 2016, starting in a 1–1 friendly draw against Kazakhstan.[6]
References
- ↑ "Συμφωνία με Giorgi Aburjania". Anorthosis. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ↑ "Giorgi Aburjania nuevo jugador del Nàstic" [Giorgi Aburjania new player of Nàstic] (in Spanish). Gimnàstic's official website. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ↑ "Un Tenerife con diez mereció mucho más" [A ten-man Tenerife deserved much more] (in Spanish). Marca. 31 January 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ↑ "La ilusionante pegada tarraconense hunde a 'los cachorros'" [The exciting power tarraconense sink the 'dogs'] (in Spanish). Marca. 20 March 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ↑ "El Nàstic traspasa a Aburjania al Sevilla para jugar en el filial" [Nàstic transfer Aburjania to Sevilla to play in the reserves] (in Spanish). Marca. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ↑ "Georgia 1–1 Kazakhstan". Sky Sports. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
External links
- Giorgi Aburjania – UEFA competition record
- Giorgi Aburjania at National-Football-Teams.com
- Giorgi Aburjania profile at Soccerway