Giorgi Aburjania

Giorgi Aburjania (Georgian: გიორგი აბურჯანია, translit.: giorgi aburjania, pronounced [ɡiɔrɡi ɑburd͡ʒɑniɑ]; born 2 January 1995) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays for Dutch club FC Twente on loan from Sevilla FC as a central midfielder.

Giorgi Aburjania
Personal information
Full name Giorgi Aburjania
Date of birth (1995-01-02) 2 January 1995
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 FC Twente
(on loan from Sevilla)
Number 21
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 0 (0)
2016–2018 → Sevilla B 35 (0)
2018–2019 → Lugo (loan) 23 (1)
2019– → FC Twente (loan) 8 (1)
National team‡
2011–2012 Georgia U17 7 (0)
2012–2014 Georgia U19 8 (2)
2015–2016 Georgia U21 6 (0)
2016– Georgia 14 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:07, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 September 2019

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]

On 1 August 2018, after suffering relegation, Aburjania was loaned to fellow second division side CD Lugo, for one year.[6]

In July 2019, Aburjania signed for Twente. [7]

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.[8]

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References
  1. "Συμφωνία με Giorgi Aburjania". Anorthosis. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  2. "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.
  3. "Un Tenerife con diez mereció mucho más" [A ten-man Tenerife deserved much more] (in Spanish). Marca. 31 January 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
  6. "El Lugo confirma los fichajes de Aburjania y Borja San Emeterio" [Lugo confirm the signings of Aburjania and Borja San Emeterio] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  7. "Giorgi Aburjania naar FC Twente" [Twente sign Giorgi Aburjania] (in Dutch). Twente. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  8. "Georgia 1–1 Kazakhstan". Sky Sports. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
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