Giorgi Abuashvili
{{Short description|Georgian footballer (born 2003)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Giorgi Abuashvili
| image =
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2003|2|8}}
| birth_place = Georgia
| height = 1.75 m
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Kolkheti 1913
| clubnumber = 10
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Dinamo Tbilisi
| years1 = 2019–2021
| clubs1 = Dinamo Tbilisi
| caps1 = 5
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2021–2023
| clubs2 = Porto B
| caps2 = 5
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2023–2024
| clubs3 = Petrolul
| caps3 = 3
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2024–
| clubs4 = Kolkheti 1913
| caps4 = 41
| goals4 = 12
| nationalyears1 = 2019–2020
| nationalteam1 = Georgia U17
| nationalcaps1 = 6
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2021
| nationalteam2 = Georgia U19
| nationalcaps2 = 5
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| nationalyears3 = 2022–
| nationalteam3 = Georgia U21
| nationalcaps3 = 13
| nationalgoals3 = 2
| club-update = 15 April 2025
| nationalteam-update = 6 January 2025
}}
Giorgi Abuashvili (Georgian: გიორგი აბუაშვილი; born 8 February 2003) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Erovnuli Liga club Kolkheti 1913.
Abuashvili has won the Erovnuli Liga and Supercup with Dinamo Tbilisi and represented his country in the national youth teams. Following the 2024 season, he was named in the Erovnuli Liga Team of the Year.{{cite news |title=სხვადასხვა ნომინაციაში 2024 წლის საუკეთესოები დაჯილდოვდნენ |url=https://lagazzetta.ge/news/erovnuli-liga-skhvadaskhva-nominatsiashi-2024-tslis-sauketesoebi-dajildovdnen |publisher=lagazzetta.ge (in Georgian) |date=10 December 2024}}
Club career
Abuashvili started his career at Dinamo Tbilisi academy. Following several years at youth teams, the 16-year-old forward made his top-league debut in a 2–1 win over WIT Georgia on 16 June 2019.{{cite web |title=Dinamo Tbilisi vs WIT Georgia match report |url=https://erovnuliliga.ge/ge/game/4106-dtb-wit |website=eliga.ge (in Georgian) |date=16 June 2019}} As a member of the squad, he won the champion's titles in 2019 and 2020.
In July 2021, Abuashvili signed a five-year contract with Portuguese club Porto,{{cite news |title=გიორგი აბუაშვილი: "ეს ოცნებაა. პირველ გუნდში მოხვედრას მოუთმენლად ველოდები" |url=https://atiani.ge/2021/07/06/giorgi-abuashvili-es-otsnebaa-pirvel-gundshi-mokhvedras-mouthmenlad-velodebi/ |publisher=atiani.ge (in Georgian) |date=6 July 2021}} but he never got a chance to play for the senior team. Instead, he represented the youth team in the 2nd division and U19s who finished as runners-up in 2022.
Due to lack of playing time, Abuashvili moved to Romanian side Petrolul in August 2023. In total, he made five appearances for the team, scoring once in a 2–0 cup win over Cindia on 31 October 2023.{{cite news |title=გიორგი აბუაშვილის სადებიუტო გოლი რუმინეთში (+VIDEO) |url=https://www.worldsport.ge/ge/page/233376_giorgi-abuashvilis-sadebiuto-goli-ruminetshi-video |publisher=worldsport.ge (in Georgian) |date=31 October 2023}}
In early February 2024, the contract was terminated by mutual agreement which allowed Abuashvili to sign for Georgian club Kolkheti 1913 who had just earned promotion to the top tier.{{cite news |title=აბუაშვილი ფოთის კოლხეთი 1913-ში ითამაშებს |url=https://1tv.ge/news/abuashvili-fotis-kolkheti-1913-shi-itamashebs-1tvsport/ |publisher=1tv.ge (in Georgian) |date=15 February 2024}} As he became a regular of the starting line-up, Abuashvili showed his goalscoring abilities as well. He netted in ten league matches with the first being against Samtredia on 26 April.{{cite news |title=Kolkheti 1913 vs Samtredia match report |url=https://erovnuliliga.ge/ge/game/7579-kol-sam |publisher=eliga.ge (in Georgian) |date=26 April 2024}} Besides, Abuashvili scored three times in the cup campaign, including an extra-time brace against Gareji, helping the team reach the semifinals for a second successive season.{{cite web |title=Gareji vs Kolkheti 1913 match report |url=https://cup.gff.ge/game/1744-gar-kol |website=gff.ge (in Georgian) |date=18 September 2024}}
At the end of this season, Abuashvili became the team topscorer with 13 goals in both competitions combined. He was named Player of the Month by Erovnuli Liga sponsors Crystalbet in August 2024{{cite news |title=Crystalsport-ის ლაურეატები - საუკეთესოები დაჯილდოვდნენ |url=https://www.crystalsport.ge/news/69336-crystalsport-is-laureatebi---sauketesoebi-dajildovdnen |publisher=crystalsport.ge (in Georgian) |date=2 December 2024}} and subsequently included in Team of the Season at an awards ceremony organized by the Georgian Football Federation in December.{{cite web |url=https://erovnuliliga.ge/ge/news/8267-crystalbet-eliga-awards-2024-nominantebi-da-gamarjvebulebi |website=eliga.ge |title=CRYSTALBET ELIGA AWARDS 2024 |date=10 December 2024 |language=KA}}
International career
Abuashvili has played for each of the national youth teams. In 2017, he was called up to U15s for a four-team tournament held in Tbilisi{{cite news |title=საქართველოს ნაკრებმა ოთხთა ტურნირზე ლიტვა გაანადგურა |url=https://sportall.ge/fekhburthi/fekhburthii/asakobrivi-nakrebi/112435-u15-saqarthvelos-nakrebma-othkhtha-turnirze-litva-gaanadgura.html |publisher=sportall.ge (in Georgian) |date=5 December 2017}} and to U16s for friendly matches against Azerbaijan.{{cite news |title=16-წლამდელთა ნაკრები პირველ შეკრებას იწყებს |url=https://sportall.ge/fekhburthi/fekhburthii/asakobrivi-nakrebi/109340-16-tslamdeltha-nakrebi-pirvel-shekrebas-itsyebs.html |publisher=sportall.ge (in Georgian) |date=18 September 2017}} The next autumn, Abuashvili joined the U17 team for 2019 European Championship qualifiers and a year later captained them in the 2020 European Championship 1st qualifying round against Portugal.{{cite web |title=Portugal U17 vs Georgia U17 match report |url=https://www.uefa.com/under17/match/2026371--portugal-vs-georgia/ |website=UEFA |date=16 November 2019}}
Abuashvili represented U19s for 2022 European Championship elite round, scoring against Romania{{cite web |title=Georgia U19 vs Romania U19 match report |url=https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/2034009--romania-vs-georgia/ |publisher=UEFA |date=23 March 2022}} as the team failed to advance to the final round.
His first goal for the under-21 team came in a friendly 2–1 loss to Turkey on 22 March 2024.{{cite news |title=21-წლამდელები ამხანაგურ მატჩში თურქეთთან დამარცხდნენ |url=https://atiani.ge/2024/03/23/21-tslamdelebi-amkhanagur-matchshi-thurqeththan-damartskhdnen/ |publisher=atiani.ge (in Georgian) |date=23 March 2024}} Abuashvili made a significant contribution to U21s' successful
2025 UEFA European Championship qualifying campaign by taking part in 11 of the twelve matches. He sealed a 3–0 home win over Moldova on 5 September 2024.{{cite web |title=საქართველოს 21 წლამდელთა ნაკრებმა მოლდოვა 3:0 დაამარცხა |url=https://digest.ge/news/sazogadoeba/saqartvelos-21-tslamdelta-nakrebma-moldova-30-daamartskha |publisher=digest.ge (in Georgian) |date=5 September 2024}} In a return play-off leg against Croatia on 19 November 2024, he converted from the spot in penalty shootout, which sent Georgia to the final stages of the competition.{{cite web |title=Under-21 EURO play-offs: Czechia, Finland, Georgia qualify |url=https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2042712--croatia-vs-georgia/timeline/ |publisher=UEFA |date=19 November 2024}}
Career statistics
{{Updated|16 March 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="4"|Dinamo Tbilisi
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2020
| Erovnuli Liga | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2021
| Erovnuli Liga | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| rowspan="4"| Porto B
| 2021–22 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23
| Segunda Liga | 5 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 2023–24
| Segunda Liga | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Petrolul
| 2023–24 | Liga 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 1 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Kolkheti 1913
| 2024 | Erovnuli Liga | 33 | 10 | 4 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 37 | 13 | |||
| 2025
| Erovnuli Liga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
! 36 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 13 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
! 49 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 14 |
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Honours
Dinamo Tbilisi
- Erovnuli Liga: 2019, 2020
- Georgian Super Cup: 2021
Individual
- Crystalsport Erovnuli Liga Player of the Month: August 2024
- Erovnuli Liga Team of the Year: 2024
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|giorgi-abuashvili/578296}}
- [https://nakrebi.ge/ka/team/u21/squad/player/5312 National team statistics] at GFF (in Georgian)
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Category:Men's footballers from Georgia (country)
Category:21st-century sportsmen from Georgia (country)
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Georgia (country) men's youth international footballers
Category:FC Kolkheti-1913 Poti players
Category:FC Dinamo Tbilisi players