Leon Sabua
{{short description|Russian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Leon Sabua
| full_name = Leon Rustamovich Sabua
| image = Leon Sabua 2020.jpg
| caption = Sabua with FC Krasnodar in 2020
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|9|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Gagra, Abkhazia, Georgia
| height = 1.83 m
| position = Centre forward/Attacking midfielder
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 2016–2019
| youthclubs1 = Krasnodar
| years1 = 2018–2022 | clubs1 = Krasnodar-2 | caps1 = 93 | goals1 = 12
| years2 = 2018–2021 | clubs2 = Krasnodar-3 | caps2 = 15 | goals2 = 4
| years3 = 2019–2022 | clubs3 = Krasnodar | caps3 = 3 | goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2022–2025 | clubs4 = Urartu | caps4 = 45 | goals4 = 9
| pcupdate = 3 January 2025
}}
Leon Rustamovich Sabua ({{langx|ab|Леон Русҭам-иҧа Сабуа}}; {{langx|ru|Леон Рустамович Сабуа}}; born 1 September 2000) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a centre forward, most recently for Armenian Premier League club Urartu.
Club career
Sabua made his debut in the Russian Professional Football League for FC Krasnodar-2 on 10 March 2018 in a game against FC Chayka Peschanokopskoye.{{cite web|publisher=Russian Professional Football League|url=https://www.pfl-russia.com/competitions/season-2017-2018/south/matchprotocol.php?match=3.0165|title=Game Report by PFL|date=10 March 2018}} He made his Russian Football National League debut for Krasnodar-2 on 18 August 2018 in a game against FC Luch Vladivostok.
Sabua made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Krasnodar on 24 October 2020 in a game against FC Spartak Moscow. He substituted Magomed-Shapi Suleymanov in the 57 minute and scored a goal 2 minutes later to make the score 1–2. The game ended in a 1–3 home loss.{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://eng.premierliga.ru/match/match_13732.html|title=Krasnodar v Spartak game report|date=24 October 2020}} Four days later he made his European debut as a late substitute in the Champions League 0–4 home loss to Chelsea.{{cite web|publisher=UEFA|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2029390/|title=Krasnodar v Chelsea game report|date=28 October 2020}}
On 4 July 2022, Armenian Premier League club FC Urartu announced the signing of Sabua.{{cite web |title=OFFICIAL STATEMENT: LEON SABUA |url=https://fcurartu.am/en/official-statement-leon-sabua-2022-7-4-21-40-62c2bf3470d2c |website=fcurartu.am |publisher=FC Urartu |access-date=5 July 2022 |date=4 July 2022}} On 3 January 2025, Urartu announced that Sabua had left the club after his contract was terminated by mutual agreement.{{cite web |title=OFFICIAL STATEMENT: LEON SABUA |url=https://www.fcurartu.am/en/official-statement:-leon-sabua- |website=fcurartu.am/ |publisher=FC Urartu |access-date=3 January 2025 |date=3 January 2025}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 3 December 2024}}{{Soccerway|leon-sabua/509300}}
| 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|Cup !colspan=2|Europe !colspan=2|Other !colspan=2|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="6"|Krasnodar-2
|PFL |10 | 1 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 3{{efn|name=FNLCUP|Appearances in the FNL Cup}} | 0 | 13 | 1 | |||
| 2018–19
|rowspan="4"|FNL |10 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 5{{efn|name=FNLCUP|Appearances in the FNL Cup}} | 2 | 15 | 2 | |||
| 2019–20
|18 | 3 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 18 | 3 | ||||
| 2020–21
|36 | 7 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 36 | 7 | ||||
| 2021–22
|19 | 1 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 19 | 1 | ||||
| colspan=2|Total
!93||12||0||0||0||0||8||2||101||14 | ||||||||||
| rowspan="3"|Krasnodar-3
|2018–19 |rowspan="2"|PFL |14 | 4 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 14 | 4 | ||||
| 2020–21
|1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 1 | 0 | ||||
| colspan=2|Total
!15||4||0||0||0||0||0||0||15||4 | ||||||||||
| rowspan="4"|Krasnodar
|rowspan="3"|RPL |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21
|2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Champions League}} | 0 | colspan=2|— | 4 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 1 | 0 | |||
| colspan=2|Total
!3||1||0||0||2||0||0||0||5||1 | ||||||||||
| rowspan="4"|Urartu
|rowspan="3"|Armenian Premier League |22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 23 | 7 | |||
| 2023–24
|14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3{{efn|2 appearances in the UEFA Champions League, 1 appearance and 1 goal in the UEFA Europa Conference League.}} | 1 | 1{{efn|name=ASC|Appearances in the Armenian Supercup}} | 0 | 20 | 3 | |
| 2024–25
|9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 10 | 1 | ||
| colspan=2|Total
!45||9||4||1||3||1||1||0||53||11 | ||||||||||
| colspan=3|Career total
!156||26||4||1||5||1||9||2||174||30 |
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Honours
=Club=
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{RPL player|Sabua-Leon}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sabua, Leon}}
Category:Russian people of Abkhazian descent
Category:Russian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:FC Krasnodar-2 players
Category:Russian Premier League players
Category:Russian First League players
Category:Russian Second League players
Category:Russian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Armenia
Category:Russian expatriate sportspeople in Armenia
Category:21st-century Russian sportsmen
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