Saba Samushia
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Saba Samushia | ||
| Date of birth | 7 November 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Zugdidi, Georgia | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Gimnàstic Manresa | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2024 | Dinamo Tbilisi | ||
| 2023–2024 | → Anorthosis Famagusta (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023–2024 | Dinamo Tbilisi-2 | 5 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 9 | (0) |
| 2025–2026 | Rio Ave | 0 | (0) |
| 2026– | Gimnàstic Manresa | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | Georgia U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Georgia U19 | 22 | (4) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 July 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 July 2026 | |||
Saba Samushia (Georgian: საბა სამუშია; born 7 November 2006) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish club Gimnàstic Manresa. He is a youth international for Georgia.
Club career
[edit source]A youth product of Dinamo Tbilisi academy, Samushia made his senior debut with 2nd division club Dinamo Tbilisi-2 as a half-time substitute in a 3–2 home loss to Merani Martvili on 26 April 2023.[1]
The next year, Samushia played for Dinamo's three teams. Apart from featuring for the reserve team, he also made a substantial impact on Dinamo's yet another triumph in the U19 League and made 13 appearances for the senior team, including on UEFA Conference League. At the end of this season, Samushia was selected by the Georgian Football Federation as U19 Player of the Year.[2]
In February 2025, Samushia signed a professional contract with Rio Ave.[3]
International career
[edit source]As a U17 team member, Samushia played a 2023 UEFA European Championship qualifying match against Israel[4] before being called up to the U19s in November 2023. During the next 18 months, Samushia took part in two qualifying campaigns, making 11 appearances for the team.
Statistics
[edit source]| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dinamo Tbilisi-2 | 2023 | Erovnuli Liga 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2024 | Erovnuli Liga 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 2024 | Erovnuli Liga | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Career total | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in 2024–25 UEFA Conference League qualifiers
- ↑ Appearance in Georgian Super Cup
Honours
[edit source]- U19 Player of the Year: 2024[5]
References
[edit source]- ↑ "Dinamo Tbilisi-2 vs Merani Martvili". eliga.ge (in Georgian). 26 April 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ↑ "გიორგი მამარდაშვილი - 2024 წლის საქართველოს საუკეთესო ფეხბურთელი" [Giorgi Mamardashvili named as Georgian Player of the Year] (in Georgian). worldsport.ge. 27 December 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ↑ "საბა სამუშია პორტუგალიაში ითამაშებს" [Saba Samushia set to play in Portugal]. crystalsport.ge (in Georgian). 4 February 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ↑ "Georgia U17 vs Israel U17 match report". UEFA. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ↑ "GFF Awards". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 27 December 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
External links
[edit source]- Saba Samushia at Soccerway
- 2006 births
- Living people
- Men's footballers from Georgia (country)
- Georgia (country) men's youth international footballers
- 21st-century sportsmen from Georgia (country)
- Erovnuli Liga players
- FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
- Rio Ave F.C. players
- Men's association football wingers
- Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country)
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Portugal