Leon Sabua
 Sabua with FC Krasnodar in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leon Rustamovich Sabua | ||
| Date of birth | 1 September 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Gagra, Abkhazia, Georgia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Positions | |||
| Youth career | |||
| 2016–2019 | Krasnodar | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2022 | Krasnodar-2 | 93 | (12) |
| 2018–2021 | Krasnodar-3 | 15 | (4) |
| 2019–2022 | Krasnodar | 3 | (1) |
| 2022–2025 | Urartu | 45 | (9) |
| 2026 | FC Gagra | 10 | (10) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 July 2026 | |||
Leon Rustamovich Sabua (Abkhaz: Леон Русҭам-иҧа Сабуа; Russian: Леон Рустамович Сабуа; born 1 September 2000) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a centre forward, most recently for Apsny Super League club FC Gagra[ru].
Club career
[edit]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.[1] 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.[2] Four days later he made his European debut as a late substitute in the Champions League 0–4 home loss to Chelsea.[3]
On 4 July 2022, Armenian Premier League club FC Urartu announced the signing of Sabua.[4] On 3 January 2025, Urartu announced that Sabua had left the club after his contract was terminated by mutual agreement.[5]
Since March 2026, he signed for Apsny Super League Club FC Gagra[ru], winning the Abkhazian Super Cup in his first game for the club.[6][7]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 6 July 2026[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Krasnodar-2 | 2017–18 | PFL | 10 | 1 | — | — | 3[a] | 0 | 13 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19 | FNL | 10 | 0 | — | — | 5[a] | 2 | 15 | 2 | |||
| 2019–20 | 18 | 3 | — | — | — | 18 | 3 | |||||
| 2020–21 | 36 | 7 | — | — | — | 36 | 7 | |||||
| 2021–22 | 19 | 1 | — | — | — | 19 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 93 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 101 | 14 | ||
| Krasnodar-3 | 2018–19 | PFL | 14 | 4 | — | — | — | 14 | 4 | |||
| 2020–21 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | ||
| Krasnodar | 2019–20 | RPL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | |||
| 2021–22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Urartu | 2022–23 | Armenian Premier League | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 7 | ||
| 2023–24 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3[c] | 1 | 1[d] | 0 | 20 | 3 | ||
| 2024–25 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | |||
| Total | 45 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 11 | ||
| FC Gagra[ru] | 2026 | Apsny Super League | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | __ | |||||
| Career total | 165 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 174 | 30 | ||
- 1 2 Appearances in the FNL Cup
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ↑ 2 appearances in the UEFA Champions League, 1 appearance and 1 goal in the UEFA Europa Conference League.
- ↑ Appearances in the Armenian Supercup
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]FC Gagra[ru]
- Abkhazian Super Cup: 2026
References
[edit]- ↑ "Game Report by PFL". Russian Professional Football League. 10 March 2018.
- ↑ "Krasnodar v Spartak game report". Russian Premier League. 24 October 2020.
- ↑ "Krasnodar v Chelsea game report". UEFA. 28 October 2020.
- ↑ "OFFICIAL STATEMENT: LEON SABUA". fcurartu.am. FC Urartu. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ↑ "OFFICIAL STATEMENT: LEON SABUA". fcurartu.am/. FC Urartu. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
- ↑ "Abkhazian Football Federation Player list".
- ↑ "Суперкубок РА, Федерация Футбола Республики Абхазия. Официальный сайт". ff-ra.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 12 March 2026. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
- ↑ Leon Sabua at Soccerway
External links
[edit]- Leon Sabua at Russian Premier League (in Russian) (archive in English)
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