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Leon Sabua
Sabua with FC Krasnodar in 2020
Personal information
Full name Leon Rustamovich Sabua
Date of birth (2000-09-01) 1 September 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Gagra, Abkhazia, Georgia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre forward/Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Urartu
Number 18
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– Urartu 36 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024

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 for Armenian Premier League club Urartu.

Club career

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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]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 12 March 2024[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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 9 1 1 0 3[c] 1 1[d] 0 14 2
Total 31 8 2 0 3 1 1 0 37 8
Career total 142 25 2 0 5 1 9 2 158 28
  1. ^ a b Appearances in the FNL Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ 2 appearances in the UEFA Champions League, 1 appearance and 1 goal in the UEFA Europa Conference League.
  4. ^ Appearances in the Armenian Supercup

Honours

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Club

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Urartu

References

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  1. ^ "Game Report by PFL". Russian Professional Football League. 10 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Krasnodar v Spartak game report". Russian Premier League. 24 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Krasnodar v Chelsea game report". UEFA. 28 October 2020.
  4. ^ "OFFICIAL STATEMENT: LEON SABUA". fcurartu.am. FC Urartu. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  5. ^ Leon Sabua at Soccerway
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