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Giorgi Abuashvili
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.[1] Club careerAbuashvili 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.[2] 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,[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7] 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[8] and subsequently included in Team of the Season at an awards ceremony organized by the Georgian Football Federation in December.[9] International careerAbuashvili 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[10] and to U16s for friendly matches against Azerbaijan.[11] 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.[12] Abuashvili represented U19s for 2022 European Championship elite round, scoring against Romania[13] 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.[14] 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.[15] 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.[16] Career statistics
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