Giorgi Aburjania

Giorgi Aburjania (Georgian: გიორგი აბურჯანია, romanized: giorgi aburjania, pronounced [ɡioɾɡi abuɾdʒania]; born 2 January 1995) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Portuguese Primeira Liga club AVS and the Georgia national team.

Giorgi Aburjania

Personal information
Date of birth	(1995-01-02) 2 January 1995 (age 30)
Place of birth	Tbilisi, Georgia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	AVS
Number	8
Youth career
2010–2012	Metalurgi Rustavi
2012	→ Olimpiki Tbilisi (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011	Metalurgi Rustavi	3	(0)
2012–2014	Dila	17	(1)
2014	Lokomotivi Tbilisi	9	(5)
2014–2016	Anorthosis	42	(2)
2016	Gimnàstic	16	(2)
2016–2020	Sevilla B	35	(0)
2018–2019	→ Lugo (loan)	27	(1)
2019–2020	→ Twente (loan)	19	(2)
2020–2021	Oviedo	2	(0)
2021	Cartagena	13	(1)
2021–2023	Gil Vicente	53	(2)
2023–2024	Hatayspor	20	(0)
2024–	AVS	8	(0)
International career‡
2011–2012	Georgia U17	12	(0)
2012–2014	Georgia U19	8	(2)
2015–2016	Georgia U21	6	(0)
2016–	Georgia	39	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 February 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:04, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Aburjania kicked off his career with Metalurgi Rustavi in 2010. He then had stints with Dila and Lokomotivi Tbilisi. On 17 June 2014, he signed for Cypriot club Anorthosis Famagusta on a two-year contract.^[1]

On 8 January 2016, Aburjania moved to Spain, after agreeing to a three-and-a-half-year contract with Segunda División side Gimnàstic de Tarragona.^[2] He made his debut for the club late in the month, coming on as a second-half substitute for Lévy Madinda in a 2–1 home win against CD Tenerife.^[3]

Aburjania subsequently became an undisputed starter for Vicente Moreno's side, and scored his first goal for the club on 20 March 2016 in a 4–0 away routing of Bilbao Athletic.^[4] On 2 August he signed a four-year contract with Sevilla FC, being assigned to the reserves also in the second division, for a rumoured fee of € 1 million.^[5]

On 1 August 2018, after suffering relegation, Aburjania was loaned to fellow second division side CD Lugo, for one year.^[6] In July of the following year, he moved to FC Twente also in a temporary deal.^[7]

On 20 September 2020, Aburjania agreed to a one-year contract with Real Oviedo in the second division.^[8] The following 28 January, after being rarely used, he cut ties with the club^[9] and signed a short-term deal with fellow league team FC Cartagena just hours later.^[10]

On 3 July 2021, free agent Aburjania signed a two-year deal with Primeira Liga side Gil Vicente F.C.^[11]

International career

After representing Georgia at the under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels, Aburjania made his debut with the full squad on 29 March 2016, starting in a 1–1 friendly draw against Kazakhstan.^[12]

Career Statistics

Club

As of match played 19 January 2025^[13]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Metalurgi Rustavi	2010-11	Umaglesi Liga	3	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	3	0
	2011-12	Umaglesi Liga	0	0	0	0	—		2[c]	0	—		2	0
	Total		3	0	0	0	—		2	0	0	0	5	0
Dila	2012-13	Umaglesi Liga	5	1	3	0	—		0	0	0	0	8	1
	2013-14	Umaglesi Liga	12	0	1	0	—		4[c]	0	—		17	0
	Total		17	1	4	0	—		4	0	0	0	25	1
Locomotive Tbilisi	2013-14	Pirveli Liga	9	5	0	0	—		—		—		9	5
Anorthosis	2014-15	Cypriot First Division	30	2	3	0	—		—		—		33	2
	2015-16	Cypriot First Division	12	0	0	0	—		—		—		12	0
	Total		42	2	0	0	—		—		—		42	2
Gimnàstic	2015-16	Segunda División	16	2	0	0	—		—		0	0	16	2
Sevilla B	2016-17	Segunda División	13	0	—		—		—		—		13	0
	2017-18	Segunda División	22	0	—		—		—		—		22	0
	2018-19	Segunda División B	0	0	—		—		—		—		0	0
	2019-20	Segunda División B	0	0	—		—		—		—		0	0
	Total		35	0	—		—		—		—		35	0
Lugo (loan)	2018-19	Segunda División	23	1	3	0	—		—		—		26	1
Twente (loan)	2019-20	Eredivisie	17	2	2	0	—		—		—		19	2
Real Oviedo	2020-21	Segunda División	2	0	2	0	—		—		—		4	0
Cartagena	2020-21	Segunda División	13	1	0	0	—		—		—		13	1
Gil Vicente	2021-22	Primeira Liga	26	2	2	0	0	0	—		—		28	2
	2022-23	Primeira Liga	27	0	2	0	3	0	3[d]	0	—		35	0
	Total		53	2	4	0	3	0	3	0	—		63	2
Hatayspor	2023-24	Süper Lig	20	0	1	0	—		—		—		21	0
AVS	2024-25	Primeira Liga	8	0	1	0	0	0	—		—		9	0
Career total			258	16	20	0	3	0	9	0	0	0	290	16

1. Includes Georgian Cup, Cypriot Cup, Copa del Rey, KNVB Cup, Taça de Portugal, Turkish Cup
2. Includes Taça da Liga
3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
4. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 8 September 2023^[14]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Georgia	2016	3	0
	2017	3	0
	2018	6	0
	2019	4	0
	2020	3	0
	2021	10	1
	2022	7	0
	2023	3	0
Total		39	1

Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Aburjania goal.

List of international goals scored by Giorgi Aburjania

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	2 June 2021	Ilie Oană Stadium, Ploiești, Romania	Romania	2–0	2–1	Friendly	[15]