Saba Samushia
Georgian footballer
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Saba Samushia (Georgian: საბა სამუშია; born 7 November 2006), is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Portuguese club Rio Ave. He is a youth international for Georgia.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | November 7, 2006 | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Rio Ave | ||
| Number | 68 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2022 | Dinamo Tbilisi | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023–2024 | Dinamo Tbilisi-2 | 5 | (0) |
| 2024 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 9 | (0) |
| 2025– | Rio Ave | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | Georgia U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Georgia U19 | 11 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 May 2025 | |||
Club career
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
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
| 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
- U19 Player of the Year: 2024[5]