Gabriel Sigua

Gabriel Sigua (Georgian: გაბრიელ სიგუა; born 30 June 2005) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swiss Super League club Basel and the Georgia national team.

Gabriel Sigua
Personal information
Date of birth (2005-06-30) 30 June 2005
Place of birth Rustavi, Georgia[1]
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Basel
Number 21
Youth career
Rustavi
2016–2018 Saburtalo Tbilisi
2018–2022 Dinamo Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2023 Dinamo Tbilisi 25 (3)
2023– Basel 0 (0)
International career‡
2021 Georgia U16 2 (1)
2021–2022 Georgia U17 10 (0)
2022 Georgia U18 4 (1)
2022– Georgia U21 1 (0)
2023– Georgia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:05, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:07, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Sigua is a youth product of Rustavi and Saburtalo Tbilisi, before moving to the youth academy of Dinamo Tbilisi at the age of 13.[2] He won the U17 Aleksandre Chivadze medal in 2021, recognition for the best young Georgian talents in the year. He made his senior debut with Dinamo Tbilisi in a 2–1 Georgian Cup win over Samtredia on 7 August 2022.[3]

On 25 July FC Basel announced that had signed Sigua on a five year contract.[4] He joined Basel's first team for their 2023–24 season under head coach Timo Schultz.

International career

Sigua is a youth international for Georgia, and was called up to the senior Georgia national team for a set of matches in March 2023 at the age of 17.[5] He made his international debut with Georgia in a 6–1 friendly win over Mongolia on 25 March 2023.

Playing style

An active box-to-box midfielder, Sigua is a hard-working, modern footballer. He as earned style comparisons to the German footballer Leon Goretzka.[6]

Honours

Club

Dinamo Tbilisi

Individual

References
  1. "Gabriel Sigua - - Aktuelles Spielerprofil". sport.bild.de.
  2. "საფეხბურთო ტაიმაუტი | გაბრიელ სიგუა - ვერ ვიჯერებდი, რომ ნაკრებში 17 წლის ასაკში გამომიძახეს #1TVSPORT". 1TV.
  3. "ჭიაბრიშვილმა „დინამოს" დებიუტანტებზე ისაუბრა - იმდენად კარგი ახალგაზრდები არიან, ადაპტაციისთვის დიდი დრო არ სჭირდებათ #1TVSPORT". 1TV.
  4. FC Basel 1893 (25 July 2023). "Der FCB verpflichtet den georgier Gabriel Sigua" [FCB signed Georgian Gabriel Sigua] (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  5. "კობახიძე ხოჭოლავას ნაცვლად - სანიოლმა 17 წლის დებიუტანტსაც დაუძახა". europop. 18 March 2023.
  6. ""სიგუა ბაიერნის ნახევარმცველს მაგონებს", - სანიოლმა ნაკრების 17 წლის დებიუტანტზე ისაუბრა". მიუნხენის "ბაიერნის" ქართული ფან-კლუბი.
  7. "ალექსანდრე ჩივაძის მედლის მფლობელები გაბრიელ სიგუა და საბა ხვადაგიანი გახდნენ #1TVSPORT". 1TV.
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