Giorgi Papunashvili

Giorgi Papunashvili (Georgian: გიორგი პაპუნაშვილი, romanized: giorgi p'ap'unashvili, pronounced [ɡioɾɡi pʼapʼunaʃʷili]; born 2 September 1995), commonly known as Papu, is a Georgian professional footballer who plays for Azerbaijani club Kapaz as a winger.

For the Georgian judoka, see Giorgi Papunashvili (judoka).

Giorgi Papunashvili
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-09-02) 2 September 1995
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Kapaz
Number 25
Youth career
2004–2012 Dinamo Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Dinamo-2 Tbilisi 5 (0)
2013–2017 Dinamo Tbilisi 64 (26)
2015–2016 → Werder Bremen II (loan) 20 (2)
2017–2020 Zaragoza 53 (9)
2020 → Racing Santander (loan) 4 (0)
2021–2022 Apollon Limassol 8 (0)
2022 Torpedo Kutaisi 15 (0)
2022—2023 Radnički Niš 3 (0)
2023 Samtredia 15 (0)
2023 Telavi 1 (0)
2023– Kapaz 4 (1)
International career‡
2011–2012 Georgia U17 10 (2)
2013–2014 Georgia U19 5 (3)
2014–2016 Georgia U21 6 (2)
2014– Georgia 17 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 May 2023

Ha has played for Georgian national senior and youth teams.[1]

Club career

Dinamo Tbilisi

Papunashvili started his career in his hometown club Dinamo Tbilisi. In 2013, after having spent a single season with the reserve side of the Georgian club, Papunashvili was promoted to the first team and in November he made his debut in Erovnuli Liga against Tskhinvali.[2]

During the 2014–15 season, Papunashvili became the key figure at Dinamo, scoring 16 goals in all tournaments with the club, including his first career hat-trick against Tskhinvali in October 2014.[3] Dinamo won Georgian Cup at the end of the season as well, with Papunashvili scoring two goals in the final against Samtredia.[4]

In summer 2015, Papunashvili signed a season-long loan deal with Werder Bremen.[5] He joined the reserve side of the club and played in 3. Liga.[6] The loan spell was unsuccessful, as Papunashvili missed 12 games due to injury and was only able to make 20 appearances for the club, scoring two goals.[7]

Real Zaragoza

In June 2017, Papunashvili signed four-year deal with Real Zaragoza.[8][9][10] He made his debut for the Spanish club against Granada CF on 28 August, replacing Oliver Buff.[11]

On 12 January 2020, Papunashvili joined fellow second division side Racing de Santander on loan until the end of the season.[12]

Short spells

On 24 December 2020, Zaragoza announced the transfer of Papunashvili to Cypriot club Apollon Limassol FC.[13]

In January 2022, he returned to Erovnuli Liga to join Torpedo Kutaisi.[14] After six months Papunashvili moved to Serbian side Radnički Niš. In March 2023, he signed with Samtredia,[15] and four months later joined Telavi.[16] Having played one league match for the latter, Papunashvili signed a contract with Azerbaijan Premier League side Kapaz.[17]

International career

Papunashvili made his debut for the national team in a 1–0 friendly loss against the United Arab Emirates on 3 June 2014.[18][19]

He also represented Georgia national under-17 football team in the 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Slovenia.[20] Papunashvili scored a memorable last-minute goal in a crucial win over England in the qualifying stage of this championship.[21]

Career statistics

Club
As of 25 September 2023[22]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dinamo-2 Tbilisi 2012–13 Pirveli Liga 50——50
Dinamo Tbilisi 2013–14 Umaglesi Liga 15330—183
2014–15 211452—2616
2015–16 ——2121
2016 1231060193
2017 16620—186
Total 6426112818329
Werder Bremen II (loan) 2015–16 3. Liga 202——202
Real Zaragoza 2017–18 Segunda División 28731—318
2018–19 13211—143
2019–20 11022—132
2020–21 30——30
Total 55964—6113
Racing Santander (loan) 2019–20 Segunda División 40——40
Apollon Limassol 2020–21 Cypriot First Division 80——80
2021–22 10—1020
Total 90—10100
Torpedo Kutaisi 2022 Erovnuli Liga 150——150
Radnički Niš 2022–23 Serbian SuperLiga 30——30
Samtredia 2023 Erovnuli Liga 150——150
Telavi 1020—30
Kapaz 2023–24 Azerbaijan Premier League 21——21
Career total 193381969122145

International goals
Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Papunashvili goal.[23]
List of international goals scored by Giorgi Papunashvili
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
124 March 2018Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia Lithuania1–04–0Friendly
27 June 2019Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilissi, Georgia Gibraltar2–03–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
319 November 2019Stadion Aldo Drosina, Pula, Croatia Croatia1–01–2Friendly

Honours

Dinamo Tbilisi

References
  1. Giorgi Papunashvili at Soccerway
  2. "Tskhinvali - Dinamo Tbilisi (Match Report)". soccerway.com. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  3. "Dinamo Tbilisi - Tskhinvali (Match Report)". soccerway.com. 24 October 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  4. "Dinamo beat Samtredia to make it three in a row". UEFA.com. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  5. "Papunashvili verstarkt Werders U23". werder.de. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2017. (in German)
  6. "Ein Neuer aus Georgien". kreiszeitung.de. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2017. (in German)
  7. "გიორგი პაპუნაშვილი: იანვარში "ვერდერის" პირველ გუნდს შეკრებაზე მივყვები". sportall.ge. 20 December 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2017. (in Georgian)
  8. "Giorgi Papunashvili nuevo jugador del Real Zaragoza para las 4 próximas temporadas". realzaragoza.com. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017. (in Spanish)
  9. "Velocidad y gran golpeo de balón: así es Giorgi Papunashvili". realzaragoza.com. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017. (in Spanish)
  10. "Giorgi Papunashvili will play in Real Zaragoza". fcdinamo.ge. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  11. "Zaragoza - Granda (Match Report)". soccerway.com. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  12. "Papunashvili se va cedido al Racing hasta final de temporada". Marca.com (in Spanish). 12 January 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  13. "Acuerdo para el traspaso de Giorgi Papunashvili al Apollon Limassol" [Agreement for the transfer of Giorgi Papunashvili to Apollon Limassol] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  14. "ფეხბურთელია ოფიციალურად გიორგი - პაპუნაშვილი "ტორპედოს"". crystalsport.ge (in Georgian). 13 January 2022.
  15. "გიორგი პაპუნაშვილი "სამტრედიაში" ითამაშებს". atiani.ge (in Georgian). 17 March 2023.
  16. "გიორგი პაპუნაშვილი კარიერას საქართველოს ჩემპიონატის სხვა კლუბში გააგრძელებს". goal.ge (in Georgian). 6 July 2023.
  17. "Кяпаз договорился с экс-хавбеком Сарагосы". azerisport.com (in Russian). Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  18. "FRIENDLY: UAE 1-0 GEORGIA". the-afc.com. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  19. "Header from Habib Fardan seals deal for UAE in friendly against Georgia". the-afc.com. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  20. "Delighted Georgian duo have that Friday feeling". UEFA.com. 11 May 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  21. "როგორი იყო საქართველოს ნაკრების შემადგენლობა 2012 წელს, როცა ინგლისს მოუგეს?". goal.ge (in Georgian). 12 October 2016.
  22. "Giorgi Papunashvili". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  23. "Papunashvili, Giorgi". National Football Teams. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
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