Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 12 July 2004 | ||
Place of birth | Budapest, Hungary | ||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Girona B | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
Baráti Bőrlabda | |||
2015–2017 | MTK Budapest | ||
2017–2021 | Sant Just | ||
2021–2023 | Girona | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022– | Girona B | 26 | (1) |
2024– | Girona | 1 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2021 | Hungary U18 | 1 | (0) |
2023 | Hungary U19 | 3 | (0) |
2023– | Hungary U21 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 January 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023 |
Antal Yaakobishvili (born 12 July 2004) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Spanish club Girona FC B.
Yaakobishvili was born in Budapest, Hungary to Jewish father; his father was born in Georgia and spent two years in Israel, enabling Israeli citizenship; his mother is Hungarian.[1][2] His younger brother Áron is also a footballer, and plays as a goalkeeper for the youth sides of FC Barcelona.[3][1][4]
Yaakobishvili moved to Barcelona in 2017 after his mother received a job offer in the city,[3] and joined the youth sides of Atlètic Sant Just FC along with his younger brother. In 2021, he was signed by Girona FC, joining their Juvenil squads.[5]
Yaakobishvili made his senior debut with Girona's reserves on 11 December 2022, starting in a 4–1 Tercera Federación home routing of CE L'Hospitalet. He scored his first senior goal the following 12 February, netting the B's second in a 2–0 away win over UE Tona.[6]
Yaakobishvili made his first team debut on 17 January 2024, coming on as a half-time substitute for Juanpe in a 3–1 home win over Rayo Vallecano, for the season's Copa del Rey.[7][8]
On 21 January 2024, he debuted in La Liga in a 5–1 victory over Sevilla FC on the 25 game week of the 2023–24 La Liga season.[9]
Yaakobishvili has represented Hungary at under-18, under-19 and under-21 levels. In June 2023, it was reported by Israeli sports journalism outlet Sport 5 that Yaakobishvili and his brother were attempting to gain Israeli citizenship so as to represent the nation at international level.[1] However, their agent Attila Georgi denied these rumours, stating that the brothers were Hungarian and that they wanted to represent Hungary at international level.[10]
Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Girona B | 2022–23 | Tercera Federación | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
2023–24 | Tercera Federación | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||||
Total | 26 | 0 | — | — | — | 26 | 0 | |||||
Girona | 2023–24 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
Career total | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |