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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 June 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Rustavi, Georgia[1] | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 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 | 11 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021 | Georgia U-16 | 2 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Georgia U-17 | 10 | (0) |
| 2022 | Georgia U-18 | 4 | (1) |
| 2022– | Georgia U-21 | 5 | (0) |
| 2023– | Georgia | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:15, 25 February 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:07, 1 April 2023 (UTC) | |||
Club career edit
Sigua is a youth product of Rustavi and Saburtalo Tbilisi. He then moved 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 12 July 2023, Sigua scored an equalizer in his first appearance in UEFA Champions League qualifiers in a 1–1 draw against Astana.[4]
On 25 July FC Basel announced that had signed Sigua on a five-year contract.[5] He joined Basel's first team for their 2023–24 season under head coach Timo Schultz. Sigua played his domestic league debut for his new club in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 13 August, coming on as a substitute in the 78th minute, as Basel were defeated 2–1 by Lausanne-Sport.[6] He scored his first league goal for his new team in the home game on 3 September. Coming on as substitute in the 70th minute, he scored the equaliser in the 5th minute of added time as Basel played a 2–2 draw with Zürich.[7]
International career edit
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.[8] He made his international debut with Georgia in a 6–1 friendly win over Mongolia on 25 March 2023.
Sigua was a member of Georgia U21 squad for the 2023 European U21 Championship, co-hosted by Georgia.
Statistics edit
- As of match played 24 February 2023
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 2022 | Erovnuli Liga | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 16 | 3 | – | 2[a] | 1 | 1[b] | 0 | 19 | 4 | |||
| Total | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 4 | ||
| Basel | 2023–24 | Swiss Super League | 11 | 3 | – | – | – | 11 | 3 | |||
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League qualifiers
- ^ Appearance in Georgian Super Cup
Playing style edit
An active box-to-box midfielder, Sigua is a hard-working, modern footballer. He as earned style comparisons to the German footballer Leon Goretzka.[9]
Honours edit
Club edit
Dinamo Tbilisi
- Erovnuli Liga: 2022
- Supercup: 2023
Individual edit
References edit
- ^ "Gabriel Sigua - - Aktuelles Spielerprofil". sport.bild.de.
- ^ "საფეხბურთო ტაიმაუტი | გაბრიელ სიგუა - ვერ ვიჯერებდი, რომ ნაკრებში 17 წლის ასაკში გამომიძახეს #1TVSPORT". 1TV.
- ^ "ჭიაბრიშვილმა „დინამოს" დებიუტანტებზე ისაუბრა - იმდენად კარგი ახალგაზრდები არიან, ადაპტაციისთვის დიდი დრო არ სჭირდებათ #1TVSPORT". 1TV.
- ^ "Astana vs Dinamo Tbilisi". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ 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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (13 August 2023). "FC Basel - FC Lausanne-Sport 1:2 (0:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (3 September 2023). "FC Basel - FC Zürich 2:2 (0:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ "კობახიძე ხოჭოლავას ნაცვლად - სანიოლმა 17 წლის დებიუტანტსაც დაუძახა". europop. 18 March 2023.
- ^ ""სიგუა ბაიერნის ნახევარმცველს მაგონებს", - სანიოლმა ნაკრების 17 წლის დებიუტანტზე ისაუბრა". მიუნხენის "ბაიერნის" ქართული ფან-კლუბი.
- ^ "ალექსანდრე ჩივაძის მედლის მფლობელები გაბრიელ სიგუა და საბა ხვადაგიანი გახდნენ #1TVSPORT". 1TV.
Sources edit
- Profile at FC Basel archiv
External links edit
- Gabriel Sigua at Soccerway
- Nakrebi profile