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Áron Yaakobishvili
Hungarian footballer (born 2006) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Áron Yaakobishvili (Georgian: აარონ იაკობიშვილი; Hebrew: ארון יעקובישווילי; born 6 March 2006) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Segunda División club FC Andorra, on loan from La Liga club Barcelona.
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Early life
Yaakobishvili was born in Budapest, Hungary to a Georgian Jewish father; his father was born in Georgia, and is a dual Georgian-Israeli citizen whilst his mother is Hungarian.[2][3] His elder brother, Antal, is also a footballer, and currently plays for fellow Spanish club Girona.[2][4]
Club career
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Yaakobishvili joined local side Baráti Bőrlabda at the age of six in 2012, before moving to Angyalföldi Sportiskola two years later.[3][4] He spent a season with MTK Budapest before moving to Spain in 2017 after his mother had accepted a job in Barcelona.[4][5][6][7] On his arrival in Spain, he had a short spell with amateur side Atlètic Sant Just, before being invited on a three-day trial with Barcelona the following year, joining the club after impressing coaches.[8][3]
Having progressed through Barcelona's La Masia academy, Yaakobishvili signed his first professional contract with the club in February 2022.[9] In March of the same year, he trained with the Barcelona first team.[4][10] On 11 October 2023, he was named by English newspaper The Guardian as one of the best players born in 2006 worldwide.[11]
Yaakobishvili was first included into the senior team's match day squad on 25 November 2023 for a La Liga game against Rayo Vallecano.[12] Yaakobishvili made his senior debut for the reserve team Barcelona Atlètic in the third-tier Primera Federación on 27 September 2024 against SD Tarazona.[13]
On 15 July 2025, Yaakobishvili agreed to a one-year loan deal with Segunda División side FC Andorra.[14]
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International career
Yaakobishvili has represented Hungary at youth international level.[1] 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.[2] However, their agent Attila Georgi denied these rumours, stating that the brothers were Hungarian and that they wanted to represent Hungary at international level.[15]
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