Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Giorgi Papunashvili
Georgian footballer (born 1995) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
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 Zira as a winger.
Ha has played for the Georgian national senior and youth teams.[1]
Remove ads
Club career
Summarize
Perspective
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] On 3 August 2024, Papunashvili signed 1+1 year contract with Azerbaijan Premier League side Zira.[18]
Remove ads
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.[19][20]
He also represented Georgia national under-17 football team in the 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Slovenia.[21] Papunashvili scored a memorable last-minute goal in a crucial win over England in the qualifying stage of this championship.[22]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 22 January 2025[23]
International goals
- Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Papunashvili goal.[24]
Honours
Dinamo Tbilisi
References
External links
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads