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Giorgi Papunashvili

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Giorgi Papunashvili
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-09-02) 2 September 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Zira
Number 10
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)
2023–2024 Kapaz 19 (5)
2024– Zira 12 (5)
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 23 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 May 2023

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]

Club career

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Dinamo Tbilisi

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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

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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

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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]

International career

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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

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Club

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As of 28 October 2024[23]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dinamo-2 Tbilisi 2012–13 Pirveli Liga 5 0 — — 5 0
Dinamo Tbilisi 2013–14 Umaglesi Liga 15 3 3 0 — 18 3
2014–15 21 14 5 2 — 26 16
2015–16 — — 2 1 2 1
2016 12 3 1 0 6 0 19 3
2017 16 6 2 0 — 18 6
Total 64 26 11 2 8 1 83 29
Werder Bremen II (loan) 2015–16 3. Liga 20 2 — — 20 2
Real Zaragoza 2017–18 Segunda División 28 7 3 1 — 31 8
2018–19 13 2 1 1 — 14 3
2019–20 11 0 2 2 — 13 2
2020–21 3 0 — — 3 0
Total 55 9 6 4 — 61 13
Racing Santander (loan) 2019–20 Segunda División 4 0 — — 4 0
Apollon Limassol 2020–21 Cypriot First Division 8 0 — — 8 0
2021–22 1 0 — 1 0 2 0
Total 9 0 — 1 0 10 0
Torpedo Kutaisi 2022 Erovnuli Liga 15 0 — — 15 0
Radnički Niš 2022–23 Serbian SuperLiga 3 0 — — 3 0
Samtredia 2023 Erovnuli Liga 15 0 — — 15 0
Telavi 1 0 2 0 — 3 0
Kapaz 2023–24 Azerbaijan Premier League 19 5 1 0 — 20 5
Zira 2024–25 Azerbaijan Premier League 6 2 0 0 — 6 2
Career total 216 44 20 6 9 1 245 51

International goals

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Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Papunashvili goal.[24]
List of international goals scored by Giorgi Papunashvili
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 24 March 2018 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia  Lithuania 1–0 4–0 Friendly
2 7 June 2019 Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilissi, Georgia  Gibraltar 2–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
3 19 November 2019 Stadion Aldo Drosina, Pula, Croatia  Croatia 1–0 1–2 Friendly

Honours

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Dinamo Tbilisi

References

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  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. ^ "Zirə PFC agreed with Georgie Papunashvili". facebook.com/fc.zire. Zira FK Facebook. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  19. ^ "FRIENDLY: UAE 1-0 GEORGIA". the-afc.com. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  20. ^ "Header from Habib Fardan seals deal for UAE in friendly against Georgia". the-afc.com. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  21. ^ "Delighted Georgian duo have that Friday feeling". UEFA.com. 11 May 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  22. ^ "როგორი იყო საქართველოს ნაკრების შემადგენლობა 2012 წელს, როცა ინგლისს მოუგეს?". goal.ge (in Georgian). 12 October 2016.
  23. ^ "Giorgi Papunashvili". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  24. ^ "Papunashvili, Giorgi". National Football Teams. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
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