| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Baráti Bőrlabda | |||
| 2015–2017 | MTK Budapest | ||
| 2017–2021 | Atlètic Sant Just | ||
| 2021–2023 | Girona | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Girona B | 53 | (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 23 February 2025 ‡ 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 Georgian 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]
On 29 January 2025, he played his first match in the UEFA Champions League in a 2-1 defeat from Arsenal F.C. on the last match day of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League league phase. [10] [11] After the match, Michel, the manager of Girona, said that Yaakobishvili is ready for playing in the first team [12]
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. [13]
On 27 August 2024, Yaakobishvili was called up to the Hungary national team by manager Marco Rossi for a 2024–25 UEFA Nations League match against Germany. [14]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Girona B | 2022–23 | Tercera Federación | 14 | 1 | — | — | — | 14 | 1 | |||
| 2023–24 | Tercera Federación | 22 | 0 | — | — | — | 22 | 0 | ||||
| 2024–25 | Tercera Federación | 17 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 53 | 1 | — | — | — | 53 | 1 | |||||
| Girona | 2023–24 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 54 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 1 | ||