Áron Yaakobishvili ( ka, აარონ იაკობიშვილი; ; born 6 March 2006) is a Hungarian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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, on loan from Barcelona Atlètic.

Early life

Yaakobishvili was born in

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, Hungary to a Georgian Jewish father; his father was born in Georgia, and is a dual Georgian-Israeli citizen whilst his mother is Hungarian. His elder brother, Antal, is also a footballer, and currently plays for fellow Spanish club

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Club career

Yaakobishvili joined local side Baráti Bőrlabda at the age of six in 2012, before moving to Angyalföldi Sportiskola two years later. He spent a season with

MTK Budapest Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre (Hungarian for "Hungarian Circle of Physical Practitioners") is a multi-sports club from Budapest, founded in 1888. It has sections for football, handball, basketball, volleyball, futsal, ice hockey, water polo, cycl ...

before moving to Spain in 2017 after his mother had accepted a job in

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. 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

the following year, joining the club after impressing coaches. Having progressed through Barcelona's ''

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'' academy, Yaakobishvili signed his first professional contract with the club in February 2022. In March of the same year, he trained with the Barcelona first team. On 11 October 2023, he was named by English newspaper ''

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'' as one of the best players born in 2006 worldwide. Yaakobishvili was first included into the senior team's match day squad on 25 November 2023 for a

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game against

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. Yaakobishvili made his senior debut for the reserve team Barcelona Atlètic in the third-tier

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on 27 September 2024 against

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. On 15 July 2025, Yaakobishvili agreed to a one-year loan deal with

side

International career

Yaakobishvili has represented Hungary at youth international level. In June 2023, it was reported by Israeli sports journalism outlet

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that Yaakobishvili and his brother were attempting to gain Israeli citizenship so as to represent the nation at international level. However, their agent Attila Georgi denied these rumours, stating that the brothers were Hungarian and that they wanted to represent Hungary at international level.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yaakobishvili, Aron 2006 births Living people Hungarian people of Georgian-Jewish descent Jewish footballers Jewish Hungarian sportspeople Footballers from Budapest Hungarian men's footballers Hungary men's youth international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers MTK Budapest FC players FC Barcelona Atlètic players FC Andorra players Primera Federación players Hungarian expatriate men's footballers Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Andorra 21st-century Hungarian sportsmen