Leon Sabua

Leon Sabua
	Sabua with FC Krasnodar in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Leon Rustamovich Sabua
Date of birth	1 September 2000 (age 26)
Place of birth	Gagra, Abkhazia, Georgia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Positions	Centre forward; attacking midfielder;
Youth career
2016–2019	Krasnodar
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–2022	Krasnodar-2
2018–2021	Krasnodar-3
2019–2022	Krasnodar
2022–2025	Urartu
2026	FC Gagra
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 July 2026

Leon Rustamovich Sabua (Abkhaz: Леон Русҭам-иҧа Сабуа; Russian: Леон Рустамович Сабуа; born 1 September 2000) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a centre forward, most recently for Apsny Super League club FC Gagra[ru].

Club career

Sabua made his debut in the Russian Professional Football League for FC Krasnodar-2 on 10 March 2018 in a game against FC Chayka Peschanokopskoye. He made his Russian Football National League debut for Krasnodar-2 on 18 August 2018 in a game against FC Luch Vladivostok.

Sabua made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Krasnodar on 24 October 2020 in a game against FC Spartak Moscow. He substituted Magomed-Shapi Suleymanov in the 57 minute and scored a goal 2 minutes later to make the score 1–2. The game ended in a 1–3 home loss. Four days later he made his European debut as a late substitute in the Champions League 0–4 home loss to Chelsea.

On 4 July 2022, Armenian Premier League club FC Urartu announced the signing of Sabua. On 3 January 2025, Urartu announced that Sabua had left the club after his contract was terminated by mutual agreement.

Since March 2026, he signed for Apsny Super League Club FC Gagra[ru], winning the Abkhazian Super Cup in his first game for the club.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 July 2026

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Krasnodar-2	2017–18	PFL	10	1	—		—		3	0	13	1
	2018–19	FNL	10	0	—		—		5	2	15	2
	2019–20		18	3	—		—		—		18	3
	2020–21		36	7	—		—		—		36	7
	2021–22		19	1	—		—		—		19	1
	Total		93	12	0	0	0	0	8	2	101	14
Krasnodar-3	2018–19	PFL	14	4	—		—		—		14	4
	2020–21	PFL	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	Total		15	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	4
Krasnodar	2019–20	RPL	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2020–21		2	1	0	0	2	0	—		4	1
	2021–22		1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	Total		3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	1
Urartu	2022–23	Armenian Premier League	22	7	1	0	—		—		23	7
	2023–24		14	2	2	0	3	1	1	0	20	3
	2024–25		9	0	1	1	0	0	—		10	1
	Total		45	9	4	1	3	1	1	0	53	11
FC Gagra[ru]	2026	Apsny Super League	9	10	1	0	__
Career total			165	36	5	1	5	1	9	2	174	30