| Áron Yaakobishvili | |
| Birth Date: | 6 March 2006 |
| Birth Place: | Budapest, Hungary |
| Height: | 1.85 m |
| Currentclub: | Barcelona B |
| Clubnumber: | 41 |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Youthyears1: | 2012–2014 |
| Youthclubs1: | Baráti Bőrlabda |
| Youthyears2: | 2014–2016 |
| Youthclubs2: | Angyalföldi Sportiskola |
| Youthyears3: | 2016–2017 |
| Youthclubs3: | MTK Budapest |
| Youthyears4: | 2017–2018 |
| Youthclubs4: | Sant Just |
| Youthyears5: | 2018– |
| Youthclubs5: | Barcelona |
| Nationalyears1: | 2022–2023 |
| Nationalteam1: | Hungary U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 8 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2024– |
| Nationalteam2: | Hungary U18 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 17:04, 24 October 2022 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 17 May 2024 |
Áron Yaakobishvili (Georgian: აარონ იაკობიშვილი; Hebrew: ארון יעקובישווילי; born 6 March 2006) is a Hungarian professional footballer currently playing as a goalkeeper for Barcelona.
Yaakobishvili was born in Budapest, Hungary to Jewish father; his father was born in Georgia and spent two years in Israel, enabling Israeli citizenship; his mother is Hungarian.[1] [2] His elder brother, Antal, is also a footballer, and currently plays for fellow Spanish club Girona.[1] [3]
Yaakobishvili joined local side Baráti Bőrlabda at the age of six in 2012, before moving to Angyalföldi Sportiskola two years later.[2] [3] He spent a season with MTK Budapest before moving to Spain in 2017 after his mother had accepted a job in Barcelona.[3] [4] [5] [6] 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 Barcelona the following year, joining the club after impressing coaches.[7] [2]
Having progressed through Barcelona's La Masia academy, he signed his first professional contract with the club in February 2022.[8] In March of the same year, he trained with the Barcelona first team.[3] [9] On 11 October 2023, he was named by English newspaper The Guardian as one of the best players born in 2006 worldwide.[10]
Yaakobishvili has represented Hungary at youth international level. 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.[11]