| Leon Sabua | |
| Full Name: | Leon Rustamovich Sabua |
| Birth Date: | 1 September 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Gagra, Abkhazia, Georgia |
| Height: | 1.83 m |
| Position: | Centre forward/Attacking midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Urartu |
| Clubnumber: | 18 |
| Youthyears1: | 2016–2019 |
| Youthclubs1: | Krasnodar |
| Years1: | 2018–2022 |
| Caps1: | 93 |
| Goals1: | 12 |
| Years2: | 2018–2021 |
| Caps2: | 15 |
| Goals2: | 4 |
| Years3: | 2019–2022 |
| Caps3: | 3 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2022– |
| Clubs4: | Urartu |
| Caps4: | 36 |
| Goals4: | 9 |
| Pcupdate: | 1 June 2024 |
Leon Rustamovich Sabua (Abkhazian: Леон Русҭам-иҧа Сабуа; Russian: Леон Рустамович Сабуа; born 1 September 2000) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for Armenian Premier League club Urartu.
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.[1] 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.[2] Four days later he made his European debut as a late substitute in the Champions League 0–4 home loss to Chelsea.[3]
On 4 July 2022, Armenian Premier League club FC Urartu announced the signing of Sabua.[4]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | |||
| Total | 31 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 8 | |||
| Career total | 142 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 158 | 28 | |||
2022–23