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Sandro Altunashvili

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Sandro Altunashvili
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-05-19) 19 May 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Wolfsberger AC
Number 19
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2021 Saburtalo 143 (5)
2021–2023 Dinamo Batumi 82 (4)
2023– Wolfsberger AC 37 (1)
International career
2015–2018 Georgia U19 10 (0)
2016–2017 Georgia U21 5 (0)
2021– Georgia 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 October 2024

Sandro Altunashvili (Order of Honor) (Georgian: სანდრო ალთუნაშვილი; born 19 May 1997) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian club Wolfsberger AC. He is the two-time winner of the Erovnuli Liga. Altunashvili has also won the Georgian Cup once and Super Cup twice. Individually, he has been twice recognized as the Erovnuli Liga Midfielder of the Year and three times named in Team of the Season.

Club career

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Altunashvili started his career at second-division club Saburtalo in 2014. He was a regular player of the team that first gained promotion, gradually established itself and started winning trophies in Erovnuli Liga. His club secured the league title in 2018. A year later Altunashvili lifted the national Cup as well.[1] This season he was selected in Team of the Year for the first time.

In early 2021, Altunashvili moved to Dinamo Batumi on a two-year deal.[2] For two consecutive years he won a nomination for the best midfielder of the league, drawing interest from the national team.

In June 2023, he left his native Georgia to join Austrian Bundesliga club Wolfsberger AC on a two-year contract with the option for a further year.[3] On 3 November 2024, Altunashvili scored his first goal in a 2–1 loss at Austria Klagenfurt.[4]

International career

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Altunashvili made his debut for the Georgia national team on 5 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Spain, a 0–4 away loss. He substituted Giorgi Aburjania in the 69th minute.[5]

Altunashvili received a call-up for Euro 2024, Georgia's first major international tournament,[6] and took part in two matches.

Career statistics

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As of match played 3 November 2024[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Saburtalo 2013/14 Pirveli Liga 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2014/15 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 34 1
2015/16 Umaglesi Liga 24 1 0 0 2[a] 0 0 0 26 1
2016 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2017 Erovnuli Liga 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1
2018 21 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
2019 29 2 5 0 6[b] 1 1[c] 0 41 3
2020 18 0 3 0 1[d] 0 1[c] 0 23 0
Total 143 5 11 0 9 1 2 0 165 6
Dinamo Batumi 2021 Erovnuli Liga 33 2 3 0 6[e] 0 0 0 42 2
2022 31 1 1 0 4[f] 0 1[c] 0 37 1
2023 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 1
Total 82 4 4 0 10 0 1 0 97 4
Wolfsberger AC 2023–24 Austrian Bundesliga 27 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 0
2024–25 Austrian Bundesliga 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 13 1
Total 37 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 41 1
Career total 262 10 19 0 19 1 3 0 303 11
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Youth League
  2. ^ 4 appearances in UEFA Champions League and 2 appearances in Conference League
  3. ^ a b c Appearances in Georgian Super Cup
  4. ^ Appearance in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
  6. ^ 2 appearances in UEFA Champions League and 2 appearances in Conference League

Honours

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Saburtalo Tbilisi

Dinamo Batumi

  • Erovnuli Liga: 2021
  • Georgian Super Cup: 2022

Individual

  • Erovnuli Liga Midfielder of the Year: 2021, 2022

References

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  1. ^ "ისტორიაში პირველად - "საბურთალომ" საქართველოს თასი მოიგო". worldsport.ge (in Georgian). 8 December 2019.
  2. ^ "ალთუნაშვილი კარიერას ბათუმის "დინამოში" გააგრძელებს". sportall.ge (in Georgian). 5 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Verstärkung für das zentrale Mittelfeld" [Central midfield reinforcement]. rzpelletswac.at (in German). 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Austria Klagenfurt vs Wolfsberger match report". bbc.com. 3 November 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Spain v Georgia game report". FIFA. 5 September 2021.
  6. ^ "საქართველოს ნაკრების შემადგენლობა EURO 2024-ისთვის". euronewsgeorgia.com. 22 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Sandro Altunashvili statistics". Soccerway.
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