| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (2005-06-30)30 June 2005 (age 19) | ||
| Place of birth | Rustavi, Georgia[1] | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Basel | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Rustavi | |||
| 2016–2018 | Saburtalo Tbilisi | ||
| 2018–2022 | Dinamo Tbilisi | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2023 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 25 | (3) |
| 2023– | Basel | 27 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021 | Georgia U-16 | 2 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Georgia U-17 | 10 | (0) |
| 2022 | Georgia U-18 | 4 | (1) |
| 2022– | Georgia U-21 | 5 | (0) |
| 2023– | Georgia | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 March 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:07, 1 April 2023 (UTC) | |||
Gabriel Sigua (Order of Honor) (Georgian:გაბრიელ სიგუა; born 30 June 2005) is a Georgian professionalfootballer who plays as amidfielder forSwiss Super League clubBasel and theGeorgia national team.
Sigua is a youth product ofRustavi andSaburtalo Tbilisi. He then moved to the youth academy ofDinamo Tbilisi at the age of 13.[2] He won the U17Aleksandre Chivadze medal in 2021, recognition for the best young Georgian talents in the year. He made his senior debut with Dinamo Tbilisi in a 2–1Georgian Cup win overSamtredia on 7 August 2022.[3]
On 12 July 2023, Sigua scored an equalizer in his first appearance inUEFA Champions League qualifiers in a 1–1 draw againstAstana.[4]
On 25 JulyFC Basel announced that had signed Sigua on a five-year contract.[5] He joined Basel's first team for their2023–24 season under head coachTimo Schultz. Sigua played hisdomestic league debut for his new club in the home game in theSt. Jakob-Park on 13 August, coming on as a substitute in the 78th minute, as Basel were defeated 2–1 byLausanne-Sport.[6] He scored his first league goal for his new team in the home game on 3 September. Coming on as substitute in the 70th minute, he scored the equaliser in the 5th minute of added time as Basel played a 2–2 draw withZürich.[7]
Sigua is a youth international for Georgia, and was called up to the seniorGeorgia national team for a set of matches in March 2023 at the age of 17.[8] He made his international debut with Georgia in a 6–1 friendly win overMongolia on 25 March 2023.
Sigua was a member ofGeorgia U21 squad for the2023 European U21 Championship, co-hosted byGeorgia.
An active box-to-box midfielder, Sigua is a hard-working, modern footballer. He as earned style comparisons to the German footballerLeon Goretzka.[9]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 2022 | Erovnuli Liga | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 16 | 3 | – | 2[a] | 1 | 1[b] | 1 | 19 | 5 | |||
| Total | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 5 | ||
| Basel | 2023–24 | Swiss Super League | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 3 | ||
| 2024–25 | Swiss Super League | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 11 | 1 | |||
| Total | 27 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 52 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 9 | ||
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