Saba Sazonov

Saba Andreyevich Sazonov (Russian: Саба Андреевич Сазонов; Georgian: საბა ანდრეის ძე საზონოვი; born 1 February 2002) is a football player who plays as a centre back for Russian Premier League club Dynamo Moscow. Born in Russia, he plays for the Georgia national team.

Saba Sazonov
Sazonov with Dynamo Moscow in 2022
Personal information
Full name Saba Andreyevich Sazonov
Date of birth (2002-02-01) 1 February 2002
Place of birth Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Dynamo Moscow
Number 15
Youth career
2008–2020 Zenit Saint Petersburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg 24 (3)
2021 Zenit Saint Petersburg 1 (0)
2021– Dynamo Moscow 28 (0)
2021–2022 Dynamo-2 Moscow 9 (2)
International career‡
2022– Georgia U21 2 (0)
2022– Georgia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 March 2023

Early life

His mother Nino Nishnianidze is a former professional Georgian volleyball player from Samtredia. She moved to Saint Petersburg where she met her Russian husband. During his childhood, Sazonov moved to Georgia and then back to Russia, to feel more comfortable with both countries' language and culture.[2]

Club career

He made his debut in the Russian Premier League for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg on 16 May 2021 in a game against FC Tambov. He substituted Magomed Ozdoyev in the 76th minute.[3]

In June 2021, he joined FC Dynamo Moscow on tryout.[4] On 9 July 2021, he signed a three-year contract with Dynamo.[5]

International career

In September 2022, Sazonov was called up to the Georgia national under-21 football team.[6] He was also called up to the Russia national under-21 football team for the same dates,[7] but chose to represent Georgia. He debuted with the senior Georgia national team in a friendly 3–0 loss to Morocco on 17 November 2022.[8]

Honours

Club
Zenit Saint Petersburg

Career statistics

Club
As of 18 March 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Zenit-2 St. Petersburg 2019–20 PFL 60––60
2020–21 183––183
Total 2430000243
Zenit St. Petersburg 2020–21 RPL 10000010
Dynamo-2 Moscow 2021–22 FNL 2 92––92
Dynamo Moscow 2021–22 RPL 6000–60
2022–23 17060–230
Total 2306000290
Career total 5756000685

References
  1. "Saba Sazonov" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  2. "Саба Сазонов: "На отборе в "Газпром"-Академию был в майке сборной Бразилии. Меня так и внесли в список — "бразилец""" (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 8 February 2021.
  3. "Tambov v Zenit game report". Russian Premier League. 16 May 2021.
  4. "Динамовцы уступили ЧФР в первом матче на "ВТБ тренировочном сборе" в Австрии" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 26 June 2021.
  5. "Саба Сазонов перешёл в "Динамо"" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 9 July 2021.
  6. "Динамовцы в национальных сборных" [Dynamo players in national teams] (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 19 September 2022.
  7. "Тренерский штаб молодёжной команды объявил состав на сентябрьский сбор" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  8. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Morocco vs. Georgia". www.national-football-teams.com.
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