Leon Rustamovich Sabua (; ; born 1 September 2000) is a Russian professional

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who plays as a

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, most recently for

Armenian Premier League The Armenian Premier League (, known as the Armenian Fastex Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the top association football, football competition in Armenia. From 1936 to 1991, the competition was held as a regional tournament within th ...

club

Urartu Urartu was an Iron Age kingdom centered around the Armenian highlands between Lake Van, Lake Urmia, and Lake Sevan. The territory of the ancient kingdom of Urartu extended over the modern frontiers of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Armenia.Kleiss, Wo ...

Club career

Sabua made his debut in the

Russian Professional Football League The Russian Second League (), formerly the Russian Professional Football League, are both the third (Division A) and fourth level (Division B) of Russian professional football. History In 1998–2010, it was run by the Professional Football Lea ...

for

FC Krasnodar-2 FC Krasnodar-2 () was a Russian football team from Krasnodar, founded in 2013. From 2018–19 to 2022–23 season, it played in the second-tier Russian First League. It was a farm club for the Russian Premier League team FC Krasnodar. History In ...

on 10 March 2018 in a game against

FC Chayka Peschanokopskoye FC Chayka Peschanokopskoye () is a Russian association football, football team from Peschanokopskoye. History It was founded in 1997. Before the 2016–17 season, it was licensed to play in the third-tier Russian Professional Football League. On ...

. He made his

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debut for Krasnodar-2 on 18 August 2018 in a game against

FC Luch Vladivostok FC Luch Vladivostok () was an association football club based in Vladivostok. In 2005, Luch won the Russian First Division and played in the Russian Premier League, Premier League from 2006 to 2008. The club was called Luch-Energiya from 2003 t ...

. Sabua made his

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debut for

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on 24 October 2020 in a game against

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. He substituted

Magomed-Shapi Suleymanov Magomed-Shapi Kamilyevich Suleymanov (; born 16 December 1999) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Sporting Kansas City. Career Suleymanov made his debut in the Russian Professional Football ...

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. Four days later he made his European debut as a late substitute in the Champions League 0–4 home loss to Chelsea. On 4 July 2022,

club

FC Urartu Football Club Urartu (, translated ''Futbolayin Akumb Urartu''), commonly known as Urartu, is an Armenian professional association football, football team based in the capital Yerevan that currently plays in the Armenian Premier League. The club ...

announced the signing of Sabua. On 3 January 2025, Urartu announced that Sabua had left the club after his contract was terminated by mutual agreement.

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Armenian Cup The Armenian Cup () is the main football cup competition of Armenia. In its original form as the Armenian Cup, it started in 1939, when Armenia was a republic of the Soviet Union. It served as a qualification tournament for the Soviet Cup, and it ...

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* 2000 births Russian people of Abkhazian descent People from Gagra Living people Russian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Men's association football midfielders FC Krasnodar-2 players FC Krasnodar players FC Urartu players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players Russian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Armenia Russian expatriate sportspeople in Armenia 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-footy-forward-stub