Saba Lobjanidze ( ka, საბა ლობჟანიძე, tr, ; born 18 December 1994) is a Georgian professional

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who plays for

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the ...

club Hatayspor.

Club career

Born in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the Capital city, capital and the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia, lying on the ...

, Lobzhanidze started playing for Norchi Dinamoeli at the age of 10. Later he joined

Dinamo Tbilisi Dinamo Tbilisi is a sports club from Tbilisi, Georgia. It was founded in 1925. Among its highest honors, is the European trophy earned by its football team which won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1981, beating FC Carl Zeiss Jena of East Germany 2–1 i ...

. In June 2017, Lobzhanidze signed a three-year contract with Randers. On 30 January 2020, Lobzhanidze signed with Turkish club MKE Ankaragücü. He made his debut on 2 February in a 1–1 league draw against Kasımpaşa. In June 2021, Lobzhanidze signed a three-year contract with Hatayspor, after Ankaragücü had relegated from the Süper Lig.

International career

Lobzhanidze made his debut for the Georgia national football team on 23 January 2017 in a friendly against

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, scoring one of the two goals of his team.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first.''

Honours

Dinamo Tbilisi * Georgian League: 2015–16 *

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: 2014-15, 2015-16 *

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