Áron Yaakobishvili

Áron Yaakobishvili
Yaakobishvili playing for Hungary U19 in 2025
Personal information
Full name Áron Yaakobishvili
Date of birth (2006-03-06) 6 March 2006
Place of birth Budapest, Hungary[1]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Almería
(on loan from Barcelona)
Youth career
2012–2014 Baráti Bőrlabda
2014–2016 Angyalföldi Sportiskola
2016–2017 MTK Budapest
2017–2018 Atlètic Sant Just
2018–2025 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2024– Barcelona B 3 (0)
2025–2026 → Andorra (loan) 21 (0)
2026– → Almería (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2022–2023 Hungary U17 8 (0)
2024–2025 Hungary U18 8 (0)
2025 Hungary U21 1 (0)
2026– Hungary 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:15, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

Áron Yaakobishvili (Georgian: აარონ იაკობიშვილი; Hebrew: ארון יעקובישווילי; born 6 March 2006) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Segunda División club Almería, on loan from Barcelona, and the Hungary national team.

Early life

Yaakobishvili was born in Budapest, Hungary to a Georgian Jewish father; his father was born in Georgia, and is a dual Georgian-Israeli citizen whilst his mother is Hungarian.[2][3] His elder brother, Antal, is also a footballer, and currently plays for fellow Spanish club Girona.[2][4]

Club career

Yaakobishvili joined local side Baráti Bőrlabda at the age of six in 2012, before moving to Angyalföldi Sportiskola two years later.[3][4] He spent a season with MTK Budapest before moving to Spain in 2017 after his mother had accepted a job in Barcelona.[4][5][6][7] On his arrival in Spain, he had a short spell with amateur side Atlètic Sant Just, before being invited on a three-day trial with Barcelona the following year, joining the club after impressing coaches.[8][3]

Having progressed through Barcelona's La Masia academy, Yaakobishvili signed his first professional contract with the club in February 2022.[9] In March of the same year, he trained with the Barcelona first team.[4][10] On 11 October 2023, he was named by English newspaper The Guardian as one of the best players born in 2006 worldwide.[11]

Yaakobishvili was first included into the senior team's match day squad on 25 November 2023 for a La Liga game against Rayo Vallecano.[12] Yaakobishvili made his senior debut for the reserve team Barcelona Atlètic in the third-tier Primera Federación on 27 September 2024 against SD Tarazona.[13]

On 15 July 2025, Yaakobishvili agreed to a one-year loan deal with Segunda División side FC Andorra.[14] He made his professional debut on 17 August, starting in a 1–1 away draw against UD Las Palmas,[15] and shared the starting spot with another loanee, Jesús Owono, over the course of the season.

On 20 August 2026, Yaakobishvili moved to fellow second division side UD Almería also on a one-year loan deal.[16]

International career

Yaakobishvili has represented Hungary at youth international level.[1] In June 2023, it was reported by Israeli sports journalism outlet Sport 5 that Yaakobishvili and his brother were attempting to gain Israeli citizenship so as to represent the nation at international level.[2] However, their agent Attila Georgi denied these rumours, stating that the brothers were Hungarian and that they wanted to represent Hungary at international level.[17] He was called up to the Hungary national team for a set of friendlies in June 2026.[18]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Áron Yaakobishvili at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 3 Pashchatsky, Moti; Malamud, Elhanan (22 June 2023). "שוער העתיד של ברצלונה ואחיו שיכולים לשחק בנבחרת ישראל" [The future goalkeeper of Barcelona and his brother who can play for the Israeli national team]. sport5.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 ""Nem lőnek elég erőset!" – Lewandowskiékkal készült a Barca Magyar kapusa" ["They don't shoot hard enough!" - Barca's Hungarian goalkeeper trained with Lewandowski]. nb1.hu (in Hungarian). 17 May 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Magyar futballista edzett az FC Barcelona első csapatával" [Hungarian football player trained with the first team of FC Barcelona]. magyarnemzet.hu (in Hungarian). 25 March 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Labdarúgás: büszkeségünk, Yaakobishvili Áron" [Football: our pride, Áron Yaakobishvili]. asidse.hu (in Hungarian). 25 March 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  6. ↑ Fernández, Adrià (24 March 2022). "¿Quién es Aron Yaakobishvili?" [Who is Aron Yaakobishvili?]. sport.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "Yaakobishvili Áron: "Úgy érzem tudom kezelni, hogy itthon én vagyok a barçás srác"" [Áron Yaakobishvili: "I feel like I can handle the fact that I'm the guy with the bar at home"]. eurobarca.hu (in Hungarian). 23 May 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "Yaakobishvili, el jove porter que s'ha entrenat amb el primer equip del Barça" [Yaakobishvili, the young goalkeeper who has trained with the Barça first team]. ccma.cat (in Catalan). 24 March 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  9. ↑ Nagy, Benjámin (5 February 2022). "Barcelona: új szerződést kapott a magyar tehetség" [Barcelona: the Hungarian talent received a new contract]. nb1.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  10. ↑ "Aron Yaakobishvili, un porter de 15 anys amb el primer equip del Barça" [Aron Yaakobishvili, a 15-year-old goalkeeper with Barça's first team]. beteve.cat (in Catalan). 24 March 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  11. ↑ Christenson, Marcus; Bloor, Steven; Blight, Garry (11 October 2023). "Next Generation 2023: 60 of the best young talents in world football". theguardian.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  12. ↑ "Rayo Vallecano v Barcelona game report". Soccerway. 25 November 2023.
  13. ↑ "Tarazona v Barcelona Atlètic game report". Soccerway. 27 September 2024.
  14. ↑ "Loan agreement for Aron Yaakobishvili". FC Barcelona. 15 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  15. ↑ "El Andorra saca petróleo de la candidez de Las Palmas" [Andorra drill for oil on Las Palmas' candor] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 17 August 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  16. ↑ "Aron Yaakobishvili loaned to Almeria". FC Barcelona. 20 August 2026. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  17. ↑ "Cáfol a menedzser: a Yaakobishvili testvérek nem váltanak országot" [The agent denies: the Yaakobishvili brothers are not changing countries]. sportal.blikk.hu (in Hungarian). 28 June 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  18. ↑ "Nyolc U21-es játékos a férfi A-válogatott keretében" (in Hungarian). Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség. 12 May 2026. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
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