Giorgi Arabidze

Giorgi Arabidze (Georgian: გიორგი არაბიძე; born 4 March 1998 in Vani, Georgia) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Turkish club Adanaspor.

Giorgi Arabidze

Personal information
Full name	Giorgi Arabidze
Date of birth	(1998-03-04) 4 March 1998
Place of birth	Vani, Georgia
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position(s)	Winger
Club information
Current team	Adanaspor (on loan from Nacional)
Number	10
Youth career
2005–2013	Locomotive Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2015	Locomotive Tbilisi	33	(21)
2015–2018	Shakhtar Donetsk	3	(0)
2018–	Nacional	10	(0)
2019–	→ Adanaspor (loan)	6	(1)
National team^‡
2013	Georgia U16	1	(1)
2014–2015	Georgia U17	10	(6)
2014–2017	Georgia U19	10	(0)
2017–	Georgia U21	6	(3)
2017–	Georgia	4	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 November 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 November 2017

Career

Club career

Arabidze is a product of the FC Locomotive Youth Sportive system from age 7.[1]

In June 2015 he signed a contract with Ukrainian football club FC Shakhtar.[2] Arabidze made an official debut for the Ukrainian club three months later against Ternopil in the Ukrainian Cup, spending the full 90 minutes on the pitch.[3][4]

Arabidze has again featured for Shakhtar on the last day of October, making his debut in the Ukrainian Premier League, playing the last 15 minutes of the game against Zorya Luhansk.[5]

Arabidze has been included in the UEFA Youth League squad for the same season as well. He made a debut in this tournament against Malmö FF, scoring a single goal and contributing one assist in a 5–5 draw.[6][7]

On 3 July 2018 he signed 4-year contract with Portuguese club C.D. Nacional.[8]

International career

In 2017, after being a regular member of the youth sides of Georgia national football team, Arabidze made his debut for the senior national team against Serbia in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match.[9] Two days later he scored his first goal for the team against Latvia in a friendly game.[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 4 July 2018[11]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Locomotive Tbilisi	2013–14	Pirveli Liga	16	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	17	9
	2014–15		17	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	18	13
	Total		33	21	1	1	0	0	1	0	35	22
Shakhtar Donetsk	2015–16	Ukrainian Premier League	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	2016–17		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2017–18		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Career total			36	21	2	1	0	0	1	0	39	22

International goals

Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first.[12]

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	28 March 2017	Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia	Latvia	5–0	5–0	Friendly
2.	7 June 2017	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1–0	3–0	Friendly
3.				2–0

References

1. Арабидзе и "Шахтер": чего ожидать от новичка дончан? (in Russian). dynamomania.com. 15 October 2015.
2. "Mircea Lucescu invited U21 players to senior team's training". Shakhtar.com. 20 July 2015.
3. "Shakhtar 4-0 Ternopil". Shakhtar.com. 27 October 2015.
4. "Giorgi Arabidze – among youngest debutants". Shakhtar.com. 27 October 2015.
5. "Zorya 1-7 Shakhtar". Shakhtar.com. 30 October 2015.
6. "U19. Malmo 5-5 Shakhtar". Shakhtar.com. 21 October 2015.
7. "U19. Malmo vs Shakhtar: players' view". Shakhtar.com. 21 October 2015.
8. "Giorgi Arabidze assina por quatro temporadas" (in Portuguese). C.D. Nacional. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
9. "Georgia 1-3 Serbia (Match Report)". UEFA.com. 24 March 2017.
10. "Georgia 5-0 Latvia (Match Report)". Guardian. 28 March 2017.
11. "G.Arabidze". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
12. "Arabidze, Giorgi". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 March 2017.

External links

• Giorgi Arabidze at Soccerway
• UEFA Profile