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Giorgi Arabidze
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-03-04) 4 March 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Vani, Georgia
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Rotor Volgograd
(on loan from Nacional)
Number 21
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)
2019Adanaspor (loan) 6 (1)
2021–Rotor Volgograd (loan) 0 (0)
International career
2013 Georgia U16 1 (1)
2014–2015 Georgia U17 10 (6)
2014–2017 Georgia U19 10 (0)
2017–2019 Georgia U21 9 (3)
2017– Georgia 4 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2017

Giorgi Arabidze (Georgian: გიორგი არაბიძე; born 4 March 1998) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Russian Premier League club Rotor Volgograd on loan from Portuguese Primeira Liga club Nacional.

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]

On 17 January 2021, he joined Russian club Rotor Volgograd on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season.[9]

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.[10] Two days later he scored his first goal for the team against Latvia in a friendly game.[11]

Career statistics

As of match played 4 July 2018[12]
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.[13]
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. ^ "Арабидзе перешел в «Ротор» на правах аренды" (in Russian). FC Rotor Volgograd. 17 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Georgia 1-3 Serbia (Match Report)". UEFA.com. 24 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Georgia 5-0 Latvia (Match Report)". Guardian. 28 March 2017.
  12. ^ "G.Arabidze". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  13. ^ "Arabidze, Giorgi". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 March 2017.