Vato Arveladze

Vakhtang "Vato" Arveladze (Georgian: ვატო არველაძე; born 4 March 1998) is a Georgian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for the Azerbaijani club Neftçi and Georgia national team.

Vato Arveladze
Personal information
Full name Vakhtang Arveladze[1]
Date of birth (1998-03-04) 4 March 1998
Place of birth Homburg, Germany[2]
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Neftçi
Number 18
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Sasco Tbilisi 4 (2)
2014 FS 35 Sapekhburto Skola 2 (2)
2014–2015 Kasımpaşa II
2015–2018 Locomotivi Tbilisi 40 (8)
2018–2020 Korona Kielce 27 (4)
2020 Locomotivi Tbilisi 5 (0)
2020–2022 Fatih Karagümrük 21 (0)
2022– Neftçi 16 (0)
International career‡
2014–2015 Georgia U17 5 (0)
2017 Georgia U19 2 (0)
2017–2020 Georgia U21 13 (3)
2019– Georgia 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 April 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2019

Club career

In May 2018, Arveladze joined Polish club Korona Kielce from Locomotivi Tbilisi, signing a two-year contract lasting until 2020, with an option of extending for another year.[3] He made his professional debut for Korona in the Ekstraklasa on 28 July 2018, coming on as a substitute for Elhadji Pape Diaw in the 70th minute of the home match against Legia Warsaw, which finished as a 1–2 loss.[4]

International career

Arveladze was included in the squad of hosts Georgia for the 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, where the team were eliminated in the group stage.[5] He was called up to the senior national team for the first time in March 2019 for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Switzerland and the Republic of Ireland.[6] He made his debut on 26 March 2019, when he started in the game against Ireland.[7]

Personal life

Arveladze is the son of retired professional footballer Revaz Arveladze. Vato was born in the German city of Homburg, Saarland, where his father played. Both of his father's younger twin brothers, Shota and Archil, were also professional footballers, with all three appearing for the Georgia national team. Shota, now a manager, is the all-time top scorer for Georgia, having scored 26 goals for the country.[2]

Career statistics

International
As of 26 March 2019[8]
Georgia
YearAppsGoals
201921
Total21

International goals
Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first.[9]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.7 June 2019Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi Gibraltar3–03–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualification

References
  1. "Vakhtang Arveladze focista" [Vakhtang Arveladze footballer]. focikatalogus.hu (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  2. "ვატო არველაძე: რაიოლა დამეხმარება თუ თავს დიდებულად წარმოვაჩენ" [Vato Arveladze: "Raiola will help me do well"]. crystalsport.ge (in Georgian). 18 March 2019. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  3. "Wato Arweladze piłkarzem Korony" (in Polish). 90minut. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  4. "Korona Kielce – Legia Warszawa 1:2 (Ekstraklasa 2018/2019, 2. Round)". WorldFootball.net. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  5. "U19. საქართველოს ნაკრები: ორმხრივი მატჩი, მზადება ევროპის ჩემპიონატისთვის" [U19 Georgia team: friendly match, preparation for the European Championship]. SportAll.ge (in Georgian). 27 June 2017. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  6. Tsiklauri, Lasha (12 March 2019). "შოთა არველაძე: ვატო, ვამაყობთ შენით... ისტორია გრძელდება!" [Shota Arveladze: Vato, proud of you... history continues!]. popsport.com (in Georgian). Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  7. "Ireland v Georgia game report". UEFA. 26 March 2019.
  8. "Vato Arveladze". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  9. "Vato Arveladze". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
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