Giorgi Arabidze (Georgian: გიორგი არაბიძე; born 4 March 1998) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Torpedo Kutaisi.
| 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 | Torpedo Kutaisi | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2013 | Locomotive Tbilisi | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Locomotive Tbilisi | 33 | (21) |
| 2015–2018 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 3 | (0) |
| 2018–2022 | Nacional | 10 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Adanaspor (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2021 | → Rotor Volgograd (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Samtredia (loan) | 15 | (3) |
| 2022– | Torpedo Kutaisi | 73 | (24) |
| 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) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2017 | |||
He is the winner of several trophies in the Ukrainian and Georgian leagues. Arabidze has represented the national senior as well as all junior teams.
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 featured again 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 was 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]
On 25 January 2022, he signed with Torpedo Kutaisi.[10] During his second season with this club, Arabidze became their top scorer by netting 14 goals which helped the team to win the bronze medals of the league. His performance was duly recognized by the Erovnuli Liga by naming him Midfielder of the Year. Besides, along with two other teammates Arabidze was included in the list of eleven best players of the season.[11]
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 Serbiain2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match.[12] Two days later he scored his first goal for the team against Latvia in a friendly game.[13]
| 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[a] | 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 | 3[b] | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 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 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Nacional | 2018/19 | Primeira Liga | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| Adanaspor (loan) | 2019/20 | TFF First League | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Rotor Volgograd (loan) | 2020/21 | Russian Premier League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Samtredia (loan) | 2021 | Erovnuli Liga | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 |
| Torpedo Kutaisi | 2022 | Erovnuli Liga | 29 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 5 |
| 2023 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 4[c] | 2 | 2[d] | 0 | 37 | 16 | ||
| 2024 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | ||
| Total | 73 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 84 | 26 | ||
| Career total | 144 | 49 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 163 | 55 | ||
| 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 |