Giorgi Arabidze

Giorgi Arabidze
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-03-04) 4 March 1998
Place of birth Vani, Georgia
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
 Torpedo Kutaisi
Number 11
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)
2022–2024 Torpedo Kutaisi 73 (24)
2024–2025 Ulsan HD 7 (2)
2025– Torpedo Kutaisi 11 (2)
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)
2016-2017 Georgia 4 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals 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 Erovnuli Liga club Torpedo Kutaisi.

He is the winner of several trophies in the Ukrainian, Georgian and South Korean leagues. Arabidze has represented the national senior as well as all junior teams.

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 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 July 2024, Arabidze moved to South Korea to play for K League 1 club Ulsan HD.[12] In his second league appearance for Ulsan on 31 August, Arabidze got on the scoresheet with a brace in a 5–4 win over Pohang.[13] After making ten appearances in all competitions, he lifted the league trophy as Ulsan secured their third straight title.[14]

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.[15] Two days later he scored his first goal for the team against Latvia in a friendly game.[16]

Career statistics

As of match played 5 May 2026[17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Locomotive Tbilisi 2013/14 Pirveli Liga 168110000179
2014/15 171300001[a]01813
Total 33211100103522
Shakhtar Donetsk 2015/16 Ukrainian Premier League 2010003[b]161
2016/17 1000000010
2017/18 0000000000
Total 3010003171
Nacional 2018/19 Primeira Liga 100110000111
Adanaspor (loan) 2019/20 TFF First League 6111000072
Rotor Volgograd (loan) 2020/21 Russian Premier League 4000000040
Samtredia (loan) 2021 Erovnuli Liga 153000000153
Torpedo Kutaisi 2022 Erovnuli Liga 295400000335
2023 3014104[c]22[d]03716
2024 145000000145
2026 112000000112
Total 84265042209528
Ulsan 2024 K League 1 72103000112
Career total 16253103726118559
  1. ↑ Appearance in play-offs
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Youth League
  3. ↑ Appearances in Conference League
  4. ↑ Appearances in Georgian Super Cup

International goals

Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first.[18]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.28 March 2017Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia Latvia5–05–0Friendly
2.7 June 2017Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia Saint Kitts and Nevis1–03–0Friendly
3.2–0

Honours

Shakhtar Donetsk

Torpedo Kutaisi

Ulsan HD

Individual

  • Midfielder of the Year: 2023
  • Team of the Season: 2023

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. ↑ "გიორგი არაბიძე ტორპედოელია!" (in Georgian). Torpedo Kutaisi. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  11. ↑ "AWARDS 2023 CBELIGA". crystalsport.ge (in Georgian). Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  12. ↑ "𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞! 𝐆𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐳𝐞!". Ulsan HD FC. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  13. ↑ "Ulsan vs Pohang match report". flashscore.com. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  14. ↑ "Ulsan HD FC capture 3rd straight K League 1 title". yna.co.kr. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  15. ↑ "Georgia 1-3 Serbia (Match Report)". UEFA. 24 March 2017.
  16. ↑ "Georgia 5-0 Latvia (Match Report)". Guardian. 28 March 2017.
  17. ↑ Giorgi Arabidze at Soccerway
  18. ↑ "Arabidze, Giorgi". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 March 2017.


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