 Arveladze in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1973-02-22)22 February 1973 (age 52) | ||
| Place of birth | Tbilisi,Georgian SSR,Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987–1990 | Dinamo Tbilisi | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1991 | Martve Tbilisi | 30 | (33) |
| 1991–1994 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 67 | (51) |
| 1993–1994 | →Trabzonspor (loan) | 18 | (15) |
| 1995–1997 | Trabzonspor | 76 | (46) |
| 1997–2001 | Ajax | 96 | (55) |
| 2001–2005 | Rangers | 95 | (44) |
| 2005–2007 | AZ | 60 | (36) |
| 2007–2008 | Levante | 4 | (0) |
| Total | 426 | (258) | |
| International career | |||
| 1992–2007 | Georgia | 61 | (26) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2008–2010 | AZ (assistant) | ||
| 2010–2012 | Kayserispor | ||
| 2012–2015 | Kasımpaşa | ||
| 2015 | Trabzonspor | ||
| 2016–2017 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||
| 2017–2020 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | ||
| 2022 | Hull City | ||
| 2023–2024 | Fatih Karagümrük | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Shota Arveladze (Georgian:შოთა არველაძე; born 22 February 1973) is a Georgian professionalfootball manager and formerplayer who most recently coached Turkish clubFatih Karagümrük.
Arveladze played atDinamo Tbilisi,Trabzonspor,Ajax,Rangers,AZ andLevante. He isGeorgia's all-time top scorer with 291 goals in his 410 league games for his clubs and 26 goals in his 61 games for thenational team.[1]
His 27 goals scored in theUEFA Cup competition, including qualifiers ranks him third in thetournament's history before it became the Europa League.[2] He has the best strike recordof independent Georgian Football. He was nominated as the best player ofGeorgia as well as the best player by theGeorgian Professional Football league survey.
Arveladze played atDinamo Tbilisi,Trabzonspor, andAjax, and finished at least one season as the top goal scorer at all three. In 1993, he scored an effective firstEuro Tournament goal in the history of independentGeorgian Football in the match againstLinfield,Northern Ireland. When he ledTrabzonspor in goals in1995–96, he also led theSüper Lig, making him the second non-Turk to date to lead thatleague in goals afterTarik Hodžić1983–84. He is recorded as"most loved foreign player" forTrabzonspor supporters.[citation needed]
In summer 1997, Arveladze signed forAjax.[3] Later, he declared that he was so nervous during his first training session, that he even forgot to takefootball boots with him.[3] He became a close friend toRonald de Boer during his spell inAmsterdam.[3] His first game at theAmsterdam Arena was a special day for the Georgian player. On 15 August 1997,Ajax faced Brazilian sideGrêmio in a friendly game. Arveladze scored a goal, while his wife Tamuna gave birth to their first child, Giorgi hours before the game.[3]
Arveladze made a debut for Ajax againstVitesse, where he replacedGerald Sibon and scored the fourth goal for the club.[4] During his first season, he scored threehat-tricks inEredivisie and total 25 goals in 31 appearances. The manager of the Amsterdam-based clubMorten Olsen was very pleased with the performance of the young striker.[5] Arveladze was a key figure for the club during1997–98 UEFA Cup as well. He scored seven goals in eight games for the club, includinghat-trick againstNK Maribor.[5] Ajax were eliminated in quarter-finals, againstSpartak Moscow. Arveladze scored the club's single goal in a tie.[6] During his first season, he faced twiceNAC Breda, where his twin brotherArchil played. This remains as one of the most memorable facts in Shota's career.[5]
In summer 1998, Ajax signed Arveladze's close friendGiorgi Kinkladze fromManchester City for £5 million.[7] They had been friends since their childhood and that looked like a dream move for both.[5] However, Kinkladze's spell at Ajax proved unsuccessful.[8]
Arveladze joinedRangers fromAjax for £3 million in 2001.[9] He agreed a four-year deal with the club. It was obvious that the Georgian would face a fierce competitions for the starting place in the Rangers' strike force from the players likeTore Andre Flo,Claudio Caniggia,Michael Mols,Kenny Miller,Billy Dodds,Ronald de Boer andRussell Latapy.
During the first season withGlasgow-based club, Arveladze scored 17 goals overall, including 11 inScottish Premier League. He only managed to take part in 30 games, after being injured in February in the quarterfinal of theScottish Cup againstForfar Athletic,[10] an injury which meant he missed the2002 Scottish League Cup Final.[11] However, he scored six goals for his club, which managed to win thetitle.[12] Arveladze played in thefinal, replacingClaudio Caniggia. This was his first title with the Scottish club.[13]
The following season was the most successful in the career of the Georgian player. Rangers won treble. In March 2003, Rangers defeated their arch-rivalsCeltic in theLeague Cup Final.[14] Later in theScottish Cup Final, Rangers won another title, after they managed to defeatDundee with a goal fromLorenzo Amoruso.[15] Arveladze's two compatriotsGeorgi Nemsadze andZurab Khizanishvili also took part in this game. The latter joined Arveladze at Rangers during that summer.[16]
In May 2005, Arveladze declared that he would leave the club after the end of theseason, in which he managed to score 9 goals. He confirmed receiving offers from various clubs in Europe, including teams from England, Germany, the Netherlands and Turkey.[17]
During his time at Rangers, Arveladze had a nickname,Mr. Bean, because of his facial likeness toRowan Atkinson.[18]
During a legal case in 2015, Arveladze's agent claimed that the true transfer fee had been 12 million Euro, the equivalent of £8.5 million at the time.[19] Arveladze scored the 300th goal in theSPL and was part of Rangers squads that won the domestic treble in2002–03 and a double in2004–05.
Arveladze departed Rangers for Dutch sideAZ on afree transfer before the start of2005–06 season, signing a two-year deal with the club.[20][21]
Under the guidance ofLouis van Gaal, Arveladze became the key figure of the club.[22] He scored 22 goals inEredivisie, becoming the second best top-scorer of the tournament afterKlaas-Jan Huntelaar, who scored 33 goals during the season. Alkmaar participated inUEFA Cup this time as well. In 6 game for the club, Arveladze made 2 assists and scored 2 goals, one of them againstReal Betis.[23] At the end of the season, AZ Alkmaar and Arveladze agreed a contract extension to keep the Georgian international striker at the Dutch club until the summer of 2008.[24]
During the second and the final season with the club, Arveladze was appointed as the new captain of the club.[25] He was offered the armband afterDenny Landzaat andJoris Mathijsen left forWigan Athletic andHamburger SV respectively.[25] The Georgian was praised byLouis van Gaal, under whose guidance he played atAjax as well. Van Gaal compared Arveladze toDanny Blind andFrank Rijkaard in terms of personality, calling him "the top professional in the squad".[25]
He scored 23 goals, accumulating total 48 goals for AZ in 89 competitive appearances. The Georgian striker scored seven goals inUEFA Cup as well, two of them at theRamón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium in a 2–1 away win againstSevilla.[26]
In July 2007, Arveladze passed a medical and agreed a one-year contract with the Spanish clubLevante.[27] He was injured in summer training and missed nearly ten months,[28] undergoing surgery inAmsterdam.[29] He returned and made his debut againstVillarreal on 23 March, replacingJuanma.[30] He managed to take part in other 3 games until the end of theseason.
In April, Levante confirmed that Arveladze would retire at the end of the season.[31] In the last game of his career he played at theSantiago Bernabeu againstReal Madrid, losing 5–2.[32]
Shota Arveladze was a regular in theGeorgian national team[33] and is its all-time leading scorer with 26 goals in his 61 games.[1] 16 of these 26 goals came in European Championship qualifiers.[34]
He made his international debut in Georgia's first official game on 2 September 1992, a 1–0 friendly loss away toLithuania. Fifteen days later, he scored his first goal in the country's first home game, a 6–3 win over neighboursAzerbaijan. His first competitive goal was on 16 November, in a 5–0 win overWales in Tbilisi forUEFA Euro 1996qualifying.[35][36]
On 30 March 1997, Arveladze scored a hat-trick in a 7–0 home friendly win against neighboursArmenia.[35] With Georgia he won in 1998 theMalta International Football Tournament.[37] On 18 August 2006, he scored a hat-trick away to theFaroe Islands in a 6–0 win in the opening game ofUEFA Euro 2008 qualifying.[38] His final game was the following 24 March in another qualifier, equalising in a 2–1 loss away toScotland.[39]
After retiring as a player, Arveladze was appointed asassistant manager ofAZ under head coach and formerAjax coachLouis van Gaal in July 2008. He maintained this position in the2009–10 season underRonald Koeman andDick Advocaat.
For the2010–11 season, Arveladze served asmanager ofTurkish sideKayserispor.[40][41] From 2012 to 2015, he managed Istanbul-basedKasımpaşa. In his final game, the team scored away toKonyaspor while their players were attending to his injured player,Ryan Babel. Arveladze then allowed Konyaspor to score an equaliser in the name of fair play, and Konyaspor won the game 2–1. He resigned after the game.[42]
On 3 July 2015, Arveladze was named as manager of Turkish sideTrabzonspor.[43] He resigned in November. Under him and his successorHami Mandıralı, the side lost a record 17 games that season.[44]
In June 2016, Arveladze was announced as the new head coach of Israeli clubMaccabi Tel Aviv[45] Around the middle of the season, he was fired; it was the first time that Maccabi had dismissed a coach during a season since 2011.[46]
In 2017, Arveladze was announced as head coach ofPakhtakor Tashkent in Uzbekistan.[47] He won the Uzbekistan Super League and Cup in 2019 and 2020. On 21 December 2020, he left.
On 27 January 2022, Arveladze was announced as the new head coach ofHull City on a 21⁄2-year deal.[48] On his debut two days later, the team won 2–0 at home toSwansea City.[49] Arveladze was dismissed by Hull City on 30 September 2022, with the team 20th in theEFL Championship after four consecutive defeats.[50]
On 11 December 2023, Arveladze was announced that he was agreed in principle for Head Coach ofFatih Karagümrük.[51]
Arveladze's brothersArchil (twin) andRevaz (older) also played international football, as did Revaz's sonVato.[52]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 1990–91 | Umaglesi Liga | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 3 | |
| 1991–92 | 30 | 22 | 0 | 0 | — | 30 | 22 | |||
| 1992–93 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 0 | — | 23 | 18 | |||
| 1993–94 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | ||
| 1994–95 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 11 | |||
| Total | 75 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 77 | 63 | ||
| Trabzonspor | 1993–94 | 1.Lig | 18 | 15 | 4 | 4 | — | 22 | 19 | |
| 1994–95 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 6 | — | 23 | 18 | |||
| 1995–96 | 34 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 28 | ||
| 1996–97 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 16 | ||
| Total | 96 | 61 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 123 | 81 | ||
| Ajax | 1997–98 | Eredivisie | 31 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 44 | 37 |
| 1998–99 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 8 | ||
| 1999–2000 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | ||
| 2000–01 | 27 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 20 | ||
| 2001–02 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Total | 96 | 55 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 11 | 124 | 72 | ||
| Rangers | 2001–02 | Scottish Premier League | 22 | 11 | 8 | 6 | — | 30 | 17 | |
| 2002–03 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 16 | ||
| 2003–04 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 15 | ||
| 2004–05 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 9 | ||
| Total | 95 | 44 | 22 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 132 | 57 | ||
| AZ | 2005–06 | Eredivisie | 31 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 42 | 25 |
| 2006–07 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 47 | 23 | ||
| Total | 60 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 89 | 48 | ||
| Levante | 2007–08 | La Liga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| Career total | 426 | 258 | 63 | 34 | 60 | 29 | 549 | 321 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 1992 | 2 | 1 |
| 1994 | 6 | 3 | |
| 1995 | 6 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1997 | 6 | 5 | |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 4 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 5 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 61 | 26 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 September 1992 | David Kipiani Stadium,Gurjaani, Georgia |  Azerbaijan | 4–1 | 6–3 | Friendly |
| 2 | 19 July 1992 | Boris Paichadze Stadium,Tbilisi, Georgia |  Malta | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 3 | 16 November 1994 | Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia |  Wales | 5–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier |
| 4 | 16 November 1994 | Qemal Stafa Stadium,Tirana, Albania |  Albania | 1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier |
| 5 | 26 April 1995 | Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia | Albania | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier |
| 6 | 11 October 1995 | Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia |  Bulgaria | 1–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier |
| 7. | 30 March 1997 | Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia |  Armenia | 1–0 | 7–0 | Friendly |
| 8 | 3–0 | |||||
| 9 | 6–0 | |||||
| 10 | 7 June 1997 | Central Stadium,Batumi, Georgia |  Moldova | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
| 11 | 14 June 1997 | Stadion GKS Katowice,Katowice, Poland |  Poland | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
| 12 | 4 September 1999 | Bežigrad Stadium,Ljubljana, Slovenia |  Slovenia | 1–1 | 1–2 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualifier |
| 13 | 8 September 1999 | Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia |  Latvia | 1–0 | 2–2 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualifier |
| 14 | 9 October 1999 | Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania | Albania | 1–2 | 1–2 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualifier |
| 15 | 1 September 2001 | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium,Tbilisi, Georgia |  Hungary | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
| 16 | 8 September 2002 | St. Jakob Park,Basel, Switzerland |  Switzerland | 1–1 | 1–4 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifier |
| 17 | 6 September 2003 | Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia | Albania | 1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifier |
| 18 | 3–0 | |||||
| 19 | 11 September 2003 | Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania | Albania | 1–1 | 1–2 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifier |
| 20 | 27 May 2005 | Sportzentrum,Altenkirchen, Germany |  New Zealand | 1–2 | 1–3 | Friendly |
| 21 | 18 August 2006 | Svangaskarð,Toftir, Iceland |  Faroe Islands | 3–0 | 6–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier |
| 22 | 5–0 | |||||
| 23 | 6–0 | |||||
| 24 | 6 September 2006 | Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex,Kyiv, Ukraine |  Ukraine | 1–1 | 2–3 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier |
| 25 | 16 November 2006 | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia |  Jordan | 3–2 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 26 | 24 March 2007 | Hampden Park,Glasgow, Scotland |  Scotland | 1–1 | 1–2 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier |
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
| Kayserispor | 29 June 2010 | 3 October 2012 | 86 | 33 | 16 | 37 | 109 | 117 | −8 | 038.37 |
| Kasımpaşa | 8 October 2012 | 13 March 2015 | 91 | 33 | 28 | 30 | 144 | 126 | +18 | 036.26 |
| Trabzonspor | 3 July 2015 | 11 November 2015 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 18 | +0 | 040.00 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 16 June 2016 | 4 January 2017 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 52 | 33 | +19 | 053.33 |
| Pakhtakor | 23 June 2017 | 21 December 2020 | 124 | 90 | 18 | 16 | 289 | 90 | +199 | 072.58 |
| Hull City | 27 January 2022 | 30 September 2022 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 30 | 46 | −16 | 030.00 |
| Fatih Karagümrük | 11 December 2023 | 9 March 2024 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 035.29 |
| Career totals | 393 | 193 | 81 | 119 | 663 | 454 | +209 | 049.11 | ||
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