 Arveladze as manager of Pakhtakor in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 February 1973 | ||
| 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 professional football manager and former player who most recently coached Turkish club Fatih Karagümrük.
Arveladze played at Dinamo Tbilisi, Trabzonspor, Ajax, Rangers, AZ and Levante. He is Georgia's all-time top scorer with 291 goals in his 410 league games for his clubs and 26 goals in his 61 games for the national team.[1]
His 27 goals scored in the UEFA Cup competition, including qualifiers ranks him third in the tournament's history before it became the Europa League.[2] He has the best strike record of independent Georgian Football. He was nominated as the best player of Georgia as well as the best player by the Georgian Professional Football league survey.
- ^ Bibileishvili, Tiko (9 June 2008) Arveladze Quits Football Archived 13 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine. The Georgian Times. Retrieved on 11 July 2008.
- ^ "UEFA Europa League all-time top scorers". UEFA. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.