Archil Arveladze

Archil Arveladze
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-02-22) 22 February 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Iberia Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1993 Dinamo Tbilisi 57 (35)
1993–1997 Trabzonspor 46 (17)
1997–2000 NAC Breda 89 (32)
2000–2003 1. FC Köln 29 (7)
2003–2004 Dinamo Tbilisi 0 (0)
2004–2005 Locomotive Tbilisi 0 (0)
Total 221 (91)
International career
1994–2002 Georgia 32 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Archil Arveladze (Georgian: არჩილ არველაძე; born 22 February 1973) is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a striker for various sides in Europe.

Club career

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Born in Tbilisi, Arveladze spent his youth career with local team Iberia Tbilisi. The striker began his senior career at Georgian champion team, Dinamo Tbilisi. Playing abroad in Turkey,[1] the Netherlands and Germany, he returned to Georgia in 2003.[2]

International career

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Arveladze earned 32 caps for the Georgia national team, scoring six goals.[3]

Personal life

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His brother Revaz also played for 1. FC Köln at one point. Archil's twin brother Shota retired from football in 2008.[4]

On 21 July 2021, it was announced that Arveladze would possibly be a candidate for Tbilisi mayor with the For Georgia party in the 2021 Georgian local elections.[5]

Honours

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Trabzonspor

References

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  1. ^ "ARTCHİL ARVELADZE". TFF.org. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Arveladze, Archil". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Georgia - Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
  4. ^ "Arveladze Foundation". Arveladze Foundation. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
  5. ^ "Ქემოკლიძის თქმით, თბილისის მერობის კანდიდატად არველაძის დასახელება ჯერ გადაწყვეტილი არ არის".
  6. ^ "CumhurBaşkanlığı Kupası (Profesyonel Takım)". tff.org. Retrieved 29 March 2022.