Giorgi Arabidze

Giorgi Arabidze (; 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.

In June 2015 he signed a contract with Ukrainian football club FC Shakhtar. 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.

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.

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.

On 3 July 2018 he signed 4-year contract with Portuguese club C.D. Nacional.

On 17 January 2021, he joined Russian club Rotor Volgograd on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season.

On 25 January 2022, he signed with Torpedo Kutaisi. 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.

In July 2024, Arabidze moved to South Korea to play for K League 1 club Ulsan HD. 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. After making ten appearances in all competitions, he lifted the league trophy as Ulsan secured their third straight title.

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

Career statistics

International goals Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first.

No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 28 March 2017 Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia 5–0 5–0 Friendly 2. 7 June 2017 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia 1–0 3–0 Friendly 3. 2–0

Honours Shakhtar Donetsk Ukrainian Premier League: 2016–17, 2017–18 Ukrainian Cup: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18 Ukrainian Super Cup: 2015, 2017

Torpedo Kutaisi Georgian Cup: 2022 Georgian Super Cup: 2024

Ulsan HD K League: 2024

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