Vladislavs Gutkovskis

Vladislavs Gutkovskis (born 2 April 1995) is a Latvian professional footballer who plays as a forward for I liga club Arka Gdynia, which he captains, and the Latvia national team.

Club career

Gutkovskis started his career with JFK Olimps in his home country of Latvia. He made 13 first-team appearances for the club before joining fellow Latvian side Skonto FC a year later. For the first team, Gutkovskis played 73 times, scored 45 goals, and assisted eight times, before moving to Termalica Nieciecza in Poland in 2016.

On 11 July 2023, Gutkovskis joined the K League 1 club Daejeon Hana Citizen on a permanent deal. He was given the number 99 jersey. He scored his first K League goal for the club on 1 March 2024, in a 1–1 draw away against Jeonbuk Motors.

On 18 December 2025, Gutkovskis signed with Polish Ekstraklasa club Arka Gdynia on an eighteen-month contract as a free agent.

International career Gutkovskis got his first call up to the senior Latvia side for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Faroe Islands and Hungary in October 2016. He scored his first senior international goal for Latvia in a 3–0 away win against San Marino on 11 November 2020 in a friendly.

Career statistics Club

International Scores and results list Latvia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gutkovskis goal.

Honours Skonto FC Latvian Football Cup runner-up: 2013–14 Latvian Supercup runner-up: 2013

Raków Częstochowa Ekstraklasa: 2022–23 Polish Cup: 2020–21, 2021–22 Polish Super Cup: 2022

Individual Latvian Footballer of the Year: 2021, 2022 Latvian Higher League top scorer: 2014 Polish Cup top scorer: 2020–21 Ekstraklasa Player of the Month: November 2022