Archil Arveladze is a retired Georgian

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

 professional footballer.

Career

He has played for various sides in Europe. After a youth career with local team Iberia Tbilisi, the striker began his senior career at Georgian champion team, Dinamo Tbilisi

FC Dinamo Tbilisi

FC Dinamo Tbilisi is a Georgian football team, based in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the most prominent clubs in Soviet football and a major contender in the Soviet Top League almost immediately after it was established in 1936...

. Playing abroad in Turkey, the Netherlands and Germany, he returned to Georgia in 2003.

International career

He has 32 caps for the national team

Georgia national football team

The Georgia national football team is the national association football team of Georgia and is controlled by the Georgian Football Federation. The Georgian team's first match took place in 1990, while Georgia was still part of the Soviet Union. The team have attempted to qualify for each major...

, scoring 6 goals.

Personal life

His brother Revaz

Revaz Arveladze

Revaz Arveladze is a retired Georgian professional footballer.He has played for various sides in Europe. After a youth career, the midfielder began his senior career with Georgian club Dinamo Tbilisi. Arveladze played abroad in Germany, and Belgium, and returned to Georgia in 1998. He won 11...

 also played for 1. FC Köln

1. FC Köln

1. FC Köln is a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07....

 at one point. Archil's twin brother Shota

Shota Arveladze

Shota Arveladze is a former Georgian professional football player and currently the manager of Kayserispor. He is Georgia’s all-time top scorer with 291 goals in his 410 league games for his clubs and 26 goals during his 61 games on the national team...

retired from football in 2008.