Mate Vatsadze Explained

Mate Vatsadze
Birth Date:1988 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Tbilisi, Georgia
Currentclub:Gagra
Clubnumber:11
Position:Forward
Years1:2004–2008
Clubs1:Dinamo-2 Tbilisi
Caps1:53
Goals1:21
Years2:2005–2010
Clubs2:Dinamo Tbilisi
Caps2:96
Goals2:42
Years3:2011–2012
Caps3:20
Goals3:1
Years4:2012
Clubs4:Dila Gori
Caps4:15
Goals4:13
Years5:2012–2016
Clubs5:AGF
Caps5:75
Goals5:29
Years6:2016
Caps6:4
Goals6:1
Years7:2017
Clubs7:Viborg
Caps7:8
Goals7:0
Years8:2017–2018
Clubs8:Silkeborg
Caps8:15
Goals8:3
Years9:2018
Clubs9:Dinamo Tbilisi
Caps9:12
Goals9:2
Years10:2019
Clubs10:FK Liepāja
Caps10:2
Goals10:0
Years11:2019
Clubs11:Qizilqum
Caps11:12
Goals11:3
Years12:2020
Clubs12:AGMK
Caps12:21
Goals12:5
Years13:2021
Clubs13:Qizilqum
Caps13:26
Goals13:5
Years14:2022
Clubs14:Gagra
Caps14:19
Goals14:6
Years15:2022–2023
Clubs15:Dinamo Batumi
Caps15:29
Goals15:5
Years16:2024–
Clubs16:Gagra
Caps16:16
Goals16:4
Nationalyears1:2008–2010
Nationalcaps1:5
Nationalgoals1:1
Nationalyears2:2009–
Nationalteam2:Georgia
Nationalcaps2:15
Nationalgoals2:4
Pcupdate:25 May 2024
Ntupdate:22 September 2016

Mate Vatsadze (Georgian: მათე ვაწაძე, Maté Vats'adze, born 17 December 1988) is Georgian football player who plays for Erovnuli Liga club Gagra.

Playing career

Vatsadze started his professional career with FC Dinamo Tbilisi, playing 96 games and scoring 42 goals for the first team between 2005 and 2010, before moving to FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod to play in the Russian Premier League in 2011. While playing in Russia, he was called up for the Georgia national football team, to play in the Euro 2012 qualifying matches against Croatia and Israel, but he was not able to get the required visa.[1] So he soon returned to Georgia to join Dila Gori at the end of the season. On 2 September 2012 he signed a -year contract with Danish Superliga side AGF.

Vatsadze was discovered by AGF in the 2012–13 Europa League Second qualifying round where he impressed by scoring three goals for Dila Gori against AGF and went on to score twice in the Third qualifying round away leg in Cyprus against Anorthosis, to help Dila Gori progress to the Play-off round. Vatsadze also scored twice in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round, helping Dinamo Tbilisi to eliminate Swedish Gefle IF, when they managed to beat them both home and away. He also scored a goal for Dinamo Tbilisi in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round, in the away leg against Red Star Belgrade.

Vatsadze joined FK Liepāja in Latvia in January 2019.[2]

After three seasons spent at two Uzbek clubs, Vatsadze returned home in February 2022 first to join Gagra.[3] In the summer of 2022, he signed with reigning Georgian champions Dinamo Batumi,[4] who claimed another top title the next year.

Statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dinamo Tbilisi2008/09Umaglesi Liga3 0 30
2009/102710324 13413
2010/11825 2134
2018122102 0152
Total471442143006519
Volga2011/12RPL20110211
Dila2011/12Umaglesi Liga 131133552119
2012/132222
Total15133355002321
2012/13Danish Superliga13310143
2013/14Danish Superliga10110111
2014/15Danish First Division32203220
2015/16Danish Superliga205205
Total75292000007729
2016Umaglesi Liga4141
2016/17Danish Superliga701 080
2017/18Danish First Division1010
Total8000001090
Silkeborg2017/18Danish Superliga15320173
2019Virsliga2020
2019Super League12310133
202126530295
Total388400020428
2020Super League21542257
Gagra2022Erovnuli Liga196196
2024164164
Total35100000003510
Dinamo Batumi2022Erovnuli Liga154102 +2 1205
2023141311020202
Total295415120407
Career total3098924824930360106

International goals

Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first.[5]

No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 6 February 2013 align=center 1–1 align=center 2–1 Friendly
2. 9 June 2015 align=center 1–2 align=center 1–2 Friendly
3. 8 October 2015 align=center 1–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
4. align=center 3–0

Honours

Dinamo Batumi
Dinamo Tbilisi

2007–08

2008–09

2008

Dila Gori

2011–12

AGF

Promoted 2014–15

Runner-up 2015–16

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Team – Modebadze instead of Vatsadze . worldsport.ge . 2011-03-16 . 2011-03-16 .
  2. https://www.liepajniekiem.lv/sports/futbols/virsliga/fk-liepaja-sastavs-nokomplektets-par-99-proc-228902 FK "Liepāja": sastāvs nokomplektēts par 99%
  3. Web site: ვაწაძე კარიერას "გაგრაში" გააგრძელებს . 1tv.ge (in Georgian) . 24 February 2022 . 25 May 2024.
  4. Web site: გეგუჩაძის გია - დინამო ბათუმი მათე ძლიერდება ვაწაძე გუნდში . crystalsport.ge (in Georgian) . 25 June 2022 . 4 March 2024.
  5. Web site: Vatsadze, Mate. National Football Teams. 20 March 2017.