Mate Vatsadze (Georgian: მათე ვაწაძე, Maté Vats'adze, born 17 December 1988) is a Georgian football player who plays for Erovnuli Liga club Dinamo Tbilisi as a forward.
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 3+1⁄2-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.
Having played another half season at Gagra, in September 2024 Vatsadze returned to Dinamo Tbilisi after a six-year break on a deal until the end of the year.[5]
Statistics
Club
- As of match played 1 June 2024
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 2008/09 | Umaglesi Liga | 3[a] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 2009/10 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4[b] | 1 | – | 34 | 13 | |||
| 2010/11 | 8 | 2 | – | 5[b] | 2 | – | 13 | 4 | ||||
| 2018 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | – | 15 | 2 | |||
| Total | 47 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 19 | ||
| Volga | 2011/12 | RPL | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 1 | ||
| Dila | 2011/12 | Umaglesi Liga | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | – | 21 | 19 | |
| 2012/13 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 21 | ||
| Aarhus | 2012/13 | Danish Superliga | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 3 | ||
| 2013/14 | Danish Superliga | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 1 | |||
| 2014/15 | Danish First Division | 32 | 20 | – | – | – | 32 | 20 | ||||
| 2015/16 | Danish Superliga | 20 | 5 | – | – | – | 20 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 75 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 29 | ||
| Locomotive | 2016 | Umaglesi Liga | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | |||
| Viborg | 2016/17 | Danish Superliga | 7 | 0 | – | – | 1[c] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2017/18 | Danish First Division | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Silkeborg | 2017/18 | Danish Superliga | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 3 | ||
| FK Liepāja | 2019 | Virsliga | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| Qizilqum | 2019 | Super League | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 3 | ||
| 2021 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 38 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 8 | ||
| AGMK | 2020 | Super League | 21 | 5 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 25 | 7 | ||
| Gagra | 2022 | Erovnuli Liga | 19 | 6 | – | – | – | 19 | 6 | |||
| 2024 | 18 | 5 | – | – | – | 18 | 5 | |||||
| Total | 37 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 11 | ||
| Dinamo Batumi | 2022 | Erovnuli Liga | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2[a] +2[d] | 1 | – | 20 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2[e] | 0 | 20 | 2 | ||
| Total | 29 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 7 | ||
| Career total | 311 | 90 | 24 | 8 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 362 | 107 | ||
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League qualifiers
- ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League qualifiers
- ^ Appearances in Danish league playoffs
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League qualifiers
- ^ Appearances in Georgian Super Cup
International goals
- Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first.[6]
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 6 February 2013 | Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania |  Albania |
1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 2. | 9 June 2015 | Linzer Stadion, Linz, Austria |  Ukraine |
1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 3. | 8 October 2015 | Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia |  Gibraltar |
1–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualification |
| 4. | 3–0 |
Honours
- Dinamo Batumi
- Dinamo Tbilisi
- Dila Gori
- AGF
- Danish First Division: Promoted 2014–15
- Danish Cup: Runner-up 2015–16
References
- ^ "National Team – Modebadze instead of Vatsadze". worldsport.ge. 16 March 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
- ^ FK "Liepāja": sastāvs nokomplektēts par 99%, liepajniekiem.lv, 7 January 2019
- ^ "ვაწაძე კარიერას "გაგრაში" გააგრძელებს". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 24 February 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ "გეგუჩაძის გია - დინამო ბათუმი მათე ძლიერდება ვაწაძე გუნდში". crystalsport.ge (in Georgian). 25 June 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "დაბრუნება 6 წლის შემდეგ - მათე ვაწაძე დინამო თბილისში ითამაშებს". europop.ge (in Georgian). Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ "Vatsadze, Mate". National Football Teams. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
External links
- (in English) Mate Vatsadze on Soccerway
- (in Danish) Official Danish Superliga stats
- (in English) Player profile at uefa.com
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