Shota Arveladze is a former Georgian professional football player and currently the manager of Kas?mpa?a SK of the Turkish Super Lig. 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. Arveladze played at Dinamo Tbilisi, Trabzonspor, and Ajax, and finished at least one season as the top goal scorer at all three. When he led Trabzonspor in goals in 1995?96, he also led the S�per Lig, making him the second non-Turk to date to lead that league in goals after Tarik Hod?i? 1983?84. He is recorded as "most loved foreign player" for Trabzonspor supporters. Arveladze joined Rangers from Ajax for �2 million in 2001, and was part of the squad that won the domestic treble in 2002?03 and the double in 2004?05. He departed for Dutch side AZ on a free transfer in 2004?05. He was also a regular in the Georgian national team, and was the nation's all-time leading scorer. In 1993 he scored an effective first Euro Tournament goal in the history of independent Georgian Football in the match against Linfield, Northern Ireland. 

February 22nd, 1973 in Tbilisi (Age 51)