Mate Vatsadze (, 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. 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.FK "Liepāja": sastāvs nokomplektēts par 99% , liepajniekiem.lv, 7 January 2019
After three seasons spent at two Uzbek clubs, Vatsadze returned home in February 2022 first to join Gagra. In the summer of 2022, he signed with reigning Georgian champions Dinamo Batumi, 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.
Statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsDinamo Tbilisi 2008/09Umaglesi Liga 3 0 30 2009/10 2710324 1–3413 2010/11 82–5 2–1342018 122102 0–152Total 471442143006519 Volga 2011/12 RPL 20110––211 Dila 2011/12 Umaglesi Liga 13113355–2119 2012/13 22–––22Total 15133355002321Aarhus 2012/13 Danish Superliga 13310––143 2013/14 Danish Superliga 10110––111 2014/15 Danish First Division 3220–––3220 2015/16 Danish Superliga 205–––205Total 75292000007729 Locomotive 2016 Umaglesi Liga 41–––41Viborg 2016/17 Danish Superliga 70––1 080 2017/18 Danish First Division 10–––10Total 8000001090 Silkeborg 2017/18 Danish Superliga 15320––173 FK Liepāja 2019 Virsliga 20–––20Qizilqum 2019Super League 12310––133 2021 26530––295Total 388400020428 AGMK 2020 Super League 21542––257Gagra 2022Erovnuli Liga 196–––196 2024 185–––185Total 37110000003711Dinamo Batumi 2022Erovnuli Liga 154102 +2 1–205 2023 141311020202Total 295415120407Career total 3119024824930362107
International goals Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first.
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 6 February 2013 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania 1–1 2–1 Friendly 2. 9 June 2015 Linzer Stadion, Linz, Austria 1–2 1–2 Friendly 3. 8 October 2015 Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia 1–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification 4. 3–0
Honours Dinamo Batumi Erovnuli Liga: 2023 Dinamo Tbilisi Umaglesi Liga: 2007–08 Georgian Cup: 2008–09 Georgian Super Cup: 2008
Dila Gori Georgian Cup: 2011–12
AGF Danish First Division: Promoted 2014–15 Danish Cup: Runner-up 2015–16
References
External links
Official Danish Superliga stats