Shota Arveladze

Shota Arveladze (born February 22, 1973 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian professional football player who currently plays for Levante UD in Spain.

Before coming to Rangers, he played at Dinamo Tbilisi, Trabzonspor, and Ajax Amsterdam, and finished at least one season as the top goal scorer at all three. He also scored the 3000th goal in the SPL. When he led Trabzonspor in goals in 1995-96, he also led the Turkish Premier Super League, making him the second non-Turk to date to lead that league in goals after Tarik Hodžić 1983-84.

Arveladze joined Rangers from Ajax for £2 million in 2001 but 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. He is now retired from international football. His twin brother Archil also plays international football for Georgia. He now looks set to leave AZ, with Louis van Gaal saying he would not stand in his way if the striker wanted to move to a foreign team. His final game looks set to be the home friendly against Internazionale at the DSB Stadion on 11 August.