Vladislavs Gutkovskis
Vladislavs Gutkovskis is a Latvian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ekstraklasa club Arka Gdynia and the Latvia national team.
Club career
Gutkovskis started his career with JFK Olimps in his home country of Latvia. He made 13 first-team appearances for the club before joining fellow Latvian side Skonto FC a year later. For the first team, Gutkovskis played 73 times, scored 45 goals, and assisted eight times, before moving to Termalica Nieciecza in Poland in 2016. He made 112 appearances for the club, scored 33 and assisted six over a four-year spell before joining Polish club Raków Częstochowa in 2020. With the latter, he won the Polish league title in 2023 and two Polish Cups, including the 2022 Polish Cup final where he scored the opening goal in a 3–1 win against Lech Poznan on 2 May 2022.On 11 July 2023, Gutkovskis joined the K League 1 club Daejeon Hana Citizen on a permanent deal. He was given the number 99 jersey. He made his K League debut for the club on 16 July 2023 in a 2–0 defeat away against Incheon United. He scored his first K League goal for the club on 1 March 2024, in a 1–1 draw away against Jeonbuk Motors.
On 18 December 2025, Gutkovskis signed with Polish Ekstraklasa club Arka Gdynia on an eighteen-month contract as a free agent.
International career
Gutkovskis got his first call up to the senior Latvia side for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Faroe Islands and Hungary in October 2016. He scored his first senior international goal for Latvia in a 3–0 away win against San Marino national football team on 11 November 2020 in a friendly.Career statistics
International
Honours
Skonto FC- Latvian Football Cup runner-up: 2013–14
- Latvian Supercup runner-up: 2013
Individual
- Latvian Footballer of the Year: 2021, 2022
- Latvian Higher League top scorer: 2014
- Polish Cup top scorer: 2020–21
- Ekstraklasa Player of the Month: November 2022