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

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
111 November 2020San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino3–03–0Friendly
217 November 2020Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra4–05–02020–21 UEFA Nations League D
31 September 2021Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia1–03–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification
41 September 2021Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia2–13–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification
516 November 2021Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar1–13–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification
629 March 2022National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Ta'Qali, Malta1–01–0Friendly
710 June 2022Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova1–14–22022–23 UEFA Nations League D
810 June 2022Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova3–14–22022–23 UEFA Nations League D
914 June 2022Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein1–02–02022–23 UEFA Nations League D
1014 June 2022Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein2–02–02022–23 UEFA Nations League D
1125 September 2022Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra0–11–12022–23 UEFA Nations League D
1211 October 2025Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia2–12–22026 FIFA World Cup qualification
1316 November 2025Dubočica Stadium, Leskovac, Serbia1–01–22026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Skonto FC
Raków Częstochowa
Individual