| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (2002-04-04) 4 April 2002 (age 22) | ||
| Place of birth | Ozurgeti, Georgia | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | Dila | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2018 | Mertskhali | ||
| 2019 | Dinamo Tbilisi | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020– | Dinamo Tbilisi | 23 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Gagra (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2023 | → Samgurali (loan) | 27 | (7) |
| 2024– | → Dila (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2019 | Georgia U18 | 1 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Georgia U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2022– | Georgia U21 | 16 | (3) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 November 2024 | |||
Nodar Lominadze (Georgian: ნოდარ ლომინაძე; born 4 April 2002) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Erovnuli Liga club Dila, on loan from Dinamo Tbilisi.
He has won the Erovnuli Liga and Supercup and represented his country in the national youth teams.
Career
Club
Lominadze started playing football at the age of 8 at Mertskhali. In 2018, he moved to Rustavi for a short time before joining the academy of Dinamo Tbilisi the next year. Initially, Lominadze played at Dinamo U19 and Dinamo-2.
Lominadze made his debut for the senior team as a half-time substitute in the final game of the 2021 season against Locomotive when he came off the bench to replace Barnes Osei. After taking part in nine league matches the next year, he was loaned to Gagra on a six-month deal in the summer. Lominadze opened his goal-scoring account in the Erovnuli Liga in a few days after this transfer. His new team was trailing 3–1 against Saburtalo when two late goals, including from Lominadze, helped them pick up a point on 29 June 2022. Eventually, Gagra finished in the play-off zone and retained their top-flight place after a penalty shoot-out against Spaeri, in which Lominadze also converted from the spot.
He spent the next season at Samgurali on loan, scoring seven times, two goals less than the team topscorer Giorgi Nikabadze.
Lominadze returned to Dinamo for 2024, but after a half-season moved to Dila again on a loan transfer.
International
In 2019, Lominadze became a member of the U19 team and featured in a 2020 European Championship 2–0 win over Croatia. He received a first call-up to U21s for a friendly game against Estonia in March 2022, although made a debut in a 1–0 friendly win over Latvia a year later.
As the team was gearing up for its first European Championship in the summer of 2023, coach Ramaz Svanadze named Lominadze in his final 23-men squad. He played in all three matches of the group stage with Georgia claiming first place.
Lominadze made a significant contribution to U21's successful 2025 UEFA European Championship qualifying campaign by scoring in each of the last three matches. It included his long-distance deflected shot that helped his team come from behind in a 2–1 crucial win over North Macedonia and reach play-offs. In a return leg against Croatia on 19 November 2024, Lominadze equalized, and later scored with a panenka kick in penalty shootout, which sent Georgia to the final stages of the competition.
Career statistics
- As of 8 December 2024
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 2021 | Erovnuli Liga | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | Erovnuli Liga | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| 2024 | Erovnuli Liga | 13 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 1 | ||
| Total | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 1 | ||
| Gagra (loan) | 2022 | Erovnuli Liga | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
| Samgurali (loan) | 2023 | Erovnuli Liga | 27 | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 30 | 8 | ||
| Dila (loan) | 2024 | Erovnuli Liga | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 80 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 90 | 10 | ||
- Appearances in UEFA Conference League qualifiers
- Appearances in Georgian Super Cup
- Appearances in Erovnuli Liga playoffs
Honours
Club
Dinamo Tbilisi
- Georgian Super Cup: 2021
References
- ""სამკუთხადან" საქართველოს ნაკრებამდე". alion.ge (in Georgian). 13 July 2023.
- "Dinamo Tbilisi vs Locomotive match report". eliga.ge (in Georgian). 4 December 2021.
- ""დინამომ" ლომინაძე და გვიშიანი გაანათხოვრა". atiani.ge (in Georgian). 26 June 2022.
- "Gagra vs Saburtalo match report". eliga.ge (in Georgian). 29 June 2022.
- "Spaeri vs Gagra match report". flashscore.com. 12 December 2022.
- "ნახევარმცველი თბილისის "დინამოდან", მეკარე "ლოკომოტივიდან"". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 11 January 2023.
- "ნოდარ ლომინაძე: "აქამდე ხასიათმა და ერთიანობამ მოგვიყვანა და ახლაც იგივე გვჭირდება"". belive.ge (in Georgian). 15 November 2024.
- "Georgia U19 vs Croatia U19 match report". UEFA. 15 October 2019.
- "21-წლამდელები ესტონეთთან მატჩისთვის ემზადებიან". sportall.ge (in Georgian). 24 March 2022.
- "გულიაშვილის გამარჯვების გოლი". crystalsport.ge (in Georgian). 26 March 2024.
- "ევრო 2023 - საქართველოს ნაკრების საბოლოო შემადგენლობა ცნობილია". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 15 June 2023.
- "Georgia U21 vs North Macedonia U21 match report". BBC. 15 October 2024.
- "Under-21 EURO play-offs: Czechia, Finland, Georgia qualify". UEFA. 19 November 2024. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
External links
- Nodar Lominadze at Soccerway
- Flashscore
- National team statistics at GFF (in Georgian)
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