Nodar Lominadze
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 April 2002 | ||
| 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) | 13 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Georgia U18 | 1 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Georgia U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2022– | Georgia U21 | 16 | (3) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 November 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
[edit]Club
[edit]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.[1]
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.[2] After taking part in nine league matches the next year, he was loaned to Gagra on a six-month deal in the summer.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]
He spent the next season at Samgurali on loan,[6] 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.[7]
International
[edit]In 2019, Lominadze became a member of the U19 team and featured in a 2020 European Championship 2–0 win over Croatia.[8] He received a first call-up to U21s for a friendly game against Estonia in March 2022,[9] although made a debut in a 1–0 friendly win over Latvia a year later.[10]
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.[11] 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[12] 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.[13]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 19 November 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[a] | 0 | 2[b] | 1 | 15 | 1 | ||
| Total | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 1 | ||
| Gagra (loan) | 2022 | Erovnuli Liga | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[c] | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
| Samgurali (loan) | 2023 | Erovnuli Liga | 27 | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 30 | 8 | ||
| Dila (loan) | 2024 | Erovnuli Liga | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 77 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 87 | 10 | ||
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Conference League qualifiers
- ^ Appearances in Georgian Super Cup
- ^ Appearances in Erovnuli Liga playoffs
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]Dinamo Tbilisi
- Georgian Super Cup: 2021
References
[edit]- ^ ""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
[edit]- Nodar Lominadze at Soccerway
- Flashscore
- National team statistics at GFF (in Georgian)