{{Short description|Georgian footballer (born 2002)}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Nodar Lominadze | fullname = | image = | caption = | height = 1.94 m | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2002|4|4}} | birth_place = [[Ozurgeti]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] | position = [[Midfielder (association football)|Central midfielder]] | currentclub = [[G.D. Estoril Praia|Estoril]] | clubnumber = 7 | youthyears1 = 2010–2018 | youthclubs1 = [[FC Mertskhali Ozurgeti|Mertskhali]] | youthyears2 = 2019 | youthclubs2 = [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]] | years1 = 2020–2025 | clubs1 = [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]] | caps1 = 41 | goals1 = 1 | years2 = 2022 | clubs2 = → [[FC Gagra|Gagra]] (loan) | caps2 = 14 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2023 | clubs3 = → [[FC Samgurali Tsqaltubo|Samgurali]] (loan) | caps3 = 27 | goals3 = 7 | years4 = 2024 | clubs4 = → [[FC Dila Gori|Dila]] (loan) | caps4 = 16 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2025– | clubs5 = [[G.D. Estoril Praia|Estoril]] | caps5 = 16 | goals5 = 2 | nationalyears1 = 2019 | nationalteam1 = Georgia U18 | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | nationalyears2 = 2019–2020 | nationalteam2 = [[Georgia national under-19 football team|Georgia U19]] | nationalcaps2 = 3 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalyears3 = 2022–2025 | nationalteam3 = [[Georgia national under-21 football team|Georgia U21]] | nationalcaps3 = 21 | nationalgoals3 = 4 | nationalyears4 = 2025– | nationalteam4 = [[Georgia national football team|Georgia]] | nationalcaps4 = 1 | nationalgoals4 = 0 | club-update = 25 May 2026 | nationalteam-update = 7 September 2025 }} '''Nodar Lominadze''' (''[[Georgian language|Georgian]]'': ნოდარ ლომინაძე; born 4 April 2002) is a Georgian professional [[footballer]] who plays as a [[midfielder (association football)|central midfielder]] for [[Primeira Liga]] club [[G.D. Estoril Praia|Estoril]] and the [[Georgia national football team|Georgia national team]].
He has won the [[Erovnuli Liga]] and [[Georgian Super Cup|Supercup]] and represented his country in the national youth teams.
==Career== ===Club=== Lominadze started playing football at the age of 8 at [[FC Mertskhali Ozurgeti|Mertskhali]]. In 2018, he moved to [[FC Rustavi|Rustavi]] for a short time before joining the academy of [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]] the next year. Initially, Lominadze played at Dinamo U19 and Dinamo-2.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://alion.ge/2023/07/%e1%83%a1%e1%83%90%e1%83%9b%e1%83%99%e1%83%a3%e1%83%97%e1%83%ae%e1%83%90%e1%83%93%e1%83%90%e1%83%9c-%e1%83%a1%e1%83%90%e1%83%a5%e1%83%90%e1%83%a0%e1%83%97%e1%83%95%e1%83%94%e1%83%9a/ |website=alion.ge |date=13 July 2023 |title="სამკუთხადან" საქართველოს ნაკრებამდე |language=KA}}</ref>
Lominadze made his debut for the senior team as a half-time substitute in the final game of the [[2021 Erovnuli Liga|2021 season]] against [[FC Locomotive Tbilisi|Locomotive]] when he came off the bench to replace [[Barnes Osei]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Dinamo Tbilisi vs Locomotive match report |url=https://erovnuliliga.ge/ge/game/5167-dtb-loc |website=eliga.ge (in Georgian) |date=4 December 2021}}</ref> After taking part in nine league matches the next year, he was loaned to [[FC Gagra|Gagra]] on a six-month deal in the summer.<ref>{{cite web |title="დინამომ" ლომინაძე და გვიშიანი გაანათხოვრა |date=26 June 2022 |url=https://atiani.ge/2022/06/26/dinamom-lominadze-da-gvishiani-gagrashi-gaanathkhovra/ |website=atiani.ge |language=KA}}</ref> 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 [[FC Iberia 1999|Saburtalo]] when two late goals, including from Lominadze, helped them pick up a point on 29 June 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gagra vs Saburtalo match report |url=https://erovnuliliga.ge/ge/game/6168-gag-sab |website=eliga.ge (in Georgian) |date=29 June 2022}}</ref> Eventually, Gagra finished in the play-off zone and retained their top-flight place after a penalty shoot-out against [[FC Spaeri|Spaeri]], in which Lominadze also converted from the spot.<ref>{{cite web |title=Spaeri vs Gagra match report |url=https://www.flashscore.com/match/zBn4YeKO/#/match-summary/match-summary |website=flashscore.com |date=12 December 2022}}</ref>
He spent the next season at [[FC Samgurali Tsqaltubo|Samgurali]] on loan,<ref>{{cite web |title= ნახევარმცველი თბილისის "დინამოდან", მეკარე "ლოკომოტივიდან" |website=1tv.ge |date=11 January 2023 |url= https://1tv.ge/news/nakhevarmcveli-tbilisis-dinamodan-mekare-lokomotividan-samgurals-ori-akhalwveuli-hyavs-1tvsport/ |language=KA}}</ref> 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 [[FC Dila Gori|Dila]] again on a loan transfer.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.belive.ge/qarthulisporti/nodar-lominadze-aqamde-khasiatma-da-ertianobam-mogviyvana-da-akhlats-igive-gvchirdeba |title=ნოდარ ლომინაძე: "აქამდე ხასიათმა და ერთიანობამ მოგვიყვანა და ახლაც იგივე გვჭირდება" |website=belive.ge |date=15 November 2024 |language=KA}}</ref>
In July 2025, Lominadze moved to [[Primeira Liga]] club [[G.D. Estoril Praia|Estoril]].<ref>{{cite web |title=ნოდარ ლომინაძე "ეშტორილის" ღირსებას დაიცავს |url=https://atiani.ge/2025/07/13/nodar-lominadze-eshtorilis-ghirsebas-daitsavs/ |website=atiani.ge |access-date=27 May 2026 |language=ka |date=13 July 2025 |trans-title=Nodar Lominadze set to join Estoril}}</ref> On 13 September, he scored his first goal for the team in a 3–1 home win over [[AVS Futebol SAD|AFS]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Estoril vs AFS match report |url=https://www.flashscore.com/match/football/afs-IZPeUwtM/estoril-htoKuYZl/?mid=GKIrCkUg |website=flashscore.com |access-date=27 May 2026}}</ref> ===International=== In 2019, Lominadze became a member of the [[Georgia national under-19 football team|U19 team]] and featured in a [[2020 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification|2020 European Championship]] 2–0 win over [[Croatia national under-21 football team|Croatia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Georgia U19 vs Croatia U19 match report |url=https://www.uefa.com/under19/match/2026485/ |publisher=UEFA |date=15 October 2019}}</ref> He received a first call-up to [[Georgia national under-21 football team|U21s]] for a friendly game against [[Estonia national under-21 football team|Estonia]] in March 2022,<ref>{{cite web |title=21-წლამდელები ესტონეთთან მატჩისთვის ემზადებიან|url=https://sportall.ge/fekhburthi/fekhburthii/asakobrivi-nakrebi/154809-21-tslamdelebi-estoneththan-matchisthvis-emzadebian.html |website=sportall.ge (in Georgian) |date=24 March 2022}}</ref> although made a debut in a 1–0 friendly win over [[Latvia national under-21 football team|Latvia]] a year later.<ref>{{cite web |title=გულიაშვილის გამარჯვების გოლი |url=https://www.crystalsport.ge/news/52647-guliashvilis-gamarjvebis-goli---21-tslamde-nakrebma-latvia-daamartskha |website=crystalsport.ge |date=26 March 2024 |language=KA}}</ref>
As the team was gearing up for its first [[2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|European Championship]] in the summer of 2023, coach [[Ramaz Svanadze]] named Lominadze in his final 23-men squad.<ref>{{cite web |title=ევრო 2023 - საქართველოს ნაკრების საბოლოო შემადგენლობა ცნობილია |url=https://1tv.ge/news/evro-2023-saqartvelos-nakrebis-saboloo-shemadgenloba-cnobilia-1tvsport/ |website=1tv.ge (in Georgian) |date=15 June 2023}}</ref> 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 Under-21 Championship qualification Group C|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 national under-21 football team|North Macedonia]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Georgia U21 vs North Macedonia U21 match report |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/live/c749r1w2gg7t?page=2 |publisher=BBC |date=15 October 2024}}</ref> and reach [[2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs|play-offs]]. In a return leg against [[Croatia national under-21 football team|Croatia]] on 19 November 2024, Lominadze equalized, and later scored with a [[Panenka (penalty kick)|panenka kick]] in [[penalty shootout]], which sent Georgia to the final stages of the competition.<ref>{{cite web |title=Under-21 EURO play-offs: Czechia, Finland, Georgia qualify |url=https://www.uefa.com/under21/news/0292-1c1ade839b21-9d80995999ee-1000--under-21-euro-play-offs-czechia-finland-georgia-qualify/ |publisher=UEFA |date=19 November 2024 |access-date=22 November 2024}}</ref>
The player shone in the first game of the [[2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2025 Euro Under-21]] as well. Lominadze gave his team the lead in a 2–1 win against [[Poland national under-21 football team|Poland]] and, in general, displayed performance that prompted some sport websites to name him Player of the Match.<ref>{{cite web |title=Poland U21 vs Georgia U21 match report |url=https://www.sofascore.com/football/europe/2025-06-11 |publisher=[[Sofascore]] |access-date=12 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Late winner puts Georgia on Pole |url=https://www.flashscore.com/match/football/baEWYQQP/#/report |publisher=Flashscore |access-date=12 June 2025}}</ref>
Lomanadze received his first call-up to the national team for [[2026 FIFA World Cup]] qualifiers in September 2025. He made an appearance for the team as a substitute in a 3–0 win over [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Georgia vs Bulgaria match report |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/live/c79l9gxq0zlt#Line-ups |website=bbc.com |access-date=27 May 2026 |date=7 September 2025}}</ref> ==Career statistics== {{Updated|match played 16 May 2026}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{Efn|Includes [[Georgian Cup]], [[Taça de Portugal]]}} !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- | rowspan="5" |[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]] | [[2021 FC Dinamo Tbilisi season|2021]] | [[Erovnuli Liga]] | 1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0 |- | [[2022 FC Dinamo Tbilisi season|2022]] | Erovnuli Liga | 9||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||9||0 |- | [[2024 FC Dinamo Tbilisi season|2024]] | Erovnuli Liga | 13||0||0||0||2{{efn|name=UECL|Appearances in [[UEFA Europa Conference League]]}}||0||2{{efn|name=GSC|Appearance in [[Georgian Super Cup]]}}||1||17||1 |- | [[2025 FC Dinamo Tbilisi season|2025]] | Erovnuli Liga | 18||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||18||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !41!!1!!0!!0!!2!!0!!2!!1!!45!!2 |- | [[FC Gagra|Gagra]] (loan) | [[2022 Erovnuli Liga|2022]] | Erovnuli Liga | 14||1||1||0||colspan="2"|—||2{{efn|Appearances in [[Erovnuli Liga playoffs]]}} ||0||17||1 |- | [[FC Samgurali Tsqaltubo|Samgurali]] (loan) | [[2023 Erovnuli Liga|2023]] | Erovnuli Liga | 27||7||3||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||30||8 |- | [[FC Dila Gori|Dila]] (loan) | [[2024 Erovnuli Liga|2024]] | Erovnuli Liga | 16||0||0 |0||0 |0|| colspan="2" |—||16||0 |- |[[G.D. Estoril Praia|Estoril]] |[[2025–26 Primeira Liga|2025–26]] |[[Primeira Liga]] |16 |2 |1 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |17 |2 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !114!!11!!5!!1!!2!!0!!4!!1!!125!!13 |} {{noteslist}}
==Honours==
=== Club === '''Dinamo Tbilisi''' * [[Erovnuli Liga]]: [[2020 Erovnuli Liga|2020]]
* [[Georgian Super Cup]]: 2021
==References== {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{Soccerway|new_id=lominadze-nodar/n9kDwbwd|id=nodar-lominadze/637999|archive=20240714053457}} * [https://nakrebi.ge/ka/team/u21/squad/player/6356 National team statistics] at GFF {{in lang|ka}}
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