Nodar Lominadze

Nodar Lominadze
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-04-04) 4 April 2002
Place of birth Ozurgeti, Georgia
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Torpedo
Number 27
Youth career
2010–2018 Mertskhali
2019 Dinamo Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2025 Dinamo Tbilisi 41 (1)
2022 → Gagra (loan) 14 (1)
2023 → Samgurali (loan) 27 (7)
2024 → Dila (loan) 16 (0)
2025–2026 Estoril 16 (2)
2026– Torpedo 0 (0)
International career‡
2019 Georgia U18 1 (1)
2019–2020 Georgia U19 3 (0)
2022–2025 Georgia U21 21 (4)
2025– Georgia 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 July 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 September 2025

Nodar Lominadze (Georgian: ნოდარ ლომინაძე; born 4 April 2002) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Primeira Liga club Estoril and the Georgia national team.

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.[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]

In July 2025, Lominadze moved to Primeira Liga club Estoril.[8] On 13 September, he scored his first goal for the team in a 3–1 home win over AFS.[9] After making 16 league appearances for the club, Lominadze returned to Georgia to sign for Torpedo Kutaisi.[10]

International

In 2019, Lominadze became a member of the U19 team and featured in a 2020 European Championship 2–0 win over Croatia.[11] He received a first call-up to U21s for a friendly game against Estonia in March 2022,[12] although made a debut in a 1–0 friendly win over Latvia a year later.[13]

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.[14] 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[15] 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.[16]

The player shone in the first game of the 2025 Euro Under-21 as well. Lominadze gave his team the lead in a 2–1 win against Poland and, in general, displayed performance that prompted some sport websites to name him Player of the Match.[17][18]

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.[19]

Career statistics

As of match played 16 May 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dinamo Tbilisi 2021 Erovnuli Liga 1000000010
2022 Erovnuli Liga 900000—90
2024 Erovnuli Liga 130002[b]02[c]1171
2025 Erovnuli Liga 18100——181
Total 411002021452
Gagra (loan) 2022 Erovnuli Liga 14110—2[d]0171
Samgurali (loan) 2023 Erovnuli Liga 27731——308
Dila (loan) 2024 Erovnuli Liga 1600 00 0—160
Estoril 2025–26 Primeira Liga 16 2 1 0 — — 17 2
Career total 1141151204112513

Honours

Club

Dinamo Tbilisi

References

  1. ↑ ""სამკუთხადან" საქართველოს ნაკრებამდე". alion.ge (in Georgian). 13 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "Dinamo Tbilisi vs Locomotive match report". eliga.ge (in Georgian). 4 December 2021.
  3. ↑ ""დინამომ" ლომინაძე და გვიშიანი გაანათხოვრა". atiani.ge (in Georgian). 26 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "Gagra vs Saburtalo match report". eliga.ge (in Georgian). 29 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "Spaeri vs Gagra match report". flashscore.com. 12 December 2022.
  6. ↑ "ნახევარმცველი თბილისის "დინამოდან", მეკარე "ლოკომოტივიდან"". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 11 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "ნოდარ ლომინაძე: "აქამდე ხასიათმა და ერთიანობამ მოგვიყვანა და ახლაც იგივე გვჭირდება"". belive.ge (in Georgian). 15 November 2024.
  8. ↑ "ნოდარ ლომინაძე "ეშტორილის" ღირსებას დაიცავს" [Nodar Lominadze set to join Estoril]. atiani.ge (in Georgian). 13 July 2025. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "Estoril vs AFS match report". flashscore.com. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  10. ↑ "ლომინაძე "ტორპედოში" ითამაშებს" [Lominadze set to play for Torpedo]. atiani.ge (in Georgian). 24 July 2026. Retrieved 26 July 2026.
  11. ↑ "Georgia U19 vs Croatia U19 match report". UEFA. 15 October 2019.
  12. ↑ "21-წლამდელები ესტონეთთან მატჩისთვის ემზადებიან". sportall.ge (in Georgian). 24 March 2022.
  13. ↑ "გულიაშვილის გამარჯვების გოლი". crystalsport.ge (in Georgian). 26 March 2024.
  14. ↑ "ევრო 2023 - საქართველოს ნაკრების საბოლოო შემადგენლობა ცნობილია". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 15 June 2023.
  15. ↑ "Georgia U21 vs North Macedonia U21 match report". BBC. 15 October 2024.
  16. ↑ "Under-21 EURO play-offs: Czechia, Finland, Georgia qualify". UEFA. 19 November 2024. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  17. ↑ "Poland U21 vs Georgia U21 match report". Sofascore. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  18. ↑ "Late winner puts Georgia on Pole". Flashscore. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  19. ↑ "Georgia vs Bulgaria match report". bbc.com. 7 September 2025. Retrieved 27 May 2026.


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