Nodar Lominadze


Nodar Lominadze 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.
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.
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.

Honours

Club

Dinamo Tbilisi