Givi Georgiyevich Nodia (Georgian: გივი ნოდია; Russian: Гиви Георгиевич Нодия; 2 January 1948 – 7 April 2005) was a Soviet Georgian association football player.

Givi Nodia
Personal information
Full name Givi Georgiyevich Nodia
Date of birth (1948-01-02)2 January 1948
Place of birth Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Date of death 7 April 2005(2005-04-07) (aged 57)
Place of death Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Torpedo Kutaisi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1965–1966 Torpedo Kutaisi 36 (9)
1967–1975 Dinamo Tbilisi 210 (75)
1976–1978 Lokomotiv Moscow 68 (9)
Total 314 (93)
International career
1967–1973 USSR 21 (5)
Managerial career
1980–1981 Dinamo Tbilisi (assistant)
1982 Torpedo Kutaisi
1983 Dinamo Tbilisi (assistant)
1984–1986 Torpedo Kutaisi
1987 Dinamo Tbilisi (assistant)
1988–1992 Gorda Rustavi
1993 Dinamo Tbilisi (assistant)
1993–1994 Dinamo Tbilisi
1995–2000 Lokomotiv St. Petersburg
2001 Locomotive Tbilisi
2001 Dinamo Tbilisi
2002–2003 Dinamo Tbilisi (director of football)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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International career

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Nodia made his debut for USSR on 29 November 1967 in a friendly against the Netherlands. He was selected for the UEFA Euro 1968 squad, but did not play in any games at the tournament. He played at the 1970 FIFA World Cup, making history as the first player in World Cup history to receive a yellow card.[1] He also played at UEFA Euro 1972, where USSR were the runners-up.

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