Givi Nodia

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

Honours

• Soviet Top League bronze: 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972.
• Soviet Top League top scorer: 1970.
• Grigory Fedotov Club member.
• UEFA Euro 1972 runner-up.

International career

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. He also played at UEFA Euro 1972, where USSR were the runners-up.

External links

• RussiaTeam biography (in Russian)