Shota Nonikashvili ( ka, შოთა ნონიკაშვილი; born 10 January 2001) is a Georgian
football
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player who plays as a
central midfielder
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for
Ukrainian Premier League
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Originally known as the Vyshcha Liha ( , ) it was formed in 1991 during the 1992 in ...
club
LNZ Cherkasy and the
Georgia national team.
International career
Nonikashvili made his debut for the
Georgia national team on 7 September 2024 in a
Nations League game against Czechia at the
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium
The Mikheil Meskhi Stadium ( ka, მიხეილ მესხის სტადიონი ''mikheil meskhis st’adioni''), also known as the Lokomotivi Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Tbilisi, Georgia named after the famous Georgian ...
. He substituted
Otar Kiteishvili
Otar Kiteishvili () ( ka, ოთარ კიტეიშვილი; born 26 March 1996) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian Bundesliga Club SK Sturm Graz and the Georgia national team.
A product o ...
in the 75th minute as Georgia won 4–1.
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2001 births
Footballers from Tbilisi
Living people
Men's footballers from Georgia (country)
Georgia (country) men's youth international footballers
21st-century sportsmen from Georgia (country)
Georgia (country) men's under-21 international footballers
Georgia (country) men's international footballers
Men's association football midfielders
FC Iberia 1999 players
FC LNZ Cherkasy players
Erovnuli Liga players
Ukrainian Premier League players
Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country)
Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine
Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Ukraine
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