Giorgi Lomaia ( ka, გიორგი ლომაია, born 8 August 1979 in

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) is a retired

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Career

He spent the 2006 season playing for

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side FC Luch-Energia Vladivostok, but in late January 2007 he moved to

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2. Bundesliga side

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on a short-term deal until the end of the 2006–07 season. He left Jena in June 2007 and joined

FC Karpaty Lviv Football Club Karpaty Lviv ( ) is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club based in Lviv. History Early years (1963–68) The team of Karpaty was founded on 18 January, 1963 in association football, 1963. In 1961 Silmash Lvi ...

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. He made his debut for the Georgian national team in 1998 and has been capped 25 times for the team as of 2006. In July 2007 Lomaia was loaned from

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side

. Having played two matches in

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, Lomaia departed due to the club's dissatisfaction with his physical conditions.

International career

In International football, Lomaia has been the first choice goalkeeper in UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying with seven appearances. In

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, he took the first choice place from

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. In

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with eight appearances, he took the first choice place from

Davit Gvaramadze Davit Gvaramadze (born 8 November 1975 in Tbilisi) is a retired Georgian footballer. Career Gvaramadze started his career at Dinamo Tbilisi. During spells at Torpedo Kutaisi, he competed with former international footballer Irakli Zoidze. Late ...

Personal

He is the brother of Davit Lomaia.

References

External links

Profile on Inter Baku's Official Site
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