Georgi Nemsadze

{{Short description|Georgian footballer (born 1972)}}

{{For|the rugby union player|Giorgi Nemsadze}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Georgi Nemsadze

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1972|5|10}}

| birth_place =Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union

| height = 1.80 m

| currentclub =

| position = Midfielder

| years1 = 1989–1995

| years2 = 1991–1992

| years3 = 1992–1993

| years4 = 1995–1996

| years5 = 1996–1997

| years6 = 1997–1998

| years7 = 1999

| years8 = 1999

| years9 = 2000

| years10 = 2000–2003

| years11 = 2004–2005

| years12 =

| years13 =

| clubs1 = Dinamo Tbilisi

| clubs2 = → Guria Lanchkhuti (loan)

| clubs3 = → Shevardeni Tbilisi (loan)

| clubs4 = FC Homburg

| clubs5 = Trabzonspor

| clubs6 = Grasshoppers

| clubs7 = Reggiana

| clubs8 = Locomotive Tbilisi

| clubs9 = Dinamo Tbilisi

| clubs10 = Dundee

| clubs11 = Dinamo Tbilisi

| clubs12 =

| clubs13 =

| caps1 = 79

| caps2 = 34

| caps3 = 32

| caps4 = 30

| caps5 = 32

| caps6 = 27

| caps7 = 10

| caps8 = 3

| caps9 = 6

| caps10 = 79

| caps11 = 16

| caps12 =

| caps13 =

| goals1 = 16

| goals2 = 4

| goals3 = 9

| goals4 = 2

| goals5 = 1

| goals6 = 2

| goals7 = 0

| goals8 = 0

| goals9 = 2

| goals10 = 4

| goals11 = 2

| goals12 =

| goals13 =

| totalcaps = 348

| totalgoals = 42

| nationalyears1 = 1992–2004

| nationalteam1 = Georgia

| nationalcaps1 = 69

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2017–2018

| managerclubs1 = Georgia U17

| manageryears2 = 2018–2019

| managerclubs2 = Shevardeni Tbilisi

| manageryears3 = 2019–2020

| managerclubs3 = Dila Gori

| manageryears4 = 2020–2021

| managerclubs4 = Dinamo Tbilisi

}}

Georgi Nemsadze (born 10 May 1972) is a Georgian former professional football midfielder and manager. In addition to Georgian teams, he played for many European clubs such as Trabzonspor, Grasshoppers, Reggiana and Dundee.{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/scottish/nemsadze-ends-39-year-wait-for-dundee-fans-115960.html|title=Nemsadze ends 39-year wait for Dundee fans|date=21 April 2003|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=3 September 2019}}

Nemsadze is revered and beloved by Dundee fans for his football ability and consistently good form while at the club. He received numerous praise from independent Scottish football pundits and journalists; Nemsadze also received plaudits from opposition fans in retrospect.

He played for the Georgia national team between 1992 and 2004, and was capped 69 times.

Nemsadze was inducted into the Dundee Hall of Fame, and received the International Award, in 2010.

He played for Dundee in the 2015 Julián Speroni testimonial versus Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in London.

In July 2021, Nemsadze quit football and joined politics as a candidate of the ruling party in the municipal elections.{{cite web |title=Georgi Nemsadze joins politics (in Georgian) |url=https://sportall.ge/fekhburthi/fekhburthii/skhvadaskhva/149857-giorgi-nemsadzec-politikashi-tsavida.html |website=sportall.ge}}

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