Nahitan Nández

Nahitan Nández

Nández with Uruguay in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Nahitan Michel Nández Acosta
Date of birth	(1995-12-28) 28 December 1995
Place of birth	Punta del Este, Uruguay
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Johor Darul Ta'zim FC
Number	15
Youth career
2013–2014	Peñarol
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2017	Peñarol	75	(8)
2017–	Johor Darul Ta'zim FC	13	(11)
National team‡
2014–2015	Uruguay U20	18	(1)
2015–	Uruguay	17	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 september 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:55, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

Nahitan Michel Nández Acosta (born 28 December 1995) is an Uruguayan footballer who plays as a midfielder for Johor Darul Ta'zim FC.^[2]

Club career

Nández is a youth exponent from Peñarol. On 1 March 2014, he made his first team debut in a league game against Danubio. He replaced Antonio Pacheco D'Agosti after 57 minutes in a 0-2 away win.^[3]

International career

Nández was the captain and a key member of the Uruguay U20 at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup played at New Zealand being on the starting eleven at all of the four games Uruguay played on the cup.

He made his international debut with Uruguay national football team in 2015, on a friendly game against Costa Rica played on 8 September at Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica replacing Diego Rolan at 37'. The game ended with a home win 1-0.^[4]

In May 2018 he was named in Uruguay's provisional 26 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.^[5]

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