Nicolás Tagliafico
.jpg) Tagliafico with Argentina at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicolás Alejandro Tagliafico[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 31 August 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Ajax | ||
| Number | 31 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2015 | Banfield | 90 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | → Murcia (loan) | 27 | (0) |
| 2015–2018 | Independiente | 85 | (2) |
| 2018– | Ajax | 15 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007 | Argentina U15 | 2 | (0) |
| 2009 | Argentina U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2011 | Argentina U20 | 12 | (1) |
| 2017– | Argentina | 10 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 June 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 September 2018 | |||
Nicolás Alejandro Tagliafico (born 31 August 1992) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a left back for Dutch club Ajax. Because of his "lung-busting stamina, excellent technique and continuous enterprise", as well as his playing position and club, he has been compared to the Internazionale and Argentina left-sided player Javier Zanetti, formerly also of Banfield.[2]
Club career
Banfield
Tagliafico made his professional debut for Banfield on a 2−1 away victory against Tigre for the fifth fixture of the 2011 Clausura, coming on as a substitute on the 72nd minute.[3] Due to Marcelo Bustamante's ban, he was a starter the following game, a 2−2 draw with Huracán.[3] In 2012, Tagliafico signed a one-year loan deal with Spanish club Real Murcia.
Independiente
In 2015, he made the move to Independiente for an undisclosed transfer fee and made his professional debut for the club during a 3−2 away win at Newell's Old Boys. Tagliafico would end up captaining the team that won the 2017 Copa Sudamericana.
Ajax
On 5 January 2018, he made the move to Ajax for a fee of £4 million and made his professional debut for the club during a 2-0 home win against Feyenoord on 21 January 2018 in the Dutch Klassieker.
International career
Tagliafico has played in all the youth categories of the Argentine national team: under-15, under-17 and under-20. Tagliafico impressed for the Argentina national under-20 football team at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia; however, he missed Argentina's final kick in the quarter-final penalty shoot-out against Portugal, meaning Argentina exited that competition 5-4 on penalties (Cartagena, 13 August 2011).
In May 2018 he was named in Argentina’s final 23 man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[4]
Career statistics
- As of match played 9 February 2018[5]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Banfield | 2010–11 | Primera División | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2011–12 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | ||
| 2013–14 | Primera B Nacional | 34 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
| 2014 | Primera División | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||
| Total | 90 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 3 | ||
| Real Murcia (loan) | 2012–13 | Segunda División | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 0 | ||
| Independiente | 2015 | Primera División | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1 |
| 2016 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 25 | 1 | ||
| 2016–17 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Total | 85 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 121 | 2 | ||
| Ajax | 2017–18 | Eredivisie | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 1 | |
| Career total | 217 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 256 | 6 | ||
- 1 2 3 Appearances in the Copa Sudamericana
- 1 2 Appearances in the Torneos de Verano
International
- Statistics accurate as of match played 11 September 2018.[6]
| Argentina | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 9 | 0 |
| Total | 10 | 0 |
Honours
Independiente
Argentina
References
- 1 2 "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: Argentina" (PDF). FIFA. 10 June 2018. p. 1. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ↑ "Nicolás Tagliafico: the New Javier Zanetti?". Mediolana. 14 August 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- 1 2 "Closing '11 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ↑ https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/argentina-world-cup-squad-paulo-dybala-mauro-icardi-a8362096.html
- ↑ "N. Tagliafico". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ↑ "Nicolás Tagliafico". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
External links
- Nicolás Tagliafico at Soccerway
- Statistics at Football-Lineups.com
