Nahitan Nández

Nahitan Michel Nández Acosta (born 28 December 1995) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays for Serie A club Cagliari and the Uruguay national team. A versatile player, Nández can play as a central midfielder, right-back, attacking midfielder or right winger.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Nández and the second or maternal family name is Acosta.
Nahitan Nández
Nández with Uruguay in 2018
Personal information
Full name Nahitan Michel Nández Acosta
Date of birth (1995-12-28) 28 December 1995[1]
Place of birth Punta del Este, Uruguay
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder, right-back, right winger
Team information
Current team
 Cagliari
Number 8
Youth career
2013–2014 Peñarol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Peñarol 75 (8)
2017–2019 Boca Juniors 36 (6)
2019– Cagliari 133 (5)
International career‡
2014–2015 Uruguay U20 28 (1)
2015– Uruguay 53 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:56, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 October 2023

After starting his career at Peñarol, he later played in Argentina for Boca Juniors and in Italy for Cagliari. A full international for Uruguay since 2015, he played at the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the 2019 and 2021 Copa América.

Club career

Born in Punta del Este, Nández is a youth exponent from Peñarol. On 1 March 2014, he made his first team debut in a Uruguayan Primera División game against Danubio, replacing Antonio Pacheco D'Agosti after 57 minutes in a 0–2 away win.[3]

On 23 August 2017, Nández moved to Argentina's Boca Juniors on a four-year deal, with the club paying US$4 million for 60% of his economic rights.[4]

He made his last appearance for Boca Juniors on 31 July 2019 against Club Athletico Paranaense in a 2–0 home win. He was replaced by Eduardo Salvio in the 75th minute.[5]

On 9 August 2019, Nández joined Italian club Cagliari Calcio on a five-year deal,[6] for a fee of US$20 million.[7]

International career

Nández was the captain and a key member of the Uruguayan team at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup played in New Zealand, where he was in the starting eleven for all four of their games.

Nández made his senior international debut on 8 September 2015, in a 1–0 friendly loss away to Costa Rica at the Estadio Nacional; he replaced Diego Rolan in the 37th minute.[8]

In June 2018 he was named in Uruguay's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[9] He played in all five of their games as they reached the quarter-finals, starting all but one.[10]

Nández was also called up by manager Óscar Tabárez for the 2019 Copa América in Brazil.[11]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 8 October 2023[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Peñarol 2013–14 Uruguayan Primera División 50—10—60
2014–15 100———100
2015–16 281—50—331
2016 120—10—130
2017 207—40—247
Total 7580011000868
Boca Juniors 2017–18 Argentine Primera División 2442011210386
2018–19 122808010292
Total 36610019220678
Cagliari 2019–20 Serie A 35230——382
2020–21 32220——342
2021–22 21010——220
2022–23 Serie B 37000——370
2023–24 Serie A 8110——91
Total 13357000001405
Career total 236191703022028521

International
As of match played 17 October 2023[13]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Uruguay 201530
201600
201760
2018110
2019110
202040
2021140
202200
202340
Total530

Honours

Peñarol

Boca Juniors

References
  1. "Nahitan Nández". BocaJuniors.com. Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  2. "Nahitan Nández" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  3. "Danubio vs. Peñarol – 1 March 2014 – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  4. "Nahitan Nández se convirtió en jugador de Boca" [Nahitan Nández became a Boca player] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  5. "El último partido de Nahitan Nandez en Boca: sacrificio, un increíble gol errado y lágrimas tras una gran ovación de la Bombonera" [Nahitan Nández's last match for boca: sacrifice, an incredible miss and tears after a great ovation from the Bombonera]. Infobae. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  6. "Bienvenido, Nández!" [Welcome, Nández!] (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  7. "Nández firmó su contrato con Cagliari por US$ 20.000.000" [Nández signed his contract with Cagliari for US$20,000,000]. República (in Spanish). 10 August 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  8. "Uruguay perdió 1–0 con Costa Rica como visitante en un amistoso" [Uruguay lost 1–0 to Costa Rica as visitors in friendly] (in Spanish). Fútbol.uy. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  9. Crawford, Stephen (4 June 2018). "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad – Final 23-man lists". Goal. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  10. "Nahitan Nández podría ir al Napoli: la cifra millonaria que Boca recibiría si se realiza el pase" [Nahitan Nández could go to Napoli: the multi-million figure that Boca would receive if this happens]. Noticias por el Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  11. Smith, Jamie (31 May 2019). "Suarez included in Uruguay's final Copa America squad despite injury concerns". Goal. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  12. "N. Nández". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  13. Nahitan Nández at National-Football-Teams.com
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