Nicolás Tagliafico
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicolás Alejandro Tagliafico | ||
| Date of birth | August 31, 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Rafael Calzada, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left-back, Centre Back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Independiente | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2015 | Banfield | 90 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | → Murcia (loan) | 27 | (0) |
| 2015– | Independiente | 13 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2007 | Argentina U15 | ||
| 2009 | Argentina U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2011 | Argentina U20 | 12 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 May 2015. | |||
Nicolás Alejandro Tagliafico (born August 31, 1992) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a left-back for Club Atlético Independiente. 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.[1]
Club career
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.[2] Due to Marcelo Bustamante's ban, he was a starter the following game, a 2–2 draw with Huracán.[2] In 2012, Tagliafico signed a one-year loan deal with Spanish club Real Murcia.
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.
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).
References
- ↑ "Nicolás Tagliafico: the New Javier Zanetti?". Mediolana. 14 August 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- 1 2 "Closing '11 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
External links
- Statistics at Football-Lineups.com