Matías Nahuel

Matías Nahuel
Personal information
Full nameMatías Nahuel Leiva Esquivel
Date of birth22 October 1996
Place of birthRosario, Argentina
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing positionAttacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
Villarreal
Number27
Youth career
Escuela ADIUR
2011–2013Villarreal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2012–2013Villarreal C12(2)
2013–Villarreal B58(11)
2014–Villarreal5(0)
National team‡
2014–Spain U196(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 March 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 January 2015
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Leiva and the second or maternal family name is Esquivel.

Matías Nahuel Leiva Esquivel (born 22 October 1996), known as Nahuel, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Villarreal CF B as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, Nahuel moved to Spain at only 14, joining Villarreal CF's youth setup.[1] He made his senior debuts with the C-side in 2012–13, in Tercera División, and also appeared occasionally for the reserves during that first season.

Nahuel made his first-team – and La Liga – debut on 13 January 2014, playing 23 minutes in a 5–1 home routing of Real Sociedad.[2] On 28 August he scored his first professional goal, netting the last in a 4–0 home win against FC Astana for the campaign's UEFA Europa League.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Conociendo a Matías Nahuel Leiva (Knowing Matías Nahuel Leiva); Futbolistas Argentinos por el Mundo, 8 October 2013 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Five-star Villarreal cruise to win; ESPN FC, 13 January 2014
  3. ↑ ¡Europa, ya estamos aquí! (4–0) (Europe, we have arrived! (4–0)); Villarreal's official website, 28 August 2014 (Spanish)

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