Nicolás Tagliafico

Nicolás Tagliafico
Personal information
Full nameNicolás Alejandro Tagliafico
Date of birthAugust 31, 1992
Place of birthRafael Calzada, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionLeft-back, Centre Back
Club information
Current team
Independiente
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2010–Banfield60(1)
2012–2013→ Murcia (loan)27(0)
2015–Independiente9(0)
National team‡
2007Argentina U15
2009Argentina U175(0)
2011Argentina U2012(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:12, 3 January 2014 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:10, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

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

  1. ↑ "Nicolás Tagliafico: the New Javier Zanetti?". Mediolana. 14 August 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Closing '11 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2011-07-27.

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