Nicolás Tagliafico

Nicolás Tagliafico

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Personal information
Full name	Nicolás Alejandro Tagliafico
Date of birth	(1992-08-31) August 31, 1992
Place of birth	Rafael Calzada, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height
Position(s)	Left-back, Centre Back
Team 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)
International career
2007	Argentina U15
2009	Argentina U17	5	(0)
2011	Argentina U20	12	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, 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.

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. Due to Marcelo Bustamante's ban, he was a starter the following game, a 2–2 draw with Huracán. 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).

External links

• Statistics at Football-Lineups.com