Nicolás Alejandro Tagliafico (born 31 August 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 1 club Lyon and the Argentina national team. He was a member of the Argentina team that won the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
.jpg) Tagliafico with Argentina at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Nicolás Alejandro Tagliafico[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 31 August 1992[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rafael Calzada, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left-back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Lyon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | Banfield | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2015 | Banfield | 90 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | → Real Murcia (loan) | 27 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Independiente | 85 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Ajax | 115 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Lyon | 59 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Argentina U15 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Argentina U17 | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Argentina U20 | 12 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Argentina | 57 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:12, 19 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Early life
editOf Italian origins, his grandparents are from the city of Genoa on the paternal side and Calabrian on the maternal side; he also has Italian citizenship.[2]
Club career
editBanfield
editTagliafico 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.[3] Due to Marcelo Bustamante's ban, he was a starter the following game, a 2−2 draw with Huracán.[3] In 2012, Tagliafico signed a one-year loan deal with Spanish club Real Murcia.
Independiente
editIn 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. Tagliafico would end up captaining the team that won the 2017 Copa Sudamericana.
Ajax
editOn 5 January 2018, Tagliafico made the move to Ajax for a fee of £4 million and made his professional debut for the club during a 2−0 home win against Feyenoord on 21 January 2018 in the Klassieker.Since then he has played over 100 league games for the club and scored 7 league goals and became a starter for the team in 2019.
Lyon
editOn 23 July 2022, he joined Ligue 1 club Lyon on a three-year deal until June 2025, for €4.2 million[4]
International career
editTagliafico has played in all the youth categories of the Argentina 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).
In May 2018, he was named in Argentina's final 23 man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[5] He also played the 2019 Copa América, and took with Argentina the third place, through a 2–1 victory over Chile in the third-place match.[6]
In June 2021, he was included in Lionel Scaloni's final Argentina 28-man squad for the 2021 Copa América.[7]
He is the only foreign player to became champion at club level (Independiente, Sudamericana 2017) and at international level (Argentina, Copa América 2021) at the Maracaná stadium.
In November 2022, he was named in Argentina's final 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar by Scaloni. Tagliafico was part of the starting line-up in the final against France, where Argentina won the World Cup by a score of 4–2 on penalties.[8]
Style of play
editHe is noted for his "lung-busting stamina, excellent technique and continuous enterprise". As a result of his skills, as well as his playing position and club, and nationality, and striking visual resemblance Tagliafico has been compared to the Internazionale and Argentina full-back Javier Zanetti, formerly also of Banfield.[9]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 25 May 2024[10]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Banfield | 2010–11 | Argentine Primera División | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2011–12 | Argentine Primera División | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | |
| 2013–14 | Primera B Nacional | 34 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
| 2014 | Argentine Primera División | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||
| Total | 90 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 3 | ||
| Real Murcia (loan) | 2012–13 | Segunda División | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 0 | ||
| Independiente | 2015 | Argentine Primera División | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1 |
| 2016 | Argentine Primera División | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
| 2016–17 | Argentine Primera División | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11[b] | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 43 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | Argentine Primera División | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Total | 85 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 116 | 2 | ||
| Ajax | 2017–18 | Eredivisie | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 1 | |
| 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 29 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15[d] | 3 | – | 46 | 6 | ||
| 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11[e] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 5 | |
| 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11[f] | 0 | – | 40 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 22 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3[d] | 0 | 1[g] | 0 | 30 | 3 | |
| Total | 115 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 169 | 16 | ||
| Lyon | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 38 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 3 | |||
| Total | 59 | 4 | 10 | 0 | – | – | 69 | 4 | ||||
| Career total | 376 | 17 | 31 | 3 | 61 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 474 | 25 | ||
- ^ Includes Copa Argentina, Copa del Rey, KNVB Cup, Coupe de France
- ^ a b c Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
- ^ a b Appearances in Torneos de Verano
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Ten appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
International
edit- As of match played 26 March 2024[11]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 57 | 1 | |
- As of match played 12 September 2023
- Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tagliafico goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 September 2023 | Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia | 51 |  Bolivia | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
editIndependiente[12]
Ajax[12]
Lyon
- Coupe de France runner-up: 2023–24[14]
Argentina[12]
Individual
References
edit- ^ a b "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Argentina" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019.
- ^ Ajax, Tagliafico towards Juventus: "Ronaldo defends himself as a team", La Gazzetta dello Sport
- ^ a b "Closing '11 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ^ "OL.fr - Olympique Lyonnais".
- ^ "Argentina: Paulo Dybala completes star quartet as big name misses out". independent.co.uk. The Independent. 21 May 2018. Archived from the original on 20 June 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ "Argentina venció 2-1 a Chile y se quedó con el tercer puesto" [Argentina beat Chile 2-1 and took third place]. copaamerica.com (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 6 July 2019. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ "Argentina National Team Squad 2021". Diario AS. 15 June 2021.
- ^ "Argentina 3–3 France (Argentina wins 4–2 on penalties)". FIFA. 18 December 2022.
- ^ "Nicolás Tagliafico: the New Javier Zanetti?". Mediolana. 14 August 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ "N. Tagliafico". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "Nicolás Tagliafico". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ a b c "Nicolás Tagliafico - Career Honours". Soccerway.
- ^ "Neres' stoppage-time goal seals Dutch Cup win". Ajax website. 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ "PSG beat Lyon 2-1 to win French Cup final in Mbappe's farewell appearance". Reuters. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ Murray, Scott (18 December 2022). "Argentina beat France on penalties after thrilling World Cup final – live reaction". the Guardian. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
- ^ Graham, Bryan Armen (11 July 2021). "Argentina 1-0 Brazil: Copa América final – live!". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "Italy 0–3 Argentina: Messi and Di Maria shine in impressive Finalissima win". BBC Sport. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ "Nicolás Tagliafico uitgeroepen tot Speler van de Maand november | Eredivisie". eredivisie.nl. 6 December 2018.
External links
edit
- Nicolás Tagliafico at the Olympique Lyonnais website
- Nicolás Tagliafico – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Nicolás Tagliafico – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Nicolás Tagliafico at Soccerway
- Statistics at Football-Lineups.com
