Matías Nahuel
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Matías Nahuel Leiva Esquivel | ||
Date of birth | 22 October 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Rosario, Argentina | ||
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Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Villarreal | ||
Number | 26 | ||
Youth career | |||
Escuela ADIUR | |||
2011–2013 | Villarreal | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2013 | Villarreal C | 12 | (2) |
2013–2015 | Villarreal B | 64 | (11) |
2014– | Villarreal | 25 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2014–2015 | Spain U19 | 11 | (3) |
2015– | Spain U21 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2015 |
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Matías Nahuel Leiva Esquivel (born 22 October 1996), known as Nahuel, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Villarreal CF as a right winger.
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]
International career
Nahuel was part of the Spanish under-19 team which won the 2015 UEFA European Championship in Greece. He scored in a 3–0 group stage opening victory against holders Germany,[4] adding the second goal in the 2–0 win over Russia in the decisive match in Katerini.[5]
Honours
- Spain U19
References
- ↑ Conociendo a Matías Nahuel Leiva (Knowing Matías Nahuel Leiva); Futbolistas Argentinos por el Mundo, 8 October 2013 (Spanish)
- ↑ Five-star Villarreal cruise to win; ESPN FC, 13 January 2014
- ↑ ¡Europa, ya estamos aquí! (4–0) (Europe, we have arrived! (4–0)); Villarreal's official website, 28 August 2014 (Spanish)
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External links
- Villarreal official profile (Spanish)
- Matías Nahuel profile at BDFutbol
- Matías Nahuel at Soccerway
- Articles with Spanish-language external links
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Rosario, Santa Fe
- Argentine footballers
- Spanish footballers
- Association football wingers
- La Liga players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- Villarreal CF B players
- Villarreal CF players
- Spain youth international footballers
- Spain under-21 international footballers
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Argentine expatriates in Spain