Matías Nahuel

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Matías Nahuel
Personal information
Full name Matías Nahuel Leiva Esquivel
Date of birth (1996-10-22) 22 October 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Rosario, Argentina
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Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 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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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 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

  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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