| Matías Nani | |
| Fullname: | Matías Germán Nani |
| Birth Date: | 26 March 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Pozo del Molle, Argentina |
| Height: | 1.89 m[1] |
| Position: | Centre-back |
| Currentclub: | Al-Shamal |
| Clubnumber: | 5 |
| Youthclubs1: | Argentinos Juniors |
| Youthclubs2: | Lanús |
| Youthyears3: | 2017 |
| Youthclubs3: | Roma |
| Years1: | 2017–2020 |
| Clubs1: | Roma |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs2: | → Temperley (loan) |
| Caps2: | 15 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs3: | → Belgrano (loan) |
| Caps3: | 9 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs4: | → Central Córdoba (loan) |
| Caps4: | 19 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs5: | Unión Santa Fe |
| Caps5: | 11 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2021– |
| Clubs6: | Al-Shamal |
| Caps6: | 63 |
| Goals6: | 5 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2016 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 15:32, 9 May 2024 (UTC) |
Matías Germán Nani (born 26 March 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Al-Shamal SC in Qatar.[2]
Nani had a youth spell in the systems of Argentinos Juniors and Lanús, featuring for the latter at the 2016 U-20 Copa Libertadores in Paraguay.[2] [3] In 2017, Serie A side Roma completed the signing of Nani.[2] He made his unofficial debut for the club in a pre-season friendly win over Pinzolo Campiglio on 11 July 2017, prior to playing again days later versus 1. FC Slovácko.[2] [4] In the following month, on 16 August, Nani was loaned to Temperley of the Argentine Primera División.[2] [3] He made his professional debut over a week after during a home defeat to River Plate.[2] He featured a total of fifteen times for them in 2017–18.[2] [5]
On 11 July 2018, Nani was signed on loan by Belgrano.[2] His first appearances came in the succeeding October against Banfield and Vélez Sarsfield, on the way to nine total matches for the Córdoba-based outfit as they suffered relegation to Primera B Nacional.[2] In July 2019, Nani returned to his homeland for a third loan away from Roma - as he agreed terms with newly promoted Primera División team Central Córdoba.[2] [6] Twenty-three appearances came, as did his first senior goal after he netted in a Copa de la Superliga loss to Newell's Old Boys on 15 March 2020; his last game before the COVID-enforced break.[2]
In October 2020, Nani completed a permanent move back to Argentina with Unión Santa Fe.[2] [7]
Nani represented the Argentina U20s at the 2016 COTIF Tournament in Spain.[8] He won two caps, against Venezuela in the semi-finals and against Spain in the final; receiving a sending off in a 3–1 loss.[9] [10]
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| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Roma | 2017–18 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Temperley (loan) | 2017–18 | Primera División | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Belgrano (loan) | 2018–19 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Central Córdoba (loan) | 2019–20 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | |||
| Unión Santa Fe | 2020–21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[11] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 45 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 1 | |||