Roberto Nditi | |
Full Name: | Roberto Yohana Nditi[1] |
Birth Date: | 1 October 2000 |
Birth Place: | Basingstoke, England |
Height: | 1.80m |
Position: | Defender |
Currentclub: | Forfar Athletic |
Youthclubs1: | Reading |
Years1: | 2019–2020 |
Clubs1: | Reading |
Caps1: | 0 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2019 |
Clubs2: | → Eastbourne Borough (loan) |
Caps2: | 5 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2020–2021 |
Clubs3: | Bracknell Town |
Caps3: | 5 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2021 |
Clubs4: | Forfar Athletic |
Caps4: | 9 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2021–2022 |
Clubs5: | Queen of the South |
Caps5: | 27 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 2022– |
Clubs6: | Forfar Athletic |
Caps6: | 41 |
Goals6: | 1 |
Club-Update: | 15:54, 14 January 2024 (UTC) |
Roberto Yohana Nditi (born 1 October 2000) is an English footballer who plays for Scottish club Forfar Athletic as a defender.
Born in Basingstoke,[1] Nditi spent his early career with Reading, where he was captain of their under-16 team.[2] He turned professional in June 2019,[3] [4] and in September 2019 he moved on loan to Eastbourne Borough.[5] He was released by Reading at the end of the 2019–20 season,[6] and after leaving Reading he played for Bracknell Town.[7]
He signed with Forfar Athletic in February 2021,[8] being linked with a transfer to Hearts,[9] before moving to Queen of the South for the 2021–22 season.[10] After one season he returned to Forfar.[11]
Nditi was named in the provisional Tanzania squad for the delayed 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in January 2024,[11] [12] [13] but he was not selected in their final squad list.[14]
Born in England, Nditi has Tanzanian and Italian heritage.[10] His father Eric is from Tanzania.[15] His half-brother is former Chelsea trainee Adam Nditi, while his two younger brothers, twins Zion and Paulo, are also footballers.[16]
Primarily a central defender, Nditi can play anywhere in defence.[2]