Radja Nainggolan
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Radja Nainggolan | ||
Date of birth | 4 May 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Antwerp, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Roma | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2005 | Germinal Beerschot | ||
2005–2007 | Piacenza | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2010 | Piacenza | 71 | (4) |
2010 | → Cagliari (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2010–2014 | Cagliari | 131 | (7) |
2014 | → Roma (loan) | 17 | (2) |
2014– | Roma | 35 | (5) |
International career‡ | |||
2004 | Belgium U16 | 1 | (0) |
2007 | Belgium U19 | 2 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Belgium U20 | 2 | (0) |
2007–2010 | Belgium U21 | 13 | (1) |
2009– | Belgium | 12 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, 1 June 2015 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:07, 12 June 2015 (UTC) |
Radja Nainggolan (born 4 May 1988) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for Italian club A.S. Roma and the Belgian national team as a midfielder.
He has spent most of his professional career in Italy, representing Piacenza, Cagliari and Roma.
Early life
Nainggolan was born in Antwerp, the son of Lizy Bogaerts, a Belgian of Flemish ethnicity who raised him with his three half brothers and his twin sister,[1][2] and Marianus Nainggolan, an Indonesian of Batak background member of the Batak Christian Protestant Church[3] who left them with nothing when he was just a child.[4]
Nainggolan's mother died in 2010,[5] and after her death he tattooed two large wings on his back with her dates of birth and death.[4][6] He was raised Roman Catholic and speaks Dutch, English and Italian fluently, as well as understanding French.[7][8]
Club career
Piacenza
Nainggolan arrived at Piacenza Calcio in late 2005 at the age of 17, from local K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot. Still a junior he managed to appear in two Serie B games for the club, over the course of two separate seasons.
Nainggolan played 38 matches in the 2008–09 campaign for the Emilia-Romagna side, scoring three goals for an eventual 10th-place finish.
Cagliari
On 27 January 2010 Nainggolan was loaned to Cagliari Calcio in Serie A,[9] with the Sardinians having an option to buy the player permanently at the end of the season. He made his league debut on 7 February, playing seven minutes in a 0–3 away loss against Inter Milan.[10]
On 21 June 2010, Cagliari acquired Nainggolan on a permanent basis. In early October 2013, after three seasons as an undisputed first-choice,[11] he renewed his contract until 2016.[12]
However, on 7 January of the following year, Nainggolan was loaned to fellow league team A.S. Roma until the end of the campaign for a fee of €3 million, with an option to purchase 50% of his rights in the ensuing summer for €6 million.[13][14]
Roma
Nainggolan made his debut for his new club on 9 January 2014, starting in a 1–0 home win over U.C. Sampdoria for the season's Coppa Italia which qualified to the quarter-finals.[15] In the same competition, he also helped dispose of Juventus F.C. in said stage by playing the full 90 minutes 12 days later.[16]
On 22 February 2014 Nainggolan scored his first goal for the capital side, grabbing the 1–0 winner against Bologna F.C. 1909.[17] His second, which arrived on 19 April against ACF Fiorentina (same result) ensured his team automatic qualification to the UEFA Champions League.[18]
Nainggolan signed a permanent deal with Roma in the 2015 off-season, for €9 million.[19]
International career
Nainggolan earned his first cap for Belgium on 29 May 2009, against Chile in the Kirin Cup.[20] On 5 March 2014 he scored his first goal for the Red Devils, in a 2–2 friendly draw with Côte d'Ivoire.[18]
On 13 May 2014, Nainggolan was selected in a standby list for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[21][22]
Statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Piacenza | 2005–06 | Serie B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
2006–07 | Serie B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
2007–08 | Serie B | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
2008–09 | Serie B | 38 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 3 | |||
2009–10 | Serie B | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 1 | |||
Total | 71 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 74 | 4 | ||||
Cagliari | 2009–10 | Serie A | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
2010–11 | Serie A | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 2 | |||
2011–12 | Serie A | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 1 | |||
2012–13 | Serie A | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 2 | |||
2013–14 | Serie A | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 2 | |||
Total | 131 | 7 | 6 | 0 | — | 137 | 7 | |||||
Roma | 2013–14 | Serie A | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 2 | ||
2014–15 | Serie A | 33 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | 44 | 5 | ||
Total | 50 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | 64 | 7 | |||
Career total | 252 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | 275 | 18 |
International
- As of 12 June 2015[25]
Belgium | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2009 | 1 | 0 |
2011 | 1 | 0 |
2012 | 1 | 0 |
2013 | 1 | 0 |
2014 | 4 | 2 |
2015 | 4 | 1 |
Total | 12 | 3 |
International goals
- Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first.
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 5 March 2014 | King Baudouin, Brussels, Belgium | Ivory Coast | Friendly[18] | ||
2. | 13 October 2014 | Bilino Polje, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Euro 2016 qualifying[26] | ||
3. | 7 June 2015 | Stade de France, Paris, France | France | Friendly |
References
- ^ "Tottenham incar Radja Nainggolan" (in Indonesian). Tempo. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
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(help) - ^ "Radja Nainggolan bangga bermarga Batak" (in Indonesian). Mahasiswa Batak. June 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
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(help) - ^ a b "La GdS racconta Nainggolan: cresciuto senza padre, salvato dalla madre" (in Italian). Il Vero Milanista. 29 December 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "5 cose da sapere su Radja Nainggolan" (in Italian). Squer. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Radja Nainggolan, serramannese d'adozione" (in Italian). A Serramanna. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Sorpresa Nainggolan: 'A Firenze meglio che a Lecce'" (in Italian). Calcio Mercato. 3 December 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Nainggolan: "Vengo per migliorare" – "La Serie A è un sogno"" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 27 January 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
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- ^ "È Nainggolan il re dei contrasti" (in Italian). Cagliari News 24. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Cagliari, Nainggolan: rinnovo e scaramanzia per allontanare le big" (in Italian). Tutto Mercato Web. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Radja Nainggolan" (PDF) (in Italian). A.S. Roma. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ^ Nainggolan coming to Roma; UEFA.com, 7 January 2014
- ^ "Coppa Italia, Roma-Sampdoria 1–0, decide Torosidis: c'è la Juventus nei quarti" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Nainggolan's first Roma goal sinks Bologna". Reuters. 22 February 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ^ a b c "World Cup watch: Lionel Messi, Radamel Falcao & Carlos Tevez". BBC Sport. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ^ "Operazioni di mercato – Radja Nainggolan" (PDF) (in Italian). A.S. Roma. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
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- ^ "World Cup squad announcement – Belgium". Twitter. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
- ^ "Januzaj makes Belgium provisional World Cup squad". Goal.com. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
- ^ "R. Nainggolan". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
- ^ "Radja Nainggolan". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ^ "Radja Nainggolan". National Football Teams. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
- ^ "Belgium make point at Bosnia and Herzegovina". UEFA.com. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
External links
- Stats at Tutto Calciatori Template:It icon
- National team data
- Radja Nainggolan at National-Football-Teams.com
- Use dmy dates from December 2010
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Indo people
- Flemish people
- Belgian people of Indonesian descent
- People of Batak descent
- Belgian Roman Catholics
- Twin people from Belgium
- Twin sportspeople
- Flemish sportspeople
- Sportspeople from Antwerp
- Belgian footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Piacenza Calcio 1919 players
- Cagliari Calcio players
- A.S. Roma players
- Belgium youth international footballers
- Belgium under-21 international footballers
- Belgium international footballers
- Belgian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Belgian expatriates in Italy