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Radja Nainggolan
Nainggolan playing for Roma in 2014
Personal information
Full name Radja Nainggolan
Date of birth (1988-05-04) 4 May 1988 (age 36)
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 70 (11)
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 24 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:29, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 July 2016

Radja Nainggolan (born 4 May 1988) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian club A.S. Roma and the Belgian national team.

He spent most of his professional career in Italy, representing Piacenza, Cagliari and Roma and making over 200 Serie A appearances.

A Belgian international since 2009, Nainggolan appeared for the country at Euro 2016.

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 and 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 1919 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] On 6 July of the following year, after being the subject of three bids from Chelsea, with the last one reportedly valued at €40 million, he decided to stay after receiving an improved contract until June 2020.[20][21]

International career

Nainggolan in action for Belgium under-21s in 2009

Nainggolan earned his first cap for Belgium on 29 May 2009, against Chile in the Kirin Cup.[22] 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.[23][24] He did not make the final cut, however.

Nainggolan was an undisputed starter for the Marc Wilmots-led Red Devils during the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying campaign,[25] scoring in an away draw with Bosnia and Herzegovina[26] and a 4–1 win in Andorra as the team qualified for the tournament for the first time in 16 years.[27]

Nainggolan was selected to the finals in France.[28] He made his debut in the tournament on 13 June, playing 62 minutes in a 0–2 loss against Italy.[29] After featuring as a second-half substitute in the second game, a 3–0 defeat of the Republic of Ireland,[30] he returned to the starting XI against Sweden, scoring the game's only goal at the Stade de Nice after a counter-attack to send his country to the knockout stage as second;[31] in the quarter-finals, he netted from 25 meters to put his country ahead against Wales after 12 minutes, but in an eventual 1–3 loss.[32]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 May 2016[33][34]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
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 35 5 2 0 9 0 — 46 5
2015–16 Serie A 35 6 0 0 7 0 — 42 6
Total 87 13 5 0 16 0 — 108 13
Career total 289 24 14 0 16 0 — 329 24

International

As of match played 1 July 2016[35]
National team Year Apps Goals
Belgium 2009 1 0
2011 1 0
2012 1 0
2013 1 0
2014 4 2
2015 9 2
2016 7 2
Total 24 6

International goals

As of match played 1 July 2016 (Belgium score listed first, score column indicates score after each Nainggolan goal)[35]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 5 March 2014 King Baudouin, Brussels, Belgium 5  Ivory Coast 2–0 2–2 Friendly
2 13 October 2014 Bilino Polje, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina 8  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–1 1–1 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
3 7 June 2015 Stade de France, Paris, France 11  France 3–0 4–3 Friendly
4 10 October 2015 Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra 15  Andorra 1–0 4–1 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
5 22 June 2016 Stade de Nice, Nice, France 22  Sweden 1–0 1–0 UEFA Euro 2016
6 1 July 2016 Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France 24  Wales 1–0 1–3 UEFA Euro 2016

Honours

Individual

References

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