Nathanaël Saintini
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nathanaël Ruben Saintini | ||
| Date of birth | 30 May 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Les Abymes, Guadeloupe | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sion | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2015 | MJC des Abymes | ||
| 2015 | CASC Ouillins-Lyon | ||
| 2015–2016 | Saint-Priest | ||
| 2016–2017 | Montpellier | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | Montpellier II | 4 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Cholet | 14 | (0) |
| 2019– | Sion II | 32 | (2) |
| 2019– | Sion | 47 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Titus Pétange (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | France U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2022– | Guadeloupe | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 July 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:48, 24 March 2022 (UTC) | |||
Nathanaël Ruben Saintini (born 30 May 2000) is a Guadeloupean professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Swiss side Sion, and the Guadeloupe national team.
Club career
[edit]Saintini is a youth product of the Guadeloupean club MJC des Abymes, and continued his development in mainland France with the youth academies of CASC Ouillins-Lyon, Saint-Priest and Montpellier. He began his senior career with Montpellier reserves, before moving to SO Cholet in the Championnat National. He transferred to FC Sion on 8 January 2019.[1]
Saintini spent the 2020–21 season on loan with the Luxembourgian club Union Titus Pétange.[2] He made his professional debut with Sion in a 1–0 Swiss Super League win over BSC Young Boys on 7 August 2021.[3]
On 14 February 2024, Saintini joined Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih in Ukraine on loan with an option to buy.[4]
International career
[edit]Born in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe, Saintini represented the France U18s twice in 2018.[5] He debuted for the Guadeloupe national team in a friendly 2–0 loss to Cape Verde on 23 March 2022.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Transfert de Nathanaël Saintini".
- ^ "Petingen / Der neue Abwehrspieler Nathanël Saintini will die Wende schaffen". www.tageblatt.lu.
- ^ "Sion vs. Young Boys - 7 August 2021 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Натанаель Сантіні - третій зимовий новачок ФК "Кривбас"!" [Nathanaël Saintini is the third winter rookie of FC "Kryvbas"!] (in Ukrainian). FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. 14 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ "Nathanaël Saintini avec l'équipe de France U18". 10 April 2018.
- ^ "Lineups Guadalupe vs Cape Verde - International Friendly 2022". www.besoccer.com.
External links
[edit]- Nathanaël Saintini at Soccerway
- SFL Profile
- FFF Profile
- 2000 births
- Living people
- People from Les Abymes
- Guadeloupean men's footballers
- Guadeloupe men's international footballers
- French men's footballers
- France men's youth international footballers
- French people of Guadeloupean descent
- Men's association football defenders
- AS Saint-Priest players
- Montpellier HSC players
- SO Cholet players
- FC Sion players
- Union Titus Pétange players
- FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih players
- Swiss Super League players
- Luxembourg National Division players
- Championnat National players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Championnat National 3 players
- Swiss Promotion League players
- Swiss 1. Liga (football) players
- Ukrainian Premier League players
- French expatriate men's footballers
- Guadeloupean expatriate men's footballers
- French expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Guadeloupean expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- French expatriate sportspeople in Luxembourg
- French expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
- Guadeloupean expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Luxembourg
- Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine
- 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 21st-century French sportsmen