Radja Nainggolan

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Radja Nainggolan
Nainggolan playing for Belgium in 2009
Personal information
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 124 (7)
2014 → Roma (loan) 17 (2)
2014– Roma 6 (1)
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 8 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:00, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

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

He 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. On 27 January 2010 he was loaned to Cagliari Calcio in Serie A, with the Sardinians having an option to buy the player permanently at the end of the season.[9] He made his league debut on 7 February, playing seven minutes in a 0–3 away loss against Inter Milan.[10]

Cagliari

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 make the deal permanent 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 FC 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 2014 summer.

International career

Nainggolan earned his first cap for Belgium on 29 May 2009, against Chile in the Kirin Cup.[19] 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.[20][21]

International goals

Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first.
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 5 March 2014 King Baudouin, Brussels, Belgium  Ivory Coast
2–0
2–2
 Friendly
2. 13 October 2014 Bilino Polje, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bosnia and Herzegovina
1–1
1–1
 Euro 2016 qualifying

References

  1. ^ "Tottenham incar Radja Nainggolan" (in Indonesian). Tempo. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Radja Nainggolan diincar klub besar Eropa" (in Indonesian). Ganlob. 16 June 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2014. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)
  3. ^ "Radja Nainggolan bangga bermarga Batak" (in Indonesian). Mahasiswa Batak. June 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2014. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)
  4. ^ a b "La GdS racconta Nainggolan: cresciuto senza padre, salvato dalla madre" (in Italian). Il Vero Milanista. 29 December 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Grave lutto per Nainggolan" (in Italian). Tutto Cagliari. 19 October 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "5 cose da sapere su Radja Nainggolan" (in Italian). Squer. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "Radja Nainggolan, serramannese d'adozione" (in Italian). A Serramanna. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "Sorpresa Nainggolan: 'A Firenze meglio che a Lecce'" (in Italian). Calcio Mercato. 3 December 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ Nainggolan: "Vengo per migliorare" – "La Serie A è un sogno" (Nainggolan: "I come to improve" – "Serie A is a dream"); Cagliari Calcio, 27 January 2010 Template:It icon
  10. ^ Internazionale 3–0 Cagliari; ESPN Soccernet, 7 February 2010
  11. ^ "È Nainggolan il re dei contrasti" (in Italian). Cagliari News 24. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ "Cagliari, Nainggolan: rinnovo e scaramanzia per allontanare le big" (in Italian). Tutto Mercato Web. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ "Radja Nainggolan" (PDF) (in Italian). A.S. Roma. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  14. ^ Nainggolan coming to Roma; UEFA.com, 7 January 2014
  15. ^ "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. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ "Roma-Juventus 1–0: Vendetta servita, Gervinho manda la Lupa in semifinale" (in Italian). Goal.com. 21 January 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ "Nainggolan's first Roma goal sinks Bologna". Reuters. 22 February 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  18. ^ a b "World Cup watch: Lionel Messi, Radamel Falcao & Carlos Tevez". BBC Sport. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  19. ^ Kirin Cup: De Laet , Kitoko et Nainggolan aussi (Kirin Cup: De Laet, also Kitoko and Nainggolan); DH, 27 May 2009 Template:Fr icon
  20. ^ "World Cup squad announcement – Belgium". Twitter. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  21. ^ "Januzaj makes Belgium provisional World Cup squad". Goal.com. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.

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