Nathanaël Saintini

Nathanaël Saintini
Personal information
Full name Nathanaël Ruben Saintini
Date of birth (2000-05-30) 30 May 2000 (age 24)
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)
*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

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

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

  1. ^ "Transfert de Nathanaël Saintini".
  2. ^ "Petingen / Der neue Abwehrspieler Nathanël Saintini will die Wende schaffen". www.tageblatt.lu.
  3. ^ "Sion vs. Young Boys - 7 August 2021 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Nathanaël Saintini avec l'équipe de France U18". 10 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Lineups Guadalupe vs Cape Verde - International Friendly 2022". www.besoccer.com.