Nahuel Estévez

Nahuel Estévez
Personal information
Full name Nahuel Estévez Álvarez
Date of birth (1995-11-14) 14 November 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Parma
Number 8
Youth career
All Boys
Comunicaciones
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Comunicaciones 84 (8)
2017–2022 Estudiantes 35 (2)
2017–2018 → Sarmiento (loan) 17 (0)
2020–2021 → Spezia (loan) 27 (0)
2021–2022 → Crotone (loan) 27 (0)
2022– Parma 68 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024

Nahuel Estévez Álvarez (born 14 November 1995) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian Serie A club Parma.[1]

Career

Estévez made his professional career debut in August 2014 for Primera B Metropolitana team Comunicaciones, he played the final thirteen minutes of a 2–0 win over Sportivo Italiano.[1][2][3] He featured eight times in his debut season of 2014, before making twenty-five appearances in 2015 which included his first senior goal when he scored the winner in an away game with Deportivo Armenio.[1] In his fourth and final season with Comunicaciones, 2016–17, Estévez scored seven goals in 35 matches as the club lost the promotion play-off final to Deportivo Riestra.[1] In total, Estévez scored nine goals in eighty-eight games for the club.[1]

On 4 September 2017, Estévez joined Argentine Primera División side Estudiantes.[4][5] Months later, he was loaned out to Sarmiento of Primera B Nacional.[6] His 100th career appearance arrived in March 2018 versus Aldosivi.[1] Estévez returned to Estudiantes ahead of the 2018–19 season, subsequently making his club debut in a loss away to Belgrano on 24 August.[1] Three goals and 39 appearances later, on 21 September 2020, Estévez was loaned to Italian football with newly promoted Serie A team Spezia.[7] He made his debut on 25 October in a draw with Parma, having replaced Tommaso Pobega early in the second half.[1]

On 25 August 2021, Estévez joined F.C. Crotone on loan until the end of June 2022, with a purchase option, which could become mandatory, in case Crotone got at least one point in the league in the second half of the season.[8] The deal had a total value of 2 million euros.

On 1 July 2022, Estévez moved to Serie B club Parma.[9] In 2024 he is promoted to Serie A with his team.

Personal life

On 17 March 2021, Estevez tested positive for COVID-19.[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 May 2024.[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Comunicaciones 2014 Primera B Metropolitana 8 0 1 0 — — 0 0 9 0
2015 25 2 2 0 — — 0 0 27 2
2016 17 0 0 0 — — 0 0 17 0
2016–17 34 6 0 0 — — 1[a] 1 35 7
Total 84 8 3 0 — — 1 1 88 9
Estudiantes 2017–18 Argentine Primera División 0 0 0 0 — — — 0 0
2018–19 14 1 1 0 4 0 — — 19 1
2019–20 17 1 4 1 0 0 — — 21 2
2021 6 0 0 0 — — — 6 0
Total 37 2 5 1 4 0 — — 46 3
Sarmiento (loan) 2017–18 Primera B Nacional 17 0 0 0 — — 5[b] 1 22 1
Spezia (loan) 2020–21 Serie A 27 0 2 0 — — — 29 0
Crotone (loan) 2021–22 Serie B 27 0 0 0 — — — 27 0
Parma 2022–23 Serie B 36 1 3 0 — — 2 0 41 1
2023–24 32 3 2 0 — — — 34 3
Total 68 4 5 0 — — 2 0 75 4
Career total 260 13 15 1 4 0 0 0 8 2 287 16
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Primera B Metropolitana play-offs
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in the Primera B Nacional play-offs

Honours

Parma

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Nahuel Estévez at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Nahuel Estévez profile". BDFA. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Entrevista a Nahuel Estevez: Para mí es un sueño llegar a Estudiantes". Vavel. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Nahuel Estévez signed contract for 3 years". Estudiantes de La Plata (Press release). 4 September 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  5. ^ "It's a dream to be able to play in Estudiantes". Estudiantes de La Plata. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Estévez salió a préstamo". El Dia. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Nahuel Estévez è un nuovo calciatore delle Aquile". Spezia (Press release). 21 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  8. ^ ESTUDIANTES: SORPRESA EN LA VENTA DE NAHUEL ESTÉVEZ, infocielo.com, 25 August 2022
  9. ^ "NAHUEL ESTÉVEZ JOINS THE CROCIATI". Parma. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Comunicato ufficiale: Covid-19" (Press release) (in Italian). Spezia. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2021.