Nahuel Tenaglia

Nahuel Tenaglia
Personal information
Full name Facundo Nahuel Tenaglia
Date of birth (1996-02-21) 21 February 1996
Place of birth Saladillo, Argentina
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position Right-back
Team information
Current team
Alavés
Number 14
Youth career
Argentino de Saladillo
Boca Juniors
Deportivo La Lola
Huracán de Saladillo
2014–2016 Atlanta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Atlanta 19 (0)
2017–2023 Talleres 84 (8)
2022–2023 → Alavés (loan) 48 (3)
2023– Alavés 95 (5)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 May 2026

Facundo Nahuel Tenaglia (born 21 February 1996) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Deportivo Alavés.[2] Mainly a right-back, he can also play as a centre-back.

Career

Tenaglia began his youth career with Argentino de Saladillo, prior to becoming a member of the Boca Juniors system and then having subsequent spells with Deportivo La Lola and Huracán de Saladillo.[3] In 2014, Tenaglia joined Atlanta.[3][4] Two years later, in October 2016, he made his senior career debut during a Primera B Metropolitana fixture with San Telmo.[2][5] He made nineteen league appearances in 2016–17 as Atlanta reached the promotion play-offs before losing in round one to Deportivo Español. This was Tenaglia's final game for the club, and he was sent off in the 89th minute.[2] On 23 August 2017, Talleres completed the signing of Tenaglia.[6][7]

Tenaglia made his debut for Talleres on 10 December 2017, in a 2–0 victory away to Colón in the Argentine Primera División.[2][8] He scored his first goal on 29 September 2019, netting his team's first in a 3–2 away loss against Independiente.

On 12 January 2022, Tenaglia was loaned to La Liga side Deportivo Alavés for 18 months.[9] On 20 August 2023, after helping the club in their return to the top tier, he signed a permanent four-year contract.[10]

Career statistics

As of 21 May 2018[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Atlanta 2016–17 Primera B Metropolitana 19000——1[b]0200
Talleres 2017–18 Primera División 5000——0050
Career total 24000——10250

References

  1. ↑ "Nahuel Tenaglia" (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Nahuel Tenaglia profile". Soccerway. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Nahuel Tenaglia, el saladillense que sigue los pasos del Vasco". ABC Saladillo. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Lo que dejó el triunfo en la Isla". Club Atlético Atlanta. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Nahuel Tenaglia profile". BDFA. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Nahuel Tenaglia es nuevo refuerzo de Talleres". Talleres de Córdoba. 23 August 2017. Archived from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Nahuel Tenaglia, el nuevo refuerzo de Talleres". TyC Sports. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "De la B Metro a Talleres: la historia del lateral Nahuel Tenaglia". Mundod Lavoz. 21 January 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "Nahuel Tenaglia, nuevo jugador del Deportivo Alavés" [Nahuel Tenaglia, new player of Deportivo Alavés] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  10. ↑ "Tenaglia será albiazul hasta 2027" [Tenaglia will be white-and-blue until 2027] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.