Nicolás Valentini
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 April 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Junín, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Alavés | ||
| Youth career | |||
| River de Junín | |||
| –2015 | Sarmiento | ||
| 2015–2021 | Boca Juniors | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2024 | Boca Juniors | 15 | (1) |
| 2022 | → Aldosivi (loan) | 25 | (1) |
| 2025–2026 | Fiorentina | 0 | (0) |
| 2025– | → Hellas Verona (loan) | 35 | (0) |
| 2026– | Alavés | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2023–2024 | Argentina Olympic | 8 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 May 2026 | |||
Nicolás Valentini (born 6 April 2001) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Alavés.
Club career
Born in Junín, Buenos Aires, Valentini began his career at River de Junín, and played for Sarmiento before joining Boca Juniors' youth sides in 2015. He made his first team debut on 8 May 2021, in a 1–0 Copa de la Liga Profesional loss to Patronato, before being loaned out to Aldosivi in the following year.
On 1 January 2025, Valentini signed for Italian club Fiorentina on a contract until 2029.[1] On 3 February 2025, he was loaned to Hellas Verona.[2]
On 7 August 2026, Valentini joined La Liga side Alavés on a three-year deal.[3]
International career
Valentini was a member of the Argentina national under-23 football team that played at the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament and qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in France.[4] On 5 March 2024, Valentini was called up to the Argentina national team replacing Marcos Senesi who was withdrawn from the squad due to an injury in the right hamstring.[5]
Personal life
Born and raised in Argentina, Valentini is of Italian descent.[6]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Boca Juniors | 2021 | Argentine Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11[b] | 0 | 10[a] | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 7[a] | 1 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Total | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 47 | 2 | ||
| Aldosivi (loan) | 2022 | Argentine Primera División | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 14[a] | 0 | 39 | 1 | |
| Fiorentina | 2024–25 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hellas Verona (loan) | 2024–25 | Serie A | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 54 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 100 | 3 | ||
- 1 2 3 4 Appearances in Copa de la Liga Profesional
- ↑ Appearances in Copa Libertadores
- ↑ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
Honours
Boca Juniors
- Supercopa Argentina: 2022
- Supercopa Internacional runner-up: 2022
- Copa Libertadores runner-up: 2023
References
- ↑ "Welcome, Nicolas Valentini!". ACF Fiorentina. 2 January 2025.
- ↑ "Dall'Argentina per la difesa gialloblù: benvenuto Nicolas Valentini" [From Argentina for the yellow-blue defense: welcome Nicolas Valentini] (in Italian). Hellas Verona. 3 February 2025. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
- ↑ "Nicolás Valentini, contundencia para la zaga albiazul hasta 2029" [Nicolás Valentini: solidity for the white-and-blue defense until 2029] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 7 August 2026. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
- ↑ "Nicolás Valentini, convocado a la Selección Argentina". Puro Boca (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ↑ "Lionel Scaloni convocó a un jugador de Boca". TNT Sports. 5 March 2023.
- ↑ 🖉"Da Capaldo e Valentini a Maestro Puch: tutti gli oriundi nel mirino di Mancini per l'Italia". Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian).
- ↑ Nicolás Valentini at Soccerway
- ↑ "Nicolás Valentini - Trayectoria y Biografía de Jugadores - Historia de Boca Juniors". historiadeboca.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- 2001 births
- Footballers from Junín, Buenos Aires
- Living people
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen
- Argentine men's footballers
- Argentine people of Italian descent
- Sportspeople of Italian descent
- Men's association football defenders
- Argentine Primera División players
- Serie A players
- Boca Juniors footballers
- Club Atlético Aldosivi footballers
- ACF Fiorentina players
- Hellas Verona FC players
- Deportivo Alavés players
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Argentine football defender stubs