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Nicolás Gaitán

Midfielder#10

Bio

Born in Argentina in 1988, Nicolás Gaitán debuted for S.L. Benfica in 2002 and has also played for Boca Juniors and Atlético Madrid. He plays as a midfielder. He has represented the Argentina national football team. Lineball holds stats from 134 of his games across 2010–2020.

Key facts

Age: 38
Height: 1.73 m
Weight: 66 kg
Number: #10
Born: 23/2/1988
Birthplace: Argentina
Debut: 2002
Position: Midfielder
Nationality: Argentina

Official profile

ESPN player page ↗Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗

Follow

Instagram@nicogaitan

Official accounts listed on Wikidata.

Career

2002–now

2002–2016S.L. Benfica
2008–2010Boca Juniors
2009–Argentina national football teamNational team
2010–S.L. Benfica
2016–2018Atlético Madrid

Career stats

Season

	STRT	FC	FA	YC	RC	G	A	SHOT	SOG	OFF
2026 Argentine Liga Profesional	11	10	12	1	0	1	1	18	6	1

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Every game we hold

Includes finals, playoffs and exhibition games, so totals run higher than regular-season figures.

Season
2020-21 UEFA Europa LeagueBraga	4	1	0	1	1	202	0	0	0	4	1	3	2	–	3
2019-20 Ligue 1Lille	4	0	0	0	0	50	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	–	0
2019 MLSChicago Fire FC	27	4	11	34	13	2,016	2	0	2	27	2	19	40	1	25
2017-18 UEFA Europa LeagueAtlético de Madrid	1	0	0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	0
2017-18 LaLigaAtlético de Madrid	6	0	0	6	3	216	0	0	1	6	5	1	4	–	1
2017-18 UEFA Champions LeagueAtlético de Madrid	4	0	0	4	1	122	0	0	0	4	3	2	1	–	1
2016-17 LaLigaAtlético de Madrid	23	3	2	10	6	1,022	1	0	3	23	12	21	27	–	4
2016-17 UEFA Champions LeagueAtlético de Madrid	5	0	0	1	0	189	1	0	0	5	3	5	4	–	3
2015-16 UEFA Champions LeagueBenfica	8	4	3	21	9	701	0	1	1	8	0	4	18	–	8
2014-15 UEFA Champions LeagueBenfica	5	0	0	9	3	439	1	0	1	5	0	3	11	–	6
2013-14 UEFA Europa LeagueBenfica	5	1	0	2	2	399	1	0	1	4	1	7	13	–	0
2013-14 UEFA Champions LeagueBenfica	5	1	0	6	1	387	2	0	0	5	0	10	9	–	7
2012-13 UEFA Europa LeagueBenfica	9	1	1	15	9	764	1	0	0	9	1	5	14	–	8
2012-13 UEFA Champions LeagueBenfica	4	0	0	4	0	198	0	0	0	4	2	4	7	–	2
2011-12 UEFA Champions LeagueBenfica	11	0	5	16	4	867	1	0	0	10	0	11	26	–	9
2010-11 UEFA Europa LeagueBenfica	8	1	1	9	6	612	0	0	1	8	1	5	15	–	6
2010-11 UEFA Champions LeagueBenfica	5	0	0	4	1	280	1	1	0	5	1	8	6	–	5
Career17 seasons	134	16	23	143	59	8,494	11	2	10	132	37	111	197	1	88

Recent games

Nov '266
v River Plate
3 FC · 2 FA · 1 YC
L 2-0
Oct '2631
@ Racing Club
3 SHOT · 1 FC · 1 FA · 1 OFF
L 2-1
Oct '2619
@ Estudiantes de Río Cuarto
1 SHOT · 1 SOG · 2 FA
L 2-1
Oct '2610
v Sarmiento (Junín)
Did not record a stat
L 3-1
Oct '265
@ Huracán
4 SHOT · 2 SOG
L 1-0
Sept '2622
v Atlético Tucumán
1 SHOT · 2 FA
W 1-0
Sept '2613
@ Independiente Rivadavia
1 A · 3 SHOT · 1 SOG · 1 FC · 2 FA
L 4-3
Sept '266
v Banfield
2 SHOT · 1 SOG · 1 FC
W 3-1

Stats from official league and public sports feeds. Updated hourly. Career and honours from Wikidata (CC0).

Game
2nd Leg - AS Roma advance 5-1 on aggregate @ AS RomaL 1-3 26 Feb	0	0	0	60	1	0	1	1	–	1
1st Leg v AS RomaL 0-2 19 Feb	0	0	0	57	1	0	1	1	–	1
6 Nov @ Leicester CityL 0-4 6 Nov	0	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	–	1
30 Oct @ FC Zorya LuhanskW 2-1 30 Oct	1	1	1	66	1	0	1	0	–	0

Splits, UEFA Europa League

Split
AwayHome or away, 10W	15	0.1	0.1	1.0	0.7	74.5	0.1	0.0	0.1	1.0	0.2	0.9	1.8	0.0	–	0.6	0.0
HomeHome or away, 8W	12	0.2	0.1	1.1	0.7	74.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.2	0.6	1.4	0.0	–	0.7	0.0
WinsResult, 18W	18	0.2	0.1	1.0	0.7	74.9	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.9	0.2	0.8	1.6	0.0	–	0.4	0.0
LossesResult, 0W	8	0.1	0.0	1.1	0.5	67.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.6	1.1	0.0	–	1.1	0.0
DrawsResult, 0W	1	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	118	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	7.0	0.0	–	0.0	0.0
Regular seasonStage, 18W	27	0.1	0.1	1.0	0.7	74.3	0.1	0.0	0.1	1.0	0.2	0.7	1.6	0.0	–	0.6	0.0
AS RomaOpponent, 0W	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	58.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	–	1.0	0.0
Bayer LeverkusenOpponent, 1W	2	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	90.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	–	0.5	0.0
BordeauxOpponent, 2W	2	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	90.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	–	0.5	0.0
BragaOpponent, 1W	2	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	57.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	2.0	0.0	–	0.5	0.0
FenerbahceOpponent, 0W	2	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	67.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	–	1.0	0.0
Newcastle UnitedOpponent, 2W	2	0.0	0.0	4.0	3.0	90.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	0.0	–	1.0	0.0
Paris Saint-GermainOpponent, 2W	2	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	80.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	0.0	–	1.0	0.0
PSV EindhovenOpponent, 2W	2	0.0	0.5	1.5	0.5	78.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	–	1.0	0.0
VfB StuttgartOpponent, 2W	2	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	90.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.5	3.0	0.0	–	0.5	0.0
AZ AlkmaarOpponent, 1W	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	90.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	5.0	3.0	0.0	–	0.0	0.0
ChelseaOpponent, 0W	1	0.0	0.0	4.0	1.0	90.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	–	2.0	0.0
F.C. KøbenhavnOpponent, 1W	1	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	30.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	–	0.0	0.0
FC Zorya LuhanskOpponent, 1W	1	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	66.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	–	0.0	0.0
JuventusOpponent, 1W	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	76.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	–	0.0	0.0
Leicester CityOpponent, 0W	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	19.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	–	1.0	0.0
PAOKOpponent, 1W	1	1.0	–	–	–	90.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
SevillaOpponent, 0W	1	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	118	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	7.0	0.0	–	0.0	0.0
Tottenham HotspurOpponent, 1W	1	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	25.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	–	0.0	0.0
Estádio da Luz, LisbonGround, 7W	9	0.2	0.1	0.9	0.8	79.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.1	0.6	1.6	0.0	–	0.6	0.0
Allianz Stadium, TorinoGround, 1W	2	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	97.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	5.0	0.0	–	0.0	0.0
AFAS Stadion, AlkmaarGround, 1W	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	90.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	5.0	3.0	0.0	–	0.0	0.0
BayArena, LeverkusenGround, 1W	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	90.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	–	0.0	0.0
Chaban-DelmasGround, 1W	1	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	90.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	–	1.0	0.0
Estadio AXAGround, 0W	1	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	90.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	–	1.0	0.0
Estádio Municipal de BragaGround, 0W	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	57.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	–	1.0	0.0
Johan Cruijff Arena, AmsterdamGround, 0W	1	0.0	0.0	4.0	1.0	90.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	–	2.0	0.0
King Power Stadium, LeicesterGround, 0W	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	19.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	–	1.0	0.0
Mercedes-Benz ArenaGround, 1W	1	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	90.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	–	0.0	0.0
Parc des Princes, ParisGround, 1W	1	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	90.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	–	1.0	0.0
PhilipsstadionGround, 1W	1	0.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	79.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	–	2.0	0.0
Riyadh Air Metropolitano, MadridGround, 1W	1	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	30.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	–	0.0	0.0
Slavutych Arena, ZaporizhyaGround, 1W	1	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	66.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	–	0.0	0.0
St James' ParkGround, 1W	1	0.0	0.0	4.0	3.0	90.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	–	1.0	0.0
Stadio Olimpico, RomaGround, 0W	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	60.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	–	1.0	0.0
Sukru Saracoglu Stadium Ground, 0W	1	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	44.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	–	1.0	0.0
White Hart Lane, LondonGround, 1W	1	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	25.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	–	0.0	0.0

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