Radja Nainggolan
Belgian footballer (born 1988) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Radja Nainggolan (born 4 May 1988) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Liga 1 club Bhayangkara.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Radja Nainggolan[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1988-05-04) 4 May 1988 (age 36)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Antwerp, Belgium[2] | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Bhayangkara | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2005 | Germinal Beerschot | ||
2005–2007 | Piacenza | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2010 | Piacenza | 71 | (4) |
2010 | → Cagliari (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2010–2014 | Cagliari | 124 | (7) |
2014 | → Roma (loan) | 17 | (2) |
2014–2018 | Roma | 138 | (26) |
2018–2021 | Inter Milan | 33 | (6) |
2019–2020 | → Cagliari (loan) | 26 | (6) |
2021 | → Cagliari (loan) | 22 | (1) |
2021–2022 | Royal Antwerp | 44 | (3) |
2023 | SPAL | 10 | (1) |
2023– | Bhayangkara | 10 | (1) |
International career | |||
2004 | Belgium U16 | 1 | (0) |
2007 | Belgium U19 | 2 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Belgium U20 | 2 | (0) |
2007–2010 | Belgium U21 | 13 | (1) |
2009–2018 | Belgium | 30 | (6) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:25, 20 April 2024 (UTC) |
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Nicknamed Il Ninja,[4] he spent almost his entire professional career in Italy, representing Piacenza, Cagliari, Roma and Inter Milan. He made 367 appearances and scored 48 goals in Serie A, being named four consecutive times in its Team of the Year.
A Belgium international for eight years, Nainggolan played 30 times for his country (scoring six goals) and represented it at Euro 2016.