Nathanaël Saintini

Nathanaël Ruben Saintini (born 30 May 2000) is a Guadeloupean professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ukrainian club Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, on loan from the Swiss side Sion, and the Guadeloupe national team.

Nathanaël Saintini
Personal information
Full name Nathanaël Ruben Saintini
Date of birth (2000-05-30) 30 May 2000
Place of birth Les Abymes, Guadeloupe
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
Number 39
Youth career
2007–2015 MJC des Abymes
2015 CASC Ouillins-Lyon
2015–2016 Saint-Priest
2016–2017 Montpellier
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Montpellier II 4 (0)
2018–2019 Cholet 14 (0)
2019– Sion II 32 (2)
2019– Sion 47 (0)
2020–2021 → Titus Pétange (loan) 18 (0)
2024– → Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (loan) 1 (0)
International career‡
2018 France U18 2 (0)
2022– Guadeloupe 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:48, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Saintini is a youth product of the Guadeloupean club MJC des Abymes, and continued his development in mainland France with the youth academies of CASC Ouillins-Lyon, Saint-Priest and Montpellier. He began his senior career with Montpellier reserves, before moving to SO Cholet in the Championnat National. He transferred to FC Sion on 8 January 2019.[1]

Saintini spent the 2020–21 season on loan with the Luxembourgian club Union Titus Pétange.[2] He made his professional debut with Sion in a 1–0 Swiss Super League win over BSC Young Boys on 7 August 2021.[3]

On 14 February 2024, Saintini joined Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih in Ukraine on loan with an option to buy.[4]

International career

Born in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe, Saintini represented the France U18s twice in 2018.[5] He debuted for the Guadeloupe national team in a friendly 2–0 loss to Cape Verde on 23 March 2022.[6]

References
  1. "Transfert de Nathanaël Saintini".
  2. "Petingen / Der neue Abwehrspieler Nathanël Saintini will die Wende schaffen". www.tageblatt.lu.
  3. "Sion vs. Young Boys - 7 August 2021 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  4. "Натанаель Сантіні - третій зимовий новачок ФК "Кривбас"!" [Nathanaël Saintini is the third winter rookie of FC "Kryvbas"!] (in Ukrainian). FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. 14 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  5. "Nathanaël Saintini avec l'équipe de France U18". April 10, 2018.
  6. "Lineups Guadalupe vs Cape Verde - International Friendly 2022". www.besoccer.com.
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