Nicolás Otamendi

Nicolás Otamendi is an Argentine footballer, born on 12 February 1988 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Otamendi plays as a centre-back for River Plate. Otamendi has scored 56 goals in 884 games for club and country and has won 26 trophies, including the World Cup and 7 league titles.

Otamendi's career stats

GamesGoals
Clubs, all competitions74447
Argentina1409
Total88456

Goals per game: 0.06.

Otamendi's trophies and awards

  • Trophies with club and country: 26
  • League titles: 7
  • Domestic cups: 14
  • Other international club trophies: 1
  • World Cup: 1
  • Trophies with Argentina: 4
  • Individual awards: 14

Vélez

  • Argentine Primera División: 1 (2009)

Porto

  • Primeira Liga: 3 (2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13)
  • Taça de Portugal: 1 (2010–11)
  • Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 3 (2011, 2012, 2013)
  • UEFA Europa League: 1 (2010–11)

Manchester City

  • Premier League: 2 (2017–18, 2018–19)
  • FA Cup: 1 (2018–19)
  • Football League/EFL Cup: 4 (2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20)
  • FA Community Shield: 2 (2018, 2019)

Benfica

  • Primeira Liga: 1 (2022–23)
  • Taça da Liga: 1 (2024–25)
  • Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2 (2023, 2025)

Argentina

  • FIFA World Cup: 1 (2022)
  • Copa América: 2 (2021, 2024)
  • CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions: 1 (2022)

Individual

  • South American Team of the Year: 1 (2009)
  • O Jogo Primeira Liga Team of the Year: 1 (2012)
  • La Liga Team of the Season: 1 (2014–15)
  • Copa América Team of the Tournament: 2 (2015, 2016)
  • PFA Team of the Year: 1 (2017–18)
  • ESM Team of the Season: 1 (2017–18)
  • IFFHS Team of the Copa América: 1 (2021)
  • IFFHS Men's CONMEBOL Team: 2 (2022, 2023)
  • Primeira Liga Team of the Year: 2 (2022–23, 2024–25)
  • Primeira Liga Defender of the Month: 1 (2025)
  • Cosme Damião Awards – Footballer of the Year: 1 (2024)

Clubs

League games and goals at each club.

  1. 2007–2010: Vélez Sarsfield, 40 games, 1 goal
  2. 2010–2014: Porto, 77 games, 7 goals
  3. 2014–2015: Valencia, 35 games, 6 goals
  4. 2014: Atlético Mineiro (loan), 12 games, 1 goal
  5. 2015–2020: Manchester City, 136 games, 8 goals
  6. 2020–2026: Benfica, 178 games, 12 goals
  7. 2026–: River Plate, 15 games, 0 goals

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