Nico Benalcázar — Profile, Stats, Transfers

Career snapshot

6

clubs played for

2019

debut season

0.09

goals / match

New York City FC II

top club · 33 apps

Position rank · 2025

#65

goals rank

#2

assists rank

8

season goals

6

season assists

Among 618 Defender - Centre-Backs · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€125k

peak value · 2025

—

top transfer fee

3

best season · 2023

6 / 0

int'l caps / goals

Born the same day

Rayan Aït-Nouri

Defender - Left-Back · Manchester City

€35.00m

Junior Adamu

Attack - Centre-Forward · SC Freiburg

€5.00m

Aarón Mejía

Defender - Right-Back · Club Tijuana

€2.00m

Ebrima Darboe

Midfield - Defensive Midfield · SSC Bari

€1.00m

Shares 2001-06-06 · 6 players total

92Appearances

8Goals

6Assists

16Yellow cards

0Red cards

23Full matches (90′)

Full name	Nico Benalcázar
Name in home country	Nicholás Enrique Benalcázar
Date of birth	2001-06-06 (24 yrs)
Place of birth	Wilton, Connecticut, United States
Citizenship	United States Ecuador
Position	Defender - Centre-Back (main: Defender)
Foot	right
Height	183.00 m
Current club	Orange County SC
Joined	2025-02-21
Contract expires	2025-11-30
Agent	Nordic Sky

Jul 2025

2025 — Orange County SC

27 matches · 3 G · 4 A · across 3 competitions

Feb 2025

Transfer: Cincinnati 2 → Orange County

24/25 · Transfer

Jul 2024

2024 — FC Cincinnati, FC Cincinnati 2

24 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jan 2024

Transfer: New York City → Cincinnati 2

23/24 · Transfer

Jul 2023

2023 — New York City FC, New York City FC II

13 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Nov 2022

Transfer: NYCFC II → New York City

22/23 · Return from loan

Jul 2022

2022 — New York City FC II

21 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 1 competition

Jan 2022

Transfer: New York City → NYCFC II

21/22 · Loan

Jan 2022

Transfer: Wake Forest → New York City

21/22 · Transfer

Aug 2021

Transfer: Manhattan → Wake Forest

21/22 · Return from loan

Jul 2021

2021 — Wake Forest Demon Deacons (Wake Forest University)

2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

May 2021

Transfer: Wake Forest → Manhattan

20/21 · Loan

Jul 2020

2020 — Wake Forest Demon Deacons (Wake Forest University)

2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Aug 2019

Transfer: NYCFC Academy → Wake Forest

19/20 · Transfer

Jul 2019

2019 — Wake Forest Demon Deacons (Wake Forest University)

3 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jan 1970

Peak market value: €125k

Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 478 other Defender - Centre-Backs with ≥500 minutes in 2025. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals3 total · 0.41/90

96

Assists4 total · 0.55/90

100

G+A7 total · 0.95/90

100

Yellow cards6 total · 0.82/90

5

Minutes played by club

Orange County SC 31.4%

FC Cincinnati 0.0%

FC Cincinnati 2 50.1%

New York City FC 0.0%

New York City FC II 18.5%

Wake Forest Demon Deacons (Wake Forest University) 0.0%

Club	Seasons	First	Last	Matches	Goals	Assists	Minutes
Orange County SC	1	2025	2025	27	3	4	660
FC Cincinnati	1	2024	2024	0	0	0	0
FC Cincinnati 2	1	2024	2024	24	2	0	1,053
New York City FC	1	2023	2023	1	0	0	0
New York City FC II	2	2022	2023	33	3	2	388
Wake Forest Demon Deacons (Wake Forest University)	3	2019	2021	7	0	0	0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

Goals by season

Assists by season

Season	Competition	Club	Matches	Goals	Assists	YC	Minutes
2025	US Open Cup	Orange County SC	1	0	0	0	0
2025	USL Cup	Orange County SC	4	0	1	0	0
2025	USLC	Orange County SC	22	3	3	6	660
2024	Leagues Cup	FC Cincinnati	0	0	0	0	0
2024	MLS	FC Cincinnati	0	0	0	0	0
2024	MLS Next Pro	FC Cincinnati 2	23	2	0	6	1,053
2024	MLS Next Pro Playoffs	FC Cincinnati 2	1	0	0	0	0
2023	Leagues Cup	New York City FC	0	0	0	0	0
2023	MLS	New York City FC	1	0	0	0	0
2023	MLS Next Pro	New York City FC II	12	3	0	1	388
2023	US Open Cup	New York City FC	0	0	0	0	0
2022	MLS Next Pro	New York City FC II	21	0	2	3	0
2021	NCAA D1 College Cup	Wake Forest Demon Deacons (Wake Forest University)	2	0	0	0	0
2020	NCAA D1 College Cup	Wake Forest Demon Deacons (Wake Forest University)	2	0	0	0	0
2019	NCAA D1 College Cup	Wake Forest Demon Deacons (Wake Forest University)	3	0	0	0	0

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Market value	Fee
19/20	2019-08-01	NYCFC Academy	Wake Forest	Transfer	0	—
20/21	2021-05-01	Wake Forest	Manhattan	Loan	0	—
21/22	2021-08-01	Manhattan	Wake Forest	Return from loan	0	—
21/22	2022-01-19	Wake Forest	New York City	Transfer	0	—
21/22	2022-01-20	New York City	NYCFC II	Loan	0	—
22/23	2022-11-30	NYCFC II	New York City	Return from loan	50000	—
23/24	2024-01-17	New York City	Cincinnati 2	Transfer	75000	—
24/25	2025-02-21	Cincinnati 2	Orange County	Transfer	0	—

No recorded injuries.

Current€125k

Peak€125k

Low—

Δ since start+€75k

Date	Value
Jan 1, 1970	€125k
Jan 1, 1970	—
Jan 1, 1970	€50k
Jan 1, 1970	€75k
Jan 1, 1970	€75k
Jan 1, 1970	€50k

Team	Shirt	Matches	Debut	Age at debut	Status
Team #34700	—	3	—	—	former national player
Team #31200	—	1	—	—	former national player
Team #11946	—	2	—	—	former national player

Teammate	PPG played with	Joint goals	Minutes
Jesús Castellano	2	0	837
Piero Elias	2	0	0
Samuel Owusu	2	0	0
Jonathan Jiménez	2	0	0
Stephen Turnbull	2	2	0
Stevo Bednarsky	2	0	0
Peter Mangione	2	0	0
Alex Rando	2	0	0
Brian Schaefer	2	0	0
Amir Daley	2	0	0
Gaël Gibert	2	0	0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Goals	Matches
2025	USLC	Orange County SC	3	22
2023	MLS Next Pro	New York City FC II	3	12
2024	MLS Next Pro	FC Cincinnati 2	2	23

Top assist seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Assists	Matches
2025	USLC	Orange County SC	3	22
2022	MLS Next Pro	New York City FC II	2	21
2025	USL Cup	Orange County SC	1	4

Every loan spell across this player's career.

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Fee	Value at transfer
22/23	2022-11-30	NYCFC II	New York City	Return from loan	—	€50k
21/22	2022-01-20	New York City	NYCFC II	Loan	—	—
21/22	2021-08-01	Manhattan	Wake Forest	Return from loan	—	—
20/21	2021-05-01	Wake Forest	Manhattan	Loan	—	—