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Nico Gaitán

Nico Gaitán

Midfield - Attacking Midfield  at Without Club
Age38
CitizenshipArgentina
Height1.74 m
Footleft
BornFebruary 23, 1988
👕500+ Apps 50+ Goals 🎯100+ Assists Veteran
Market value €50k
Rating · 22/23 6.5 Solid
Attacking Midfield Midfield

Career snapshot

11
clubs played for
08/09
debut season
0.14
goals / match
SL Benfica
top club · 253 apps

Position rank · 22/23

#961
goals rank
#775
assists rank
73
season goals
132
season assists

Among 1,878 Midfield - Attacking Midfields · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€30.00m
peak value · 2015
€25.00m
top transfer fee · 16/17
11
best season · 15/16
19 / 2
int'l caps / goals
526Appearances
73Goals
132Assists
58Yellow cards
1Red cards
155Full matches (90′)
Full nameNico Gaitán
Name in home countryOsvaldo Fabián Nicolás Gaitán
Date of birth1988-02-23 (38 yrs)
Place of birthSan Martín, Argentina
CitizenshipArgentina
PositionMidfield - Attacking Midfield (main: Midfield)
Footleft
Height174.00 m
Current clubWithout Club
Joined2025-01-01
Contract expires
AgentJose Rafael ...
Outfitteradidas
Jan 2025
Transfer: Sarmiento Junin → Without Club
24/25 · Transfer
Jul 2024
Transfer: Without Club → Sarmiento Junin
24/25 · Transfer
Jul 2024
2024 — CA Sarmiento (Junin)
16 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2023
Transfer: Paços Ferreira → Without Club
23/24 · Transfer
Jul 2022
22/23 — FC Paços de Ferreira
29 matches · 3 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Apr 2022
Injury: unknown
5 games missed
Jan 2022
Transfer: Peñarol → Paços Ferreira
21/22 · Transfer
Aug 2021
Transfer: Without Club → Peñarol
21/22 · Transfer
Jul 2021
2021 — CA Peñarol
10 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2021
21/22 — FC Paços de Ferreira
6 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2021
Transfer: SC Braga → Without Club
21/22 · Transfer
May 2021
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Nov 2020
Injury: unknown
11 games missed
Sep 2020
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Aug 2020
Transfer: LOSC Lille → SC Braga
20/21 · Transfer
Jul 2020
20/21 — SC Braga
23 matches · 3 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jan 2020
Transfer: Chicago → LOSC Lille
19/20 · Transfer
Jul 2019
19/20 — LOSC Lille
4 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2019
2019 — Chicago Fire
28 matches · 4 G · 11 A · across 2 competitions
May 2019
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Mar 2019
Transfer: DL Yifang → Chicago
18/19 · Transfer
Jul 2018
2018 — Dalian Yifang
30 matches · 2 G · 9 A · across 2 competitions
Feb 2018
Transfer: Atlético Madrid → DL Yifang
17/18 · Transfer · €5.50m
Dec 2017
Injury: unknown
9 games missed
Jul 2017
17/18 — Atlético de Madrid
13 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Mar 2017
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Oct 2016
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jul 2016
16/17 — Atlético de Madrid
36 matches · 4 G · 5 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2016
Transfer: Benfica → Atlético Madrid
16/17 · Transfer · €25.00m
Apr 2016
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Mar 2016
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jan 2016
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Dec 2015
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jul 2015
15/16 — SL Benfica
37 matches · 11 G · 20 A · across 5 competitions
May 2015
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jan 2015
Injury: unknown
7 games missed
Jul 2014
14/15 — SL Benfica
37 matches · 4 G · 16 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2013
13/14 — SL Benfica
43 matches · 8 G · 13 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2012
12/13 — SL Benfica, SL Benfica B
44 matches · 5 G · 13 A · across 6 competitions
Jul 2011
11/12 — SL Benfica
44 matches · 4 G · 17 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2010
10/11 — SL Benfica
48 matches · 9 G · 9 A · across 6 competitions
Jul 2010
2010 — CA Boca Juniors
33 matches · 7 G · 7 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2010
Transfer: Boca Juniors → Benfica
10/11 · Transfer · €8.40m
Jul 2009
2009 — CA Boca Juniors
40 matches · 5 G · 4 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2008
08/09 — CA Boca Juniors
0 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2008
2008 — CA Boca Juniors
5 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2008
Transfer: Boca Juniors II → Boca Juniors
08/09 · Transfer
Jan 2007
Transfer: CABJ U20 → Boca Juniors II
06/07 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €30.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 1005 other Midfield - Attacking Midfields with ≥500 minutes in 22/23. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals3 total · 0.45/90
64
Assists3 total · 0.45/90
70
G+A6 total · 0.89/90
68
Yellow cards3 total · 0.45/90
37
13,992 min
Minutes played by club
FC Paços de Ferreira 5.4%
CA Sarmiento (Junin) 9.2%
CA Peñarol 0.0%
Chicago Fire 3.6%
Dalian Yifang 8.7%
CA Boca Juniors 13.9%
SC Braga 3.8%
LOSC Lille 0.0%
Atlético de Madrid 6.0%
SL Benfica 49.4%
SL Benfica B 0.0%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
FC Paços de Ferreira 2 21/22 22/23 35 5 4 755
CA Sarmiento (Junin) 1 2024 2024 16 1 2 1,292
CA Peñarol 1 2021 2021 10 0 1 0
Chicago Fire 1 2019 2019 28 4 11 504
Dalian Yifang 1 2018 2018 30 2 9 1,216
CA Boca Juniors 4 08/09 2010 78 13 11 1,946
SC Braga 1 20/21 20/21 23 3 1 526
LOSC Lille 1 19/20 19/20 4 0 0 0
Atlético de Madrid 2 16/17 17/18 49 4 5 838
SL Benfica 6 10/11 15/16 253 41 88 6,915
SL Benfica B 1 12/13 12/13 0 0 0 0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

8€7.5M16€15M23€22.5M31€30M08/0910/11 — 9 goals (SL Benfica)10/11 — 9 assists1810/1111/12 — 4 goals (SL Benfica)11/12 — 17 assists2111/1212/13 — 5 goals (SL Benfica)12/13 — 13 assists1812/1313/14 — 8 goals (SL Benfica)13/14 — 13 assists2113/1414/15 — 4 goals (SL Benfica)14/15 — 16 assists2014/1515/16 — 11 goals (SL Benfica)15/16 — 20 assists3115/1616/17 — 4 goals (Atlético de Madrid)16/17 — 5 assists916/1717/1819/2020/21 — 3 goals (SC Braga)20/21 — 1 assists420/212008 — 1 goals (CA Boca Juniors)120082009 — 5 goals (CA Boca Juniors)2009 — 4 assists920092010 — 7 goals (CA Boca Juniors)2010 — 7 assists1420102018 — 2 goals (Dalian Yifang)2018 — 9 assists1120182019 — 4 goals (Chicago Fire)2019 — 11 assists1520192021 — 1 assists120212024 — 1 goals (CA Sarmiento (Junin))2024 — 2 assists3202421/22 — 2 goals (FC Paços de Ferreira)21/22 — 1 assists321/2222/23 — 3 goals (FC Paços de Ferreira)22/23 — 3 assists622/2308/09 — €900K10/11 — €7M11/12 — €10.5M12/13 — €16M13/14 — €18M14/15 — €25M15/16 — €30M16/17 — €30M17/18 — €22M19/20 — €6.5M20/21 — €3.2M21/22 — €1.5M22/23 — €600KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

08/09: 0008/0910/11: 9910/1111/12: 4411/1212/13: 5512/1313/14: 8813/1414/15: 4414/1515/16: 111115/1616/17: 4416/1717/18: 0017/1819/20: 0019/2020/21: 3320/212008: 1120082009: 5520092010: 7720102018: 2220182019: 4420192021: 0020212024: 11202421/22: 2221/2222/23: 3322/23

Assists by season

08/09: 0008/0910/11: 9910/1111/12: 171711/1212/13: 131312/1313/14: 131313/1414/15: 161614/1515/16: 202015/1616/17: 5516/1717/18: 0017/1819/20: 0019/2020/21: 1120/212008: 0020082009: 4420092010: 7720102018: 9920182019: 111120192021: 1120212024: 22202421/22: 1121/2222/23: 3322/23
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
22/23 Allianz Cup FC Paços de Ferreira 2 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 Liga Portugal FC Paços de Ferreira 27 3 3 3 0 605
21/22 Liga Portugal FC Paços de Ferreira 6 2 1 0 0 150
2024 Liga Profesional (- 23/24) CA Sarmiento (Junin) 16 1 2 1 0 1,292
2021 Copa Sudamericana CA Peñarol 2 0 0 0 0 0
2021 Liga AUF Clausura CA Peñarol 7 0 1 2 0 0
2021 Playoffs Liga AUF CA Peñarol 1 0 0 0 0 0
2019 MLS Chicago Fire 27 4 11 2 1 504
2019 US Open Cup Chicago Fire 1 0 0 0 0 0
2018 Chinese FA Cup Dalian Yifang 2 0 0 0 0 0
2018 Super League Dalian Yifang 28 2 9 5 0 1,216
2010 Apertura CA Boca Juniors 18 4 4 1 0 301
2010 Clausura CA Boca Juniors 15 3 3 0 0 402
2009 Apertura CA Boca Juniors 14 4 2 3 0 96
2009 Clausura CA Boca Juniors 17 1 1 2 0 983
2009 Copa Sudamericana CA Boca Juniors 2 0 0 0 0 0
2009 Libertadores CA Boca Juniors 7 0 1 0 0 0
2008 Clausura CA Boca Juniors 1 0 0 0 0 0
2008 Copa Sudamericana CA Boca Juniors 4 1 0 0 0 164
20/21 Europa League SC Braga 4 1 0 0 0 202
20/21 Liga NOS SC Braga 18 2 1 1 0 324
20/21 Taça de Portugal SC Braga 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Ligue 1 LOSC Lille 4 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Champions League Atlético de Madrid 4 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Copa del Rey Atlético de Madrid 2 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Europa League Atlético de Madrid 1 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 LaLiga Atlético de Madrid 6 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Champions League Atlético de Madrid 5 0 0 1 0 0
16/17 Copa del Rey Atlético de Madrid 8 1 2 0 0 498
16/17 LaLiga Atlético de Madrid 23 3 3 1 0 340
15/16 Allianz Cup SL Benfica 2 3 1 0 0 56
15/16 Champions League SL Benfica 8 4 3 0 0 175
15/16 Liga NOS SL Benfica 25 4 16 2 0 512
15/16 Supertaça SL Benfica 1 0 0 1 0 0
15/16 Taça de Portugal SL Benfica 1 0 0 1 0 0
14/15 Allianz Cup SL Benfica 2 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Champions League SL Benfica 5 0 0 1 0 0
14/15 Liga NOS SL Benfica 27 4 15 6 0 537
14/15 Supertaça SL Benfica 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Taça de Portugal SL Benfica 2 0 1 0 0 0
13/14 Allianz Cup SL Benfica 2 1 0 0 0 159
13/14 Champions League SL Benfica 5 1 1 2 0 385
13/14 Europa League SL Benfica 5 1 0 1 0 399
13/14 Liga ZON Sagres SL Benfica 26 4 8 7 0 519
13/14 Taça de Portugal SL Benfica 5 1 4 0 0 411
12/13 Allianz Cup SL Benfica 2 0 0 2 0 0
12/13 Champions League SL Benfica 4 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 Europa League SL Benfica 9 1 1 1 0 765
12/13 Liga Portugal 2 SL Benfica B 0 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 Liga ZON Sagres SL Benfica 23 3 9 3 0 392
12/13 Taça de Portugal SL Benfica 6 1 3 0 0 436
11/12 Allianz Cup SL Benfica 4 0 3 1 0 0
11/12 Champions League SL Benfica 10 0 7 1 0 0
11/12 Champions League Qu. SL Benfica 4 1 0 1 0 307
11/12 Liga ZON Sagres SL Benfica 25 3 7 1 0 519
11/12 Taça de Portugal SL Benfica 1 0 0 1 0 0
10/11 Allianz Cup SL Benfica 3 0 1 0 0 0
10/11 Champions League SL Benfica 5 0 0 1 0 0
10/11 Europa League SL Benfica 8 1 0 0 0 613
10/11 Liga ZON Sagres SL Benfica 26 7 6 2 0 282
10/11 Supertaça SL Benfica 1 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 Taça de Portugal SL Benfica 5 1 2 1 0 448
08/09 Partidos definición CA Boca Juniors 0 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
06/07 2007-01-01 CABJ U20 Boca Juniors II Transfer 0
08/09 2008-07-01 Boca Juniors II Boca Juniors Transfer 50000
10/11 2010-07-01 Boca Juniors Benfica Transfer 5000000 €8.40m
16/17 2016-07-01 Benfica Atlético Madrid Transfer 30000000 €25.00m
17/18 2018-02-26 Atlético Madrid DL Yifang Transfer 15000000 €5.50m
18/19 2019-03-14 DL Yifang Chicago Transfer 8500000
19/20 2020-01-31 Chicago LOSC Lille Transfer 4000000
20/21 2020-08-11 LOSC Lille SC Braga Transfer 3200000
21/22 2021-07-01 SC Braga Without Club Transfer 1500000
21/22 2021-08-29 Without Club Peñarol Transfer 1500000
21/22 2022-01-31 Peñarol Paços Ferreira Transfer 800000
23/24 2023-07-01 Paços Ferreira Without Club Transfer 200000
24/25 2024-07-20 Without Club Sarmiento Junin Transfer 125000
24/25 2025-01-01 Sarmiento Junin Without Club Transfer 100000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
14/15 Hip injury 2015-01-19 2015-02-23 36 7
14/15 minor knock 2015-05-04 2015-05-14 11 1
15/16 Knee injury 2015-12-10 2015-12-17 8 2
15/16 Knee injury 2016-01-04 2016-01-21 18 4
15/16 Hip bruise 2016-03-14 2016-03-24 11 2
15/16 Hamstring strain 2016-04-11 2016-04-14 4 1
16/17 Hip injury 2016-10-30 2016-11-17 19 2
16/17 Foot injury 2017-03-28 2017-04-10 14 3
17/18 Muscle injury 2017-12-01 2018-01-15 46 9
18/19 Hamstring injury 2019-05-13 2019-05-27 15 2
20/21 Muscle injury 2020-09-07 2020-10-20 44 4
20/21 unknown injury 2020-11-05 2020-12-25 51 11
20/21 unknown injury 2021-05-21 2021-05-28 8 1
21/22 unknown injury 2022-04-04 2022-05-09 36 5
Current€50k
Peak€30.00m
Low€50k
Δ since start−€850k
€50k€7.54m€15.03m€22.51m€30.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €50k
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €125k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €3.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €12.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €22.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €20.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €15.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €30.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €25.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €27.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €30.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €26.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €25.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €22.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €17.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €18.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €15.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €16.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €10.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €50k
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #3437 #20 19 2 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Óscar Cardozo 2 17 0
Eduardo Salvio 2 12 0
Enzo Pérez 2 2 0
Rodrigo 2 10 0
Nemanja Matic 2 2 0
Jan Oblak 2 0 0
Talisca 2 4 0
Yannick Carrasco 1 4 0

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

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
10/11 Liga ZON Sagres SL Benfica 7 26
14/15 Liga NOS SL Benfica 4 27
13/14 Liga ZON Sagres SL Benfica 4 26

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
15/16 Liga NOS SL Benfica 16 25
14/15 Liga NOS SL Benfica 15 27
2019 MLS Chicago Fire 11 27

Teams faced most often by Nico Gaitán's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
New England Revolution 26 8 8 10 31 36 -5 31%
Columbus Crew 25 8 6 11 26 38 -12 32%
Philadelphia Union 24 8 7 9 33 35 -2 33%
D.C. United 24 8 8 8 36 39 -3 33%
New York RB 23 8 7 8 37 37 0 35%
Toronto FC 21 7 6 8 32 34 -2 33%
Sporting Kansas City 17 7 4 6 17 18 -1 41%
Houston Dynamo 17 5 7 5 23 20 +3 29%
Impact de Montréal 14 4 5 5 22 19 +3 29%
Seattle Sounders 12 3 1 8 11 16 -5 25%
New York City FC 12 2 3 7 13 21 -8 17%
San Jose Earthquakes 11 3 2 6 14 20 -6 27%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
10/11 First senior goal
2009 Goal #50 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
22/23 29 605 3 0 0 0.45
2024 16 1,292 1 0 0 0.07
2021 10 0 2 0 0 0
2019 28 504 2 0 1 0.54
2018 30 1,216 5 0 0 0.37
2010 33 703 1 0 0 0.13
2009 40 1,079 5 0 0 0.42
20/21 23 526 1 0 0 0.17
16/17 36 838 2 0 0 0.21
15/16 37 743 4 1 0 0.61
14/15 37 537 7 0 0 1.17
13/14 43 1,873 10 0 0 0.48
12/13 44 1,593 6 0 0 0.34
11/12 44 826 5 0 0 0.54
10/11 48 1,343 4 1 0 0.34

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Liga ZON Sagres
203 apps
32 G
66 A
Apertura
32 apps
8 G
6 A
Champions League
46 apps
5 G
11 A
MLS
27 apps
4 G
11 A
Allianz Cup
17 apps
4 G
5 A
Clausura
33 apps
4 G
4 A
Europa League
27 apps
4 G
1 A
Taça de Portugal
21 apps
3 G
10 A
LaLiga
29 apps
3 G
3 A
Super League
28 apps
2 G
9 A

Frequently asked about Nico Gaitán

Who is Nico Gaitán?

Nico Gaitán is an Argentina professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfield for Without Club.

How old is Nico Gaitán?

Nico Gaitán is 38 years old. He was born on February 23, 1988 in San Martín.

What position does Nico Gaitán play?

Nico Gaitán plays as a attacking midfield (Midfield - Attacking Midfield).

What club does Nico Gaitán play for?

Nico Gaitán currently plays for Without Club.

How many career goals has Nico Gaitán scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Nico Gaitán has scored 73 goals in 526 appearances.

What is Nico Gaitán's market value?

Nico Gaitán's most recent reported market value is €50k.