Nicolás Otamendi
b. 1988
Argentine association football player
- Born
- 12 Feb 1988 · Buenos Aires
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 12 Feb 1988BornBorn in Buenos Aires
- 2007 – 2010TeamClub Atlético Vélez Sarsfield
- 2009 – 2026TeamArgentina national football team
- 2010Took part2010 FIFA World Cup
- 2010 – 2014TeamFC Porto
- 2014TeamClube Atlético Mineiro
- 2014 – 2015TeamValencia CF
- 2015 – 2020TeamManchester City F.C.
- 2018Took part2018 FIFA World Cup
- 2020 – 2026TeamS.L. Benfica
- 2026TeamClub Atlético River Plate
- 2026Took part2026 FIFA World Cup
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1988 – today).
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 19941994 FIFA World Cup
- 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
- 19981998 FIFA World Cup
- 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
- 2003 – 2011Iraq War
- 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
- 20062006 FIFA World Cup
- 20082008 Summer Olympics
- 2008Russo-Georgian War
- 20102010 Haiti earthquake
- 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
- 20112011 Norway attacks
- 2011Libyan civil war
- 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
- 20122012 Summer Olympics
- 20142014 FIFA World Cup
- 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2015Paris Agreement
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic
- 20212020 Summer Olympics
- 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2023Gaza war
- 20242024 Summer Olympics
- 20262026 Iran war
Biography
Nicolás Hernán Gonzalo Otamendi (born 12 February 1988) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for and captains Argentine Primera División club River Plate.
Otamendi played for Vélez Sarsfield and Porto in his early career, winning eight major titles with Porto, including three Primeira Liga championships and the 2011 Europa League. He signed for Valencia in 2014 and spent four months on loan to Atlético Mineiro of Brazil. In 2015, he moved to Manchester City and won back-to-back Premier League titles in 2018 and 2019, as well as four League Cups and an FA Cup. In 2020, Otamendi returned to Portugal with Benfica, where he won another league title and the Portuguese League Cup.
An Argentina international from 2009 to 2026, Otamendi made 140 appearances and represented his country at four FIFA World Cups and five Copas América. After consecutive runner-up finishes in the latter tournament, Otamendi won the 2021 Copa América on his fourth attempt, and would then lift the 2022 World Cup the following year, playing every single minute of Argentina's campaign. In 2024, Otamendi won a second consecutive Copa América title.
Text from the Wikipedia article Nicolás Otamendi, CC BY-SA 4.0
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