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Radja Nainggolan
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Radja Nainggolan is a male Belgian association football player born in Antwerp on May 4, 1988. He holds Belgian citizenship and speaks English, Flemish Dutch, French, and Italian, with Dutch as his native language. His professional career began in 2005, and he has played as a midfielder and defender, often wearing the number 44 shirt.
Nainggolan has represented clubs including Cagliari Calcio, Piacenza Calcio, AS Roma, and Bhayangkara FC. He also played for the Belgium national under-21 football team and participated in UEFA Euro 2016.
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Key facts
- 2004
- Belgium U16
- 2007
- Belgium U19
- 2010
- → Cagliari (loan)
- 2014
- → Roma (loan)
- 2021
- → Cagliari (loan)
- 2023
- SPAL
- 2026
- Patro Eisden
- Full name
- Radja Nainggolan
- Date of birth
- ( 1988-05-04 ) 4 May 1988 (age 38)
- Place of birth
- Antwerp , Belgium
- Height
- 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
- Position
- Central midfielder
- Current team
- Patro Eisden
- 1993 2000
- Tubantia Borgerhout
- 2000 2005
- Germinal Beerschot
- 2005 2007
- Piacenza
- Years
- Team
- 2006 2010
- Piacenza
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Bhayangkara FC
- Position
- Central Midfield
- Nationality
- Belgium
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Nainggolan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Belgium
- Place of birth
- Antwerp
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Native language
- Dutch
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 2016
- Sport
- association football
- Position played
- defender
- Country for sport
- Belgium
- Mass
- 84
- Image
- Radja Nainggolan in 2014 (cropped) (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 178
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1988-05-04
- Commons category
- Radja Nainggolan
- sport number
- 44
- start of work period
- 2005-00-00
- name in native language
- Radja Nainggolan
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Encyclopedic overview
Radja Nainggolan (born 4 May 1988) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Challenger Pro League club Patro Eisden.
Nicknamed Il Ninja, he spent almost his entire professional career in Italy, representing Piacenza, Cagliari, Roma and Inter Milan. He made 367 appearances and scored 48 goals in Serie A, being named four consecutive times in its Team of the Year.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Radja Nainggolan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.