Nathan Santos
Personal information
Full name Nathan Santos de Araújo
Date of birth (2001-09-05) 5 September 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Famalicão
(on loan from Santos)
Number 22
Youth career
2017 Portuguesa-RJ
2017–2020 Vasco da Gama
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 Vasco da Gama 0 (0)
2020–2021 → Boavista (loan) 14 (0)
2021–2022 Boavista 30 (0)
2022– Santos 25 (0)
2023– → Famalicão (loan) 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:30, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

Nathan Santos de Araújo (born 5 September 2001), known as Nathan Santos or just Nathan, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Portuguese club Famalicão, on loan from Santos.

Career

Early career

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Nathan joined Vasco da Gama's youth setup in May 2017, from Portuguesa-RJ; the transfer was controversial, as Vasco only registered his contract in June 2018, and later denied Portuguesa's claim over a 30% sell-on clause.[2] In January 2019, Spanish club Valencia made an offer for him,[3] but the move never materialized.

Nathan featured as an unused substitute for the main squad of Vasco in two matches of the 2020 Campeonato Carioca.

Boavista

On 13 September 2020, Nathan moved abroad for the first time in his career, after agreeing to a one-year loan deal with Primeira Liga side Boavista,[4][5] with an obligation to buy.[6] He made his professional debut thirteen days later, replacing Jesús Alejandro Gómez late into a 5–0 home loss to FC Porto.[7]

After making 15 appearances overall in his first season, Nathan signed a permanent deal until June 2025 on 30 June 2021.[8] He established himself as a regular during the 2021–22 campaign, and scored his first professional goal on 16 December 2021, netting his team's fourth in a 5–1 home routing of Braga, in the Taça da Liga.[9]

Santos

On 5 August 2022, Nathan returned to his home country after signing a contract with Série A side Santos until December 2026.[10] He made his debut for the club exactly one month later, replacing Madson in a 2–1 home loss against Goiás.[11]

On 27 June 2023, Nathan was fined 50% of his wages and separated from the first team squad due to disciplinary reasons, being also transfer-listed by the club.[12]

Loan to Famalicão

On 7 August 2023, Nathan returned to Portugal after agreeing to a one-year loan deal with Famalicão.[13]

Career statistics

As of 12 June 2023[14]
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Boavista 2020–21 Primeira Liga 14 0 — 1 0 — 0 0 15 0
2021–22 30 0 — 1 0 — 3[a] 1 34 1
Total 44 0 — 2 0 — 3 1 49 1
Santos 2022 Série A 9 0 — — — — 9 0
2023 7 0 9 0 4 0 4[b] 0 — 24 0
Total 16 0 9 0 4 0 4 0 — 33 0
Famalicão (loan) 2023–24 Primeira Liga 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Career total 60 0 9 0 6 0 4 0 3 1 82 1
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Taça da Liga
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana

References

  1. ^ "Nathan Santos". Santos FC. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Portuguesa-RJ aciona Vasco na Justiça e cobra reconhecimento do vínculo com Nathan, do sub-20" [Portuguesa-RJ sue Vasco at Court and ask for recognition of link with Nathan, from the under-20s]. ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). 18 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Oferta por Nathan, joven lateral brasileño" [Offer for Nathan, young Brazilian full-back] (in Spanish). Super Deporte. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Porozo e Nathan são os próximos a reforçar o Boavista" [Porozo and Nathan are the next ones to bolster Boavista]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Reforço do Boavista define-se como "um lateral habilidoso"" [Boavista addition defines himself as a "skillful full-back"]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 13 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Bastidores do Vasco: lateral do sub-20 é vendido ao Boavista (POR)" [Backgrounds of Vasco: full-back of the under-20s is sold to Boavista (POR)] (in Brazilian Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Boavista 0-5 FC Porto. Mais um e final com goleada de mão cheia" [Boavista 0-5 FC Porto. One more and ending with a fiver] (in Portuguese). Diário de Notícias. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Nathan assina em definitivo e Kuku Fidelis termina empréstimo ao Boavista" [Nathan signs permanently and Kuku Fidelis ends loan to Boavista] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Boavista goleia Braga e defronta Benfica na final four da Taça da Liga" [Boavista thrash Braga and face Benfica in the final four of the Taça da Liga] (in Portuguese). O Jogo. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Santos FC confirma contratação de lateral-direito Nathan Santos, do Boavista" [Santos FC confirm the signing of right-back Nathan Santos, from Boavista] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santos FC. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Nathan estreia no Santos após um mês da chegada ao clube" [Nathan debuts at Santos one month after arrival at the club] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Lance!. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  12. ^ "Nota oficial – Nathan e Lucas Pires" [Official note – Nathan and Lucas Pires] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santos FC. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  13. ^ "Santos FC acerta empréstimos de Nathan e Bruno Marques para o futebol português" [Santos FC agree loans of Nathan and Bruno Marques to the Portuguese football] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santos FC. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  14. ^ Nathan Santos at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 August 2022.

External links

F.C. Famalicão – current squad
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