Nathan de Medina (born 8 October 1997) is a Belgian professional

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who plays as a defender.

Club career

De Medina joined

Anderlecht Anderlecht (, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Forest, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and Saint-Gilles, as well as the ...

in 2004. He made his first team debut on 19 May 2016 in a 5–2 away loss to Genk playing the entire match. De Medina signed with Bundesliga newcomers

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of ...

on a free transfer from

Royal Excel Mouscron Royal Excel Mouscron (, ), commonly known as Mouscron or familiarly as REM, was a Belgian professional football club based in Mouscron. The team was formed as ''Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz'' in the spring of 2010 as a result of the merging between ...

in July 2020, having agreed a three-year contract. He was sent off for a reckless challenge on

Niclas Füllkrug Niclas Füllkrug (born 9 February 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club Werder Bremen and the Germany national team. A Werder Bremen youth product, he started his senior career with the club's res ...

in a 2–0 loss to Werder Bremen in March 2021.

Personal life

De Medina was born in Belgium and is of Cape Verdean descent.

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* * * 1997 births Living people People from Mouscron Belgian people of Cape Verdean descent Belgian men's footballers Footballers from Hainaut (province) Men's association football defenders Belgium men's under-21 international footballers Belgium men's youth international footballers Belgian Pro League players Challenger Pro League players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players R.S.C. Anderlecht players Oud-Heverlee Leuven players Royal Excel Mouscron players Arminia Bielefeld players Eintracht Braunschweig players Belgian expatriate men's footballers Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany {{Belgium-footy-defender-stub