Nicola Nanni (born 2 May 2000) is a
Sammarinese
Sammarinese () are citizens and people of the Republic of San Marino.
Language
San Marino recognizes Italian as the official language. The indigenous language, known as Sammarinese, is a variety of Romagnol spoken by approximately 83 percent o ...
football
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er who plays as a forward for Italian club
Olbia and the
San Marino national team. He is one of only a few professional footballers from
San Marino.
Club career
In July 2016, Nanni joined
Cesena from
San Marino Calcio for his first move outside of his homeland.
He signed a 5-year deal for
Crotone
Crotone (, ; nap, label= Crotonese, Cutrone or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Calabria, Italy. Founded as the Achaean colony of Kroton ( grc, Κρότων or ; la, Crotona) in Magna Graecia, it was known as Cotrone from the Middle Ages until ...
of
Serie B on 3 August 2018.
Three days later he made his professional debut during a 4–0 victory against
Giana Erminio
Associazione Sportiva Giana Erminio S.r.l. is an Italian football club based in Gorgonzola, Lombardy. The team currently plays in Italy's .
History
The club was founded in 1909 as ''Unione Sportiva Argentia'', and later adopted the current name ...
in the
2018–19 Coppa Italia
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Juventus were the defending champions having won the last four editions, but were eliminated by Atalanta in ...
. On 29 August 2019, he joined
Monopoli
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on loan.
Nanni received the 2019 , an honour given to the best San Marino footballer under the age of 23.
On 23 September 2020, he returned to
Cesena on loan. Nanni was loaned out again, this time to
Lucchese 1905
Lucchese 1905 s.r.l., or simply Lucchese, is an Italian football club, based in Lucca, Tuscany that plays in Serie C, the third tier of Italian football. The club was first founded in 1905, having last been in Serie A in 1952.
History
Foundati ...
of
Serie C, in August 2021 for the
2021–22 season.
On 15 July 2022, Nanni signed a two-year contract with
Olbia in
Serie C.
International career
Nanni made his senior national team debut on 15 November 2018 in a
2018–19 UEFA Nations League D
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match against
Moldova.
He scored his first senior international goal on 5 September 2021 in a
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
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Parallel tour ...
match against
Poland.
Though San Marino ultimately lost 7–1, Nanni's goal was his nation's first home goal in World Cup qualification in eight years.
Career statistics
International
International goals
:''Scores and results list San Marino's goal tally first.''
Honours
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San Marino Golden Boy Award: 2019
References
External links
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UEFA profileFSGC profile
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2000 births
Living people
People from the City of San Marino
Sammarinese footballers
Association football forwards
Serie C players
F.C. Crotone players
S.S. Monopoli 1966 players
Cesena F.C. players
Lucchese 1905 players
Olbia Calcio 1905 players
Sammarinese expatriate footballers
Sammarinese expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate footballers in Italy
San Marino youth international footballers
San Marino under-21 international footballers
San Marino international footballers