Tiago Nahuel Banega (born 1 July 1999) is an Argentine professional
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
who plays as a
midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for
Unión de Santa Fe
Club Atlético Unión (; mostly known as Unión de Santa Fe ) is a sports club from Santa Fe, the capital city of the Santa Fe Province, in Argentina. The club was founded on April 15, 1907 and plays in the Argentine Primera División.
Althoug ...
.
Professional career
A youth product of
Depro, Banega debuted with their senior team at the age of 15 before transferring to
Racing Club in 2017.
Racing
Banega made his professional debut with Racing Club in a 1-1
Argentine Primera División
The Primera División (; en, "First Division"), known officialy as Liga Profesional de Fútbol, or Torneo Binance for sponsorship reasons, is a professional football league in Argentina, organised by the Argentine Football Association (AFA).
Th ...
tie with
Atlético Tucumán
Club Atlético Tucumán (mostly known as Atlético Tucumán) is an Argentinian football club based in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán of Tucumán Province. Although several sports are practised at the club, Atlético is mostly known for its fo ...
on 26 January 2020. On 5 February 2020, Banega signed his first professional contract with Racing Club.
Loan to Patronato
On 30 June 2021, Banega joined fellow league club
Patronato
Patronato may refer to:
*Club Atlético Patronato, an Argentine football club
*Patronato real, an arrangement between the Vatican and the Kingdom of Spain
*Barrio Patronato, a ''barrio'' (district) in Santiago, Chile
*Patronato metro station
Pat ...
on a loan deal until the end of 2022. On October 30, 2022, Banega scored the only goal of the
2022
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Copa Argentina
The Copa Argentina (English: ''Argentine Cup''), officially known as the "Copa Argentina AXION energy" due to sponsorship reasons, is an official football cup competition organized by the Argentine Football Association (AFA), with the aim of qual ...
final for Patronato.
References
External links
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Racing Club Profile*
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1999 births
Living people
Footballers from Entre Ríos Province
Argentine men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers
Club Atlético Patronato footballers
Argentine Primera División players
Torneo Federal A players
Unión de Santa Fe footballers