Nehuén Paz
Personal information
Full name Nehuén Mario Paz
Date of birth (1993-04-28) 28 April 1993
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back[2]
Team information
Current team
 Estudiantes
(on loan from Universidad Católica)
Number 19
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 All Boys 35 (0)
2015–2018 Newell's Old Boys 54 (2)
2018–2021 Bologna 11 (1)
2018 → Lanús (loan) 3 (0)
2020 → Lecce (loan) 13 (0)
2021 → Kayserispor (loan) 12 (1)
2021–2022 Crotone 13 (0)
2022– Universidad Católica 8 (0)
2022– → Estudiantes (loan) 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:01, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Nehuén Mario Paz (born 28 April 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Estudiantes LP, on loan from Universidad Católica as a centre-back.[1]

Career

Paz's career began in 2013 with All Boys in the Argentine Primera División.[1][3] He made his professional debut at the Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti during a defeat to River Plate on 22 September, which was the first of nineteen appearances throughout the 2013–14 season which ended with relegation.[1][4] In Primera B Nacional, Paz featured sixteen times and was subsequently signed at the end of the 2014 campaign by Primera División team Newell's Old Boys.[1][5][6] He scored his first career goal in his second start for the club, netting the opening goal in a 2–0 win against Godoy Cruz on 21 April 2015.[1]

He remained with Newell's Old Boys for four seasons, scoring twice in fifty-seven appearances in all competitions between 2015 and 2018.[1] On 30 January 2018, Paz joined Italian Serie A side Bologna.[7][8] On 4 February, Paz was loaned back to Argentina to play for Lanús.[9] His first appearance arrived in a 2–1 Copa Sudamericana defeat to Sporting Cristal on 7 March, which preceded a further three matches for them.[1] He returned to Bologna for the next season and a half, as he made his club debut during a two-goal loss away to Juventus on 26 September 2018.[1]

On 31 January 2020, after six appearances for his parent club, Paz joined fellow Serie A team Lecce on loan; purchase option included.[10] After debuting in 4–0 victory over Torino on 2 February, the defender appeared twelve further times as they suffered relegation to Serie B.[1] Paz then went back to Bologna, subsequently featuring for the club across the first half of 2020–21; notably scoring his first goal in the process, as he netted in a home draw with Atalanta on 23 December.[1] On 1 February 2021, Turkish Süper Lig side Kayserispor announced the loan acquisition of Paz; until the succeeding June.[11][12]

On 27 August 2021, Paz signed a two-year contract with Serie B club Crotone.[13] On 19 February 2022, the contract was terminated by mutual consent.[14]

On 23 February 2022, Paz signed a four-year contract with Universidad Católica in Chile.[15] On second half 2022, he was loaned to Estudiantes de La Plata until the end of the season.[16]

Career statistics

As of match played 29 May 2022.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
All Boys 2013–14 Primera División 190————190
2014 Primera B Nacional 16010———170
Total 35010——00360
Newell's Old Boys 2015 Primera División 131———1[lower-alpha 1]0141
2016 Primera División 101————101
2016–17 Primera División 20010———210
2017–18 Primera División 11010———120
Total 54220—0010572
Bologna 2017–18 Serie A 00————00
2018–19 Serie A 20————20
2019–20 Serie A 30————30
2020–21 Serie A 6110———71
Total 11110——00121
Lanús (loan) 2017–18 Primera División 30——1[lower-alpha 2]0—40
Lecce (loan) 2019–20 Serie A 130————130
Kayserispor (loan) 2020–21 Süper Lig 121————121
Crotone 2021-22 Serie B 13010———140
Universidad Católica 2022 Primera División 7000—4[lower-alpha 3]0—110
Career total 149450—50101604
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Primera División play-offs
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Nehuén Paz at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "Nehuén Paz". World Football. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Nehuén Paz profile". BDFA. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "River Plate - All Boys, así lo vivimos". Vavel. 22 September 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Nehuén Paz ya es jugador de Newell's y esta tarde se suma a la pretemporada en Necochea". La Capital. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Altas y bajas de plantel para el próximo semestr". Newell's Old Boys. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Paz joins Bologna". Bologna F.C. 1909. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  8. ↑ "Paz's career so far". Bologna F.C. 1909. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  9. ↑ "Official: Bologna loan Paz to Lanus". Football Italia. 4 February 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  10. ↑ "PAZ IN GIALLOROSSO" (Press release) (in Italian). Lecce. 31 January 2020.
  11. ↑ "Hoş Geldin Nehuén Paz". Kayserispor. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  12. ↑ "Paz al Kayserispor". Bologna. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  13. ↑ "Centimetri e sostanza per la retroguardia rossoblù: ecco Canestrelli e Paz" (Press release) (in Italian). Crotone. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  14. ↑ "Risoluzione consensuale con Mario Nehuen Paz" (Press release) (in Italian). Crotone. 19 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  15. ↑ "UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA CERRÓ EL FICHAJE DE NEHUÉN PAZ" (Press release) (in Spanish). Universidad Católica. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  16. ↑ Tapia, Carlos (28 July 2022). "Uno menos para la UC: Nehuén Paz es cedido hasta fin de año a Estudiantes de La Plata" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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