.jpg) Nainggolan with Belgium in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Radja Nainggolan[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 May 1988[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Antwerp, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2005 | Germinal Beerschot | ||
| 2005–2007 | Piacenza | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2010 | Piacenza | 71 | (4) |
| 2010 | → Cagliari (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2010–2014 | Cagliari | 124 | (7) |
| 2014 | → Roma (loan) | 17 | (2) |
| 2014–2018 | Roma | 138 | (26) |
| 2018–2021 | Inter Milan | 33 | (6) |
| 2019–2020 | → Cagliari (loan) | 26 | (6) |
| 2021 | → Cagliari (loan) | 22 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Royal Antwerp | 44 | (3) |
| 2023 | SPAL | 10 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | Bhayangkara | 10 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2004 | Belgium U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 2007 | Belgium U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Belgium U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | Belgium U21 | 13 | (1) |
| 2009–2018 | Belgium | 30 | (6) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:25, 20 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
Radja Nainggolan (born 4 May 1988) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder.
Nicknamed Il Ninja,[4] he spent almost his entire professional career in Italy, representing Piacenza, Cagliari, Roma and Inter Milan. He made 367 appearances and scored 48 goals in Serie A, being named four consecutive times in its Team of the Year.
A Belgium international for eight years, Nainggolan played 30 times for his country (scoring six goals) and represented it at Euro 2016.
- ^ "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 173" [Official Press Release No. 173] (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Serie A. 8 March 2016. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ^ "Radja Nainggolan". Eurosport. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ "Radja Nainggolan". A.S. Roma. Archived from the original on 2 October 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ^ "Ora il Belgio rivuole il suo Ninja Nainggolan convocato in nazionale" [Now Belgium wants their Ninja Nainggolan back in national team]. L'Unione Sarda (in Italian). 5 November 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2017.