Nathanaël Saintini

Guadeloupean footballer

Nathanaël Saintini
Personal information
Full name	Nathanaël Ruben Saintini
Date of birth	(2000-05-30) 30 May 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth	Les Abymes, Guadeloupe
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
Number	39
Youth career
2007–2015	MJC des Abymes
2015	CASC Ouillins-Lyon
2015–2016	Saint-Priest
2016–2017	Montpellier
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2018	Montpellier II	4	(0)
2018–2019	Cholet	14	(0)
2019–	Sion II	32	(2)
2019–	Sion	47	(0)
2020–2021	→ Titus Pétange (loan)	18	(0)
2024–	→ Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (loan)	1	(0)
International career^‡
2018	France U18	2	(0)
2022–	Guadeloupe	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:48, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

Nathanaël Ruben Saintini (born 30 May 2000) is a Guadeloupean professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ukrainian club Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, on loan from the Swiss side Sion, and the Guadeloupe national team.

Club career

Saintini is a youth product of the Guadeloupean club MJC des Abymes, and continued his development in mainland France with the youth academies of CASC Ouillins-Lyon, Saint-Priest and Montpellier. He began his senior career with Montpellier reserves, before moving to SO Cholet in the Championnat National. He transferred to FC Sion on 8 January 2019.^[1]

Saintini spent the 2020–21 season on loan with the Luxembourgian club Union Titus Pétange.^[2] He made his professional debut with Sion in a 1–0 Swiss Super League win over BSC Young Boys on 7 August 2021.^[3]

On 14 February 2024, Saintini joined Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih in Ukraine on loan with an option to buy.^[4]

International career

Born in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe, Saintini represented the France U18s twice in 2018.^[5] He debuted for the Guadeloupe national team in a friendly 2–0 loss to Cape Verde on 23 March 2022.^[6]

References

^ "Transfert de Nathanaël Saintini".
^ "Petingen / Der neue Abwehrspieler Nathanël Saintini will die Wende schaffen". www.tageblatt.lu.
^ "Sion vs. Young Boys - 7 August 2021 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
^ "Натанаель Сантіні - третій зимовий новачок ФК "Кривбас"!" [Nathanaël Saintini is the third winter rookie of FC "Kryvbas"!] (in Ukrainian). FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. 14 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
^ "Nathanaël Saintini avec l'équipe de France U18". April 10, 2018.
^ "Lineups Guadalupe vs Cape Verde - International Friendly 2022". www.besoccer.com.