PLAYER PROFILE

Nicolás Otamendi.

CA River Plate · Argentina

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At a glance

Full name: Nicolás Hernán Gonzalo Otamendi
Born: 12 Feb 1988
Age today: 38
Nationality: Argentina

Career by season

414 recorded appearances

Nicolás Otamendi appearances by season, competition and team
Season	Competition	Team	Apps	Starts	Goals	Assists	Minutes	Cards
26/27	International Friendly Games	Argentina	1	1	1	0	52	1
25/26	UEFA Champions League	SL Benfica	14	14	0	1	1,260	3
25/26	Taça de Portugal	SL Benfica	2	2	0	0	180	1
25/26	Taça da Liga	SL Benfica	2	2	1	0	180	0 / 1 red
25/26	Supertaça	SL Benfica	1	1	0	0	90	1
2026	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	CA River Plate	15	15	0	0	1,350	2
25/26	Liga Portugal	SL Benfica	30	30	2	3	2,515	7 / 1 red
25/26	International Friendly Games	Argentina	4	4	1	0	259	0
2026	FIFA World Cup	Argentina	7	1	0	0	243	0
2026	CONMEBOL Sudamericana	CA River Plate	2	2	0	0	180	0
24/25	UEFA Champions League	SL Benfica	12	12	1	0	1,080	2
24/25	Taça de Portugal	SL Benfica	4	4	0	0	390	1
24/25	Taça da Liga	SL Benfica	3	3	0	1	270	0
24/25	Liga Portugal	SL Benfica	31	30	6	3	2,705	4
2025	FIFA Club World Cup	SL Benfica	4	4	1	2	390	1
23/24	World Cup Qual. CONMEBOL	Argentina	17	17	3	0	1,513	2 / 1 red
23/24	UEFA Europa League	SL Benfica	6	6	0	0	570	0
23/24	UEFA Champions League	SL Benfica	6	6	0	1	540	1
23/24	Taça de Portugal	SL Benfica	5	5	1	0	450	2
23/24	Taça da Liga	SL Benfica	2	2	1	0	180	0
23/24	Supertaça	SL Benfica	1	1	0	0	90	0
2024	Olympic Games	Argentina U23	4	4	0	0	360	0
23/24	Liga Portugal	SL Benfica	31	31	2	1	2,783	9 / 1 red
23/24	International Friendly Games	Argentina U23	1	1	0	0	61	0
23/24	International Friendly Games	Argentina	3	2	0	0	217	1
2024	Copa América	Argentina	5	1	0	0	144	0
22/23	UEFA Champions League	SL Benfica	13	13	1	1	1,154	4
22/23	Taça de Portugal	SL Benfica	2	2	0	0	210	1
22/23	Liga Portugal	SL Benfica	31	31	1	0	2,775	9 / 1 red
22/23	International Friendly Games	Argentina	5	5	0	0	276	0
21/22	UEFA Champions League	SL Benfica	13	13	0	0	1,170	4
21/22	Taça de Portugal	SL Benfica	1	1	0	0	90	0 / 1 red
21/22	Taça da Liga	SL Benfica	1	1	0	0	90	0
21/22	Liga Portugal	SL Benfica	28	28	0	1	2,472	7
2022	FIFA World Cup	Argentina	7	7	0	1	690	2
20/21	World Cup Qual. CONMEBOL	Argentina	15	15	0	0	1,333	5
20/21	UEFA Europa League	SL Benfica	6	6	0	0	469	0 / 1 red
20/21	Taça de Portugal	SL Benfica	4	4	0	0	360	2
20/21	Supertaça	SL Benfica	1	1	0	0	90	0
20/21	Liga Portugal	SL Benfica	27	27	1	0	2,430	13
2021	Copa América	Argentina	5	5	0	0	450	2
19/20	UEFA Champions League	Manchester City	8	6	0	0	556	1
19/20	Premier League	Manchester City	24	18	2	1	1,711	3
19/20	International Friendly Games	Argentina	4	4	0	0	360	1
19/20	FA Cup	Manchester City	3	3	0	0	254	0
19/20	EFL Cup	Manchester City	3	3	1	0	270	1

Appearances in our supported competitions. Goals, assists and minutes come from match reports where we have them.

Match log

Newest first

Nicolás Otamendi match log
Date	Competition	Match	Score	Minutes	Goals
14 Aug 2021	Liga Portugal	SL Benfica v FC Arouca	2 – 0	90
10 Aug 2021	UEFA Champions League	SL Benfica v Spartak Moscow	2 – 0	90
07 Aug 2021	Liga Portugal	Moreirense FC v SL Benfica	1 – 2	90
04 Aug 2021	UEFA Champions League	Spartak Moscow v SL Benfica	0 – 2	90
11 Jul 2021	Copa América	Argentina v Brazil	1 – 0	90
07 Jul 2021	Copa América	Argentina v Colombia	1 – 1	90
04 Jul 2021	Copa América	Argentina v Ecuador	3 – 0	90
19 Jun 2021	Copa América	Argentina v Uruguay	1 – 0	90
14 Jun 2021	Copa América	Argentina v Chile	1 – 1	90
08 Jun 2021	World Cup Qual. CONMEBOL	Colombia v Argentina	2 – 2	90
23 May 2021	Taça de Portugal	SC Braga v SL Benfica	2 – 0	90
19 May 2021	Liga Portugal	Vitória Guimarães SC v SL Benfica	1 – 3	90
15 May 2021	Liga Portugal	SL Benfica v Sporting CP	4 – 3	90
11 May 2021	Liga Portugal	CD Nacional v SL Benfica	1 – 3	90
06 May 2021	Liga Portugal	SL Benfica v FC Porto	1 – 1	90
26 Apr 2021	Liga Portugal	SL Benfica v CD Santa Clara	2 – 1	90
22 Apr 2021	Liga Portugal	Portimonense SAD v SL Benfica	1 – 5	90
17 Apr 2021	Liga Portugal	SL Benfica v Gil Vicente FC	1 – 2	90
10 Apr 2021	Liga Portugal	FC Paços de Ferreira v SL Benfica	0 – 5	90
05 Apr 2021	Liga Portugal	SL Benfica v CS Marítimo	1 – 0	90

Career transfers

8 recorded moves

All recorded career moves, newest first.

Nicolás Otamendi career transfers
Date	From	To	Move	Fee
01 Jul 2026	SL Benfica	CA River Plate	Transfer	Free
29 Sep 2020	Manchester City	SL Benfica	Transfer	€15m
20 Aug 2015	Valencia CF	Manchester City	Transfer	€44.5m
01 Jul 2014	FC Porto	Valencia CF	Transfer	€12m
30 Jun 2014	Clube Atlético Mineiro	FC Porto	Loan return
31 Jan 2014	FC Porto	Clube Atlético Mineiro	Loan	—
31 Aug 2010	CA Vélez Sarsfield	FC Porto	Transfer	€4m
01 Jan 2009	CA Vélez Sarsfield II	CA Vélez Sarsfield	Internal move	—

Contracts and market values are not available yet.