Nicolás Samayoa

Nicolás Samayoa
Personal information
Full name Nicolás Samayoa Pacheco
Date of birth (1995-08-02) 2 August 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Guatemala City, Guatemala
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Politehnica Iași
(on loan from Comunicaciones)
Number 3
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles 66 (6)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 New England Revolution 0 (0)
2018 → Las Vegas Lights (loan) 2 (0)
2019– Comunicaciones 115 (11)
2023– → Politehnica Iași (loan) 15 (0)
International career‡
2018– Guatemala 17 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 October 2023

Nicolás Samayoa Pacheco (born 2 August 1995) is a Guatemalan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Romanian Liga I club Politehnica Iași, on loan from Liga Nacional club Comunicaciones, and the Guatemala national team.

Club career

Youth career

Samayoa also played four years of college soccer at Florida Gulf Coast University between 2014 and 2017. While at FGU, Samayoa made 66 appearances, scored 6 goals and tallied 4 assists.[2]

New England Revolution

On 21 January 2018, Samayoa was drafted in the fourth round (78th overall) of the 2018 MLS SuperDraft by New England Revolution.[3] He signed with the club on 9 February 2018.[4]

Samayoa made his professional debut on 5 June 2018, in a 3-2 loss to Louisville City FC in a Lamar Hunt US Open Cup game.[5]

On 11 June 2018, Samayoa joined United Soccer League side Las Vegas Lights on loan.[6]

New England released Samayoa at the end of their 2018 season.[7]

Comunicaciones

On 1 January 2019, Samayoa returned to Guatemala and signed with Liga Nacional club Comunicaciones.[8]

International career

Samayoa has represented the Guatemala U20 and was selected by head coach Carlos Ruiz to participate in the 2015 CONCACAF U20 Championship, where he spent six games as an unused substitute.[3]

He made his debut for Guatemala national football team on 15 November 2018 in a friendly against Israel which Guatemala lost 0–7.[9]

International stats

Guatemala national team
Year Apps Goals
2018 1 0
2019 0 0
2020 0 0
2021 0 0
2022 2 0
2023 14 1
Total 17 1
Scores and results list Guatemala's goal tally first.[10]
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 27 March 2023 Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala  French Guiana 3–0 4–0 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League B

Honours

Comunicaciones

References

  1. ^ "Nicolas Samayo". Comunicaciones FC. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Nicolas Samayoa - 2014 - Florida Gulf Coast University". fgcuathletics.com.
  3. ^ a b "Revolution Select Defender Nicolas Samayoa in Fourth Round of 2018 MLS SuperDraft | New England Revolution".
  4. ^ "New England Revolution sign defenders Jalil Anibaba, Nicolas Samayoa | MLSSoccer.com".
  5. ^ "Recap: Louisville City vs. New England Revolution 06/05/2018 | Matchcenter". Archived from the original on 12 June 2018.
  6. ^ "LIGHTS FC ADDS DEFENDER NICO SAMAYOA TO ROSTER ON LOAN FROM NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION OF MLS". www.lasvegaslightsfc.com.
  7. ^ "New England Revolution announce end of season roster moves | MLSSoccer.com".
  8. ^ Archived 5 January 2023 at the Wayback Machine[dead link]
  9. ^ "Israel v Guatemala game report". UEFA. 15 November 2018.
  10. ^ "Samayoa, Nicolas". National Football Teams. Retrieved 9 October 2023.

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