player · data as of 2026-08-24 22:17 UTC
Nicolás Gaitán
Be the first in the standsMidfielderage 385' 8"
Argentinacurrently Aldosivi
Argentinacurrently AldosiviCareer goals
73
all competitions, from the season archive · club 71 · country 2 — season by season in The Record below
Career appearances
498
all competitions, from the season archive — the same total The Record shows
World Cup 2026
no goals yet
goals and assists land here the moment they happen
Team trophies
14
team silverware — the cabinet below
Career totals from the ESPN season archive — all competitions, the same numbers The Record below shows (Wikidata's senior spells fill in when the archive is thin — never the youth years, which stay listed on their own below); live World Cup stats from our own match timelines. Individual awards are counted separately from team trophies, so the headline count can't inflate.
Osvaldo Nicolás Fabián "Nico" Gaitán is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Aldosivi. — Wikipedia's own summary; its figures are theirs
Honours
14 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated| Team honours14 | ||||
| Taça da Liga | ×5 | 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16 | Benfica | |
| Primeira Liga | ×3 | 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16 | Benfica | |
| Taça de Portugal | ×2 | 2013–14, 2020–21 | Benfica ·1, Braga ·1 | |
| Argentine Primera División | ×1 | 2008 | Boca Juniors | |
| Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira | ×1 | 2014 | Benfica | |
| UEFA Europa League | ×1 | 2017–18 | Atlético Madrid | |
| Uruguayan Primera División | ×1 | 2021 | Peñarol | |
| Individual honours6 | ||||
| Scoring titles · 2 | ||||
| Primeira Liga top assist provider | 2015–16 | |||
| UEFA Champions League top assist provider | 2011–12 | |||
| Player of the year · 2 | ||||
| Cosme Damião Awards – Footballer of the Year | 2014 | |||
| Primeira Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year | 2010–11 | |||
| Teams of the season · 1 | ||||
| UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season | 2013–14 | |||
| More honours · 1 | ||||
| 2016 Taça da Liga Final | ||||
The Record
season by season · 47 competition-seasons · ESPN archive| Season | Competition | Team | Apps | Goals | Assists | Shots | YC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | all competitions | all teams | 498 | 73 | 55 | 494 | 52 |
| 2026 | Arg 1 | Aldosivi | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | Arg 1 | Sarmiento (Junín) | 16 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 1 |
| 2022 | Primeira Liga | Paços de Ferreira | 27 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 3 |
| 2021 | CONMEBOL Sudamericana | Peñarol | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Primeira Liga | Paços de Ferreira | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | Europa League | Braga | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | Primeira Liga | Braga | 18 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| 2019 | Ligue 1 | Lille | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | MLS | Chicago Fire FC | 27 | 4 | 12 | 34 | 2 |
| 2018 | Chn 1 | Dalian Professional | 28 | 2 | 7 | 57 | 6 |
Career
league apps & goals · Wikidata, community-updated (national-team rows can lag a match or two)| Years | Team | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–2016 | S.L. Benfica | 145 | 23 |
| 2008–2010 | Boca Juniors | 66 | 12 |
| 2009–now | Argentina | — | — |
| 2010–now | S.L. Benfica | — | — |
| 2016–2018 | Atlético Madrid | — | — |
The Stands
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