Nicolás Domínguez

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Nicolás Domínguez
Personal information
Full name Nicolás Martín Domínguez[1]
Date of birth (1998-06-28) 28 June 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth Haedo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Nottingham Forest
Number 16
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Vélez Sarsfield 65 (7)
2019–2023 Bologna 104 (4)
2019–2020 → Vélez Sarsfield (loan) 10 (2)
2023– Nottingham Forest 65 (2)
International career
2019–2021 Argentina 11 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Argentina
Copa América
Winner2021 Brazil
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:04, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

Nicolás Martín Domínguez (Spanish pronunciation: [nikoˈlas ðoˈmiŋɡes]; born 28 June 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Nottingham Forest.

Club career

Velez Sarfield

Domínguez played his first professional game for Vélez Sarsfield in a 3–2 victory against Estudiantes for the 15th fixture of the 2016–17 Argentine Primera División, under Omar De Felippe's coaching.[3] He scored his first goal in a 3–0 victory against Tigre for the 28th fixture of that season.

Bologna

On 30 August 2019, he signed a contract with Italian club Bologna and was loaned back to Vélez Sarsfield for the rest of 2019.[4] Domínguez made his debut for Bologna as a sub on 12 January in a 1–0 loss away at Torino. He would make his first start for the club on 19 January in a 1–1 home draw against Hellas Verona.

Nottingham Forest

On 1 September 2023, Domínguez signed with Premier League side Nottingham Forest on a five-year deal in swap deal for Remo Freuler.[5] He made his debut away at Manchester City later that month. On 1 October, Domínguez scored his first goal for Nottingham Forest in a 1–1 draw against Brentford.[6]

International career

Domínguez made his debut for Argentina national team on 5 September 2019 in a friendly against Chile, as a 67th-minute substitute for Rodrigo De Paul.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 December 2025[8][9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vélez Sarsfield 2016–17 Argentine Primera División 12100——121
2017–18 24040——280
2018–19 25310——263
2019–20 14540——185
Total 75990——849
Bologna 2019–20 Serie A 16000——160
2020–21 28120——301
2021–22 28011——291
2022–23 31330——343
Total 103461——1095
Nottingham Forest 2023–24[10] Premier League 2623100—293
2024–25 Premier League 3204010—370
2025–26 Premier League 7000—2[b]090
Total 652712020763
Career total 24315222202026917

International

As of match played 16 November 2021[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Argentina 201951
202030
202130
Total111
Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Domínguez goal.
List of international goals scored by Nicolás Domínguez[11]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
113 October 2019Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero, Alicante, Spain Ecuador5–16–1Friendly

Honours

Argentina

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "2023/24 Premier League squad lists". Premier League. 13 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Nicolás Domínguez". Bologna F.C. 1909. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "2016/17 Tournament statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Domínguez joins Bologna" (Press release). Bologna. 30 August 2019.
  5. ↑ Club, Nottingham Forest Football (1 September 2023). "Forest complete signing of Nicolás Domínguez". Nottingham Forest Football Club.
  6. ↑ Emons, Michael (1 October 2023). "Nottingham Forest 1–1 Brentford". BBC Sport.
  7. ↑ "Chile v Argentina game report". ESPN. 5 September 2019.
  8. ↑ "N. Domínguez". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  9. ↑ "Nicolás Domínguez". SofaScore. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  10. ↑ "Nicolas Dominguez 2023–24 Football Stats". Soccerbase. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  11. 1 2 Nicolás Domínguez at National-Football-Teams.com
  12. ↑ Graham, Bryan Armen (11 July 2021). "Argentina 1–0 Brazil: Copa América final – live!". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  13. ↑ "Argentina se lleva el 'Superclásico' con un gol de Messi en el debut de Rodrygo". 15 November 2019.
  14. ↑ "Messi scores as Argentina beat Brazil". BBC Sport.
  15. ↑ Lazzaro, Ariel (16 July 2019). "Premios SAF 2018–2019 : Néstor Gorosito mejor DT, Walter Montillo mejor jugador". zonanortevision.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  16. ↑ Lazzaro, Ariel (16 July 2019). "Premios SAF 2018–2019 : Néstor Gorosito mejor DT, Walter Montillo mejor jugador". zonanortevision.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2023.