Radja Nainggolan

Radja Nainggolan
Radja Nainggolan
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Personal information
Date of birth 4 May 1988 (1988-05-04) (age 23)
Place of birth Antwerp, Belgium
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Cagliari
Number 4
Youth career
2000–2004 Germinal Beerschot
2004–2007 Piacenza
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Piacenza 71 (4)
2010– Cagliari 38 (2)
National team
2008–2010 Belgium U-21 4 (1)
2009– Belgium 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 April 2010.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 April 2010

Radja Nainggolan (born 4 May 1988 in Antwerp) is a Belgian football midfielder playing for Cagliari after being sold in June 2010 by Piacenza[1].. He also has one cap for the Belgian national team.

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Career

In January 2010 Cagliari Calcio signed the Belgian midfielder on loan from Serie B club Piacenza Calcio.[2]

International career

Nainggolan earned his first international cap on 29 May 2009 against Chile in the Kirin Cup.

Personal life

His father is from Indonesian Batak ancestry—Nainggolan itself is a family name of Batak and name Radja (or Raja) is Indonesian language for "king". His mother is a Belgian national. He has a half brother and two half sisters, and a twin sister.

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