Nicolas_Samayoa
Nicolás Samayoa
Guatemalan footballer (born 1995)
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.
| 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) | 30 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018– | Guatemala | 19 | (1) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2024 | |||
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]
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 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 14 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 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 |
- Comunicaciones
- "Nicolas Samayo". Comunicaciones FC. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- "Nicolas Samayoa - 2014 - Florida Gulf Coast University". fgcuathletics.com.
- "Recap: Louisville City vs. New England Revolution 06/05/2018 | Matchcenter". Archived from the original on 12 June 2018.
- "LIGHTS FC ADDS DEFENDER NICO SAMAYOA TO ROSTER ON LOAN FROM NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION OF MLS". www.lasvegaslightsfc.com.
- Archived 5 January 2023 at the Wayback Machine[dead link]
- "Israel v Guatemala game report". UEFA. 15 November 2018.
- "Samayoa, Nicolas". National Football Teams. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- Nicolás Samayoa at Major League Soccer
- FGU Eagles Profile
- Nicolás Samayoa at Soccerway
- Nicolás Samayoa at National-Football-Teams.com
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