Nelson Atiagli (born 18 January 1996) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Italian Eccellenza Lazio club Terracina.[1][2]

Nelson Atiagli
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-01-18) 18 January 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Terracina
Youth career
2010–2011 Kuntunse Great United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Tema Youth 6 (0)
2014–2022 Latina 115 (0)
2022– Terracina 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 April 2022

He previously played for Ghanaian club Tema Youth but he left to join Latina U19 ahead of the 2014–15 Campionato Primavera 1 season.

Career edit

Latina Calcio edit

Atiagli moved to Latina in the 2014–15 season but he did not make a senior team appearance until the 2018–19 season when played a total of 15 games for the club in the Serie D Girone G. In the following 2019–20 season, he made a total of 14 appearances for Latina as a midfielder.[3][4] During a press conference in 2015 General Manager Fabio Napolitano confirmed that Latina had successfully registered Atiagli for the league. In September 2019 the midfielder underwent a surgery at Latina to remove three abdominal hernias.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Nelson Atiagli – Latina Calcio 1932" (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  2. ^ Nelson Atiagli at Soccerway
  3. ^ "Performance of Ghanaian Players Abroad: Agyemang-Badu, Sam, Berko, Obodai, Owusu score for clubs in Europe". Nigeriasoccernet. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  4. ^ "Nelson Atiagli – Latina Calcio 1932" (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  5. ^ redazione. "Nelson Atiagli operato per tre ernie addominali, il centrocampista ghanese out tre settimane. Oggi al Francioni la sfida col Sassari". Latina Calcio (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-07-28.