![]() Nanni with San Marino in 2024 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 2 May 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Borgo Maggiore, San Marino | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Arzignano | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2016 | San Marino Calcio | ||
2016–2018 | Cesena | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2022 | Crotone | 2 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → Monopoli (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Cesena (loan) | 23 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → Lucchese (loan) | 32 | (2) |
2022–2024 | Olbia | 54 | (8) |
2024–2025 | Torres | 25 | (4) |
2025– | Arzignano | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2015 | San Marino U17 | 3 | (0) |
2017 | San Marino U19 | 3 | (0) |
2018 | San Marino U21 | 2 | (0) |
2018– | San Marino | 46 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:04, 11 June 2025 (UTC) |
Nicola Nanni (born 2 May 2000) is a Sammarinese footballer who plays as a forward for Italian Serie C Group A club Arzignano and the San Marino national team. He is considered one of the most experienced Sammarinese football players along with Massimo Bonini. He is one of only a few professional footballers from San Marino. [1]
Nanni was born in Borgo Maggiore. [2]
In July 2016, Nanni joined Cesena from San Marino Calcio for his first move outside of his homeland. [3]
He signed a 5-year deal for Crotone of Serie B on 3 August 2018. [4] Three days later he made his professional debut during a 4–0 victory against Giana Erminio in the 2018–19 Coppa Italia. On 29 August 2019, he joined Monopoli on loan. [5]
Nanni received the 2019 San Marino Golden Boy Award , an honour given to the best San Marino footballer under the age of 23. [6]
On 23 September 2020, he returned to Cesena on loan. [7] Nanni was loaned out again, this time to Lucchese 1905 of Serie C, in August 2021 for the 2021–22 season. [8]
On 15 July 2022, Nanni signed a two-year contract with Olbia in Serie C. [9]
Nanni made his senior national team debut on 15 November 2018 in a 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D match against Moldova. [11] [12]
He scored his first senior international goal on 5 September 2021 in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Poland. [13] Though San Marino ultimately lost 7–1, Nanni's goal was his nation's first home goal in World Cup qualification in eight years. [14]
On 15 November 2024, during a 2024–25 UEFA Nations League D game against Gibraltar, he scored his second goal (on a penalty) with San Marino, an equalizer which enabled his country to draw against Gibraltar 1-1, thus becoming the fourth Sammarinese ever to score more than one goal after Andy Selva, Manuel Marani and Filippo Berardi. [15]
Three days later on 18 November 2024, during a UEFA Nations League D game against Liechtenstein, he scored his third goal for San Marino on a penalty, thus becoming the first Sammarinese to score in two consecutive games and the third ever to score more than two goals. [16] The game resulted in a 3–1 win which saw San Marino get promoted to League C of the 2026–27 UEFA Nations League. [17]
Club | Season | League | Coppa Italia | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Crotone | 2018-19 | Serie B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2019-20 | Serie B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
Monopoli (loan) | 2019-20 | Serie C | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Cesena (loan) | 2020-21 | Serie C | 23 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
Lucchese (loan) | 2021-22 | Serie C | 31 | 2 | — | 1 [a] | 0 | 32 | 2 | |
Olbia | 2022-23 | Serie C | 21 | 4 | — | — | 21 | 4 | ||
2023-24 | Serie C | 33 | 4 | — | — | 33 | 4 | |||
Total | 54 | 8 | — | — | 54 | 8 | ||||
Torres | 2024-25 | Serie C | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | |
Career total | 125 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 128 | 11 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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San Marino | 2018 | 2 | 0 |
2019 | 8 | 0 | |
2020 | 3 | 0 | |
2021 | 11 | 1 | |
2022 | 3 | 0 | |
2023 | 7 | 0 | |
2024 | 8 | 2 | |
2025 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 46 | 3 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 5 September 2021 | San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino | ![]() | 1–4 | 1–7 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | [19] |
2 | 15 November 2024 | San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2024–25 UEFA Nations League D | [20] |
3 | 18 November 2024 | Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein | ![]() | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2024–25 UEFA Nations League D | [21] |
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