Roberto Nditi

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Roberto Nditi
Personal information
Full name Roberto Yohana Nditi [1]
Date of birth (2000-10-01) 1 October 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth Basingstoke, England
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Forfar Athletic
Youth career
Reading
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2020 Reading 0 (0)
2019 → Eastbourne Borough (loan) 5 (0)
2020–2021 Bracknell Town 5 (0)
2021 Forfar Athletic 9 (0)
2021–2022 Queen of the South 27 (0)
2022– Forfar Athletic 41 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:54, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Roberto Yohana Nditi (born 1 October 2000) is an English footballer who plays for Scottish club Forfar Athletic as a defender.

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Club career

Born in Basingstoke, [1] Nditi spent his early career with Reading, where he was captain of their under-16 team. [2] He turned professional in June 2019, [3] [4] and in September 2019 he moved on loan to Eastbourne Borough. [5] He was released by Reading at the end of the 2019–20 season, [6] and after leaving Reading he played for Bracknell Town. [7]

He signed with Forfar Athletic in February 2021, [8] being linked with a transfer to Hearts, [9] before moving to Queen of the South for the 2021–22 season. [10] After one season he returned to Forfar. [11]

International career

Nditi was named in the provisional Tanzania squad for the delayed 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in January 2024, [11] [12] [13] but he was not selected in their final squad list. [14]

Personal life

Born in England, Nditi has Tanzanian and Italian heritage. [10] His father Eric is from Tanzania. [15] His half-brother is former Chelsea trainee Adam Nditi, while his two younger brothers, twins Zion and Paulo, are also footballers. [16]

Style of play

Primarily a central defender, Nditi can play anywhere in defence. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
  2. 1 2 Bellshaw, George (5 September 2016). "Metro's Top 50 Under-20s: Meet #50 Nditi, who idolises Chelsea star - Exclusive".
  3. ↑ "NEW DEALS OFFERED TO ACADEMY TALENTS AS FIRST TEAM CONTRACTS EXPIRE". Reading F.C. 10 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "YOUNG ROYALS PEN NEW DEALS". Reading F.C. 27 June 2019.
  5. ↑ Low, Jonathan (9 September 2019). "Fenerbahce eye Puscas, Women see off Liverpool & prep for Boro". Berkshire Live.
  6. ↑ FC, Reading (2 July 2020). "🖋️ Contract update | New U23s contracts offered, two professional deals expire and all loanees agree to extensions until the end of July". Reading FC.
  7. ↑ "Bracknell Town | Appearances | Roberto Nditi | 2020-2021 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  8. ↑ Coutts, Christopher. "Young Defender movers north to Station Park". www.forfarathletic.co.uk.
  9. ↑ Doyle, Chris (19 April 2021). "Hearts transfer news as Roberto Nditi a 'target' for Robbie Neilson". Edinburgh Live.
  10. 1 2 "QosFC: Welcome - Roberto Nditi". www.qosfc.com.
  11. 1 2 "Forfar's Nditi set for Afcon adventure with Tanzania" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  12. ↑ Coutts, Christopher. "International Call Up for Roberto Nditi". forfarathletic.co.uk.
  13. ↑ "Nditi dreaming of a date with destiny at the Afcon". The Citizen. 23 December 2023.
  14. ↑ "AFCON 2023: Tanzania unveil final squad for Ivory Coast". Africa Top Sports. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  15. ↑ Temple, Alan (22 December 2023). "Meet the Forfar Athletic ace who could line up against PSG, Man Utd and Chelsea stars at the Africa Cup of Nations".
  16. ↑ "Adam Nditi : Yaani kapotezwa kama utani vile" [Adam Nditi : That is, it was lost like a joke]. mwanaspoti.co.tz (in Swahili). 12 November 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
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