Serif Nhaga

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Serif Nhaga
Personal information
Date of birth (2005-09-01) 1 September 2005 (age 19)
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Paris Saint-Germain
Youth career
2019–2023 Porto
2023–2024 Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024– Paris Saint-Germain 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:08, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

Serif Nhaga (born 1 September 2005) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain. [1]

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Club career

A member of the Porto academy since 2019, [2] [3] [4] Nhaga joined the Paris Saint-Germain Academy in January 2023, after he refused to sign his first professional contract with the Portuguese club. [5] [6] [7] [8] He joined the club on a contract until 2025, and was initially assigned to the under-19 squad. [9] Nhaga was first selected by first team manager Christophe Galtier in the match day squad on 21 April 2023, for a Ligue 1 game against Angers, where he appeared on the bench. [6] [7] [10]

International career

Born in Guinea-Bissau, Nhaga holds Portuguese nationality and has been called up to Portuguese youth national teams. [11] [2] [5] [7]

Style of play

An offensive-minded left-back with remarkable physical abilities, [5] Nhaga's style of play very soon earned him comparisons to his PSG teammate Nuno Mendes. [5] [7] [10] PSG manager Christophe Galtier described Nhaga as a "left-footed, very explosive, powerful [player], with good technical abilities". [7] [12]

Honours

Paris Saint-Germain U19

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References

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  4. ↑ "FC Porto dá tudo para segurar Nhaga". SAPO Desporto (in Portuguese). 21 July 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Delom, Hugo; Tanzi, Loïc (27 February 2023). "Youth League : focus sur cinq U19 du PSG opposés au Borussia Dortmund". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Angers-PSG: Serif Nhaga, petit nouveau dans le groupe parisien". RMC Sport (in French). 20 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
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  8. ↑ "Mercato : Le PSG s'offre une pépite du FC Porto". beIN Sports (in French). 26 January 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  9. ↑ "Le PSG signe un jeune arrière gauche venu du FC Porto". CulturePSG (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  10. 1 2 Mechenoua, Marc (20 April 2023). "Angers-PSG : avec Nuno Mendes et Serif Nhaga à Angers ?". Goal (in French). Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  11. ↑ "Serif Nhaga". Ligue1 (in French). Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  12. ↑ "PSG : Christophe Galtier s'estime " légitime " pour rester l'entraîneur la saison prochaine". Le Parisien (in French). 31 March 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
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