Rubén Botta, Attacking Midfield at Nacional

Attacking Midfield · Midfielder

#20 Rubén Botta

Nacional Primera División · Uruguay

Date of birth / Age: 31 Jan 1990 (36)
Height · Weight: 1.77 m · 74 kg
Foot: Left
Main position: Attacking Midfield
Citizenship: Argentina, Italy
Joined club: 4 Aug 2026
Contract until: 2027

Date of birth / Age: 31 Jan 1990 (36)
Height · Weight: 1.77 m · 74 kg
Foot: Left
Main position: Attacking Midfield
Citizenship: Argentina, Italy
Joined club: 4 Aug 2026
Contract until: 2027

Season 2026

Appearances: 17
Starting eleven: 13
Goals: 2
Assists: 1
Yellow cards: 3
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 1
Minutes: 1,021

Starting eleven76%

13 of 17 appearances

Minutes played1,021

60 per appearance

Goal involvement3

2 goals · 1 assists

Positions played

256 matches · since 2014/15

RBDMLWCFCMRWAM

Position	Apps	G	A
Attacking Midfield	128	17	11
Right Winger	64	6	5
Central Midfield	25	3	2
Centre-Forward	23	3	4
Other · LW, DM, RB	16	0	1

How he compares

TSH benchmarks · attacking midfielders with 900+ minutes

World rank: #720; attacking midfielder in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #282; among attacking midfielders aged 30+
In his league: 36%; of Liga Profesional de Fútbol attacking midfielders rank below him
Finishing: −2.2; goals below expected · better than 14% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons · no penalties

Goals

2 Expected

4.2

71 shots. He scores fewer than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

7 Expected

6.2

Teammates converted his chances about as expected.

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Defensa y Justicia	13	13	1	1	3	0	1	860
2026	Primera División	Nacional	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	133
2026	Copa Argentina	Defensa y Justicia	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	28
2025	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Talleres Córdoba	23	15	0	2	8	0	0	1,288
2025	Copa Libertadores	Talleres Córdoba	4	4	1	–	0	–	0	253
2025	Copa Argentina	Talleres Córdoba	1	1	1	–	0	–	0	70
2024	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Talleres Córdoba	21	18	2	4	9	0	0	1,442
2024	Copa de la Liga Profesional	Talleres Córdoba	13	12	2	–	1	–	0	948
2024	Copa Libertadores	Talleres Córdoba	7	5	2	–	0	–	0	479
2024	Copa Argentina	Talleres Córdoba	2	2	0	–	1	–	0	152
2024	Super Copa International	Talleres Córdoba	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	74
2022/23	Serie B	Bari	27	17	2	1	4	0	0	1,443
2023	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Colón	15	15	3	1	4	0	0	1,302
2022/23	Coppa Italia	Bari	3	3	1	–	1	–	0	240
2023	Copa Argentina	Colón	2	2	0	–	1	–	0	206
2021/22	Serie C	Bari	28	24	4	–	5	–	0	1,815
2021/22	Coppa Italia Serie C	Bari	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	27
2020/21	Serie C	Sambenedettese (OLD)	31	29	8	–	9	–	0	2,583
2019/20	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Defensa y Justicia	7	7	1	–	2	–	0	559
2019/20	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	San Lorenzo	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	62
2020	Copa Libertadores	Defensa y Justicia	2	2	0	–	1	–	0	165
2018/19	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	San Lorenzo	18	17	2	2	0	0	0	1,343
2019	Copa de la Superliga	San Lorenzo	3	2	0	–	1	–	0	116
2019	Copa Libertadores	San Lorenzo	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	53
2017/18	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	San Lorenzo	21	9	3	0	2	0	0	935
2018	CONMEBOL Sudamericana	San Lorenzo	5	5	0	–	2	–	0	379
2018	Copa Argentina	San Lorenzo	4	4	0	–	2	–	0	390
2018	Torneos de Verano	San Lorenzo	3	2	0	–	0	–	0	239
2016/17	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	San Lorenzo	16	8	0	1	4	0	0	743
2016/17	Liga MX	Pachuca	14	5	4	0	0	0	0	504
2017	Copa Libertadores	San Lorenzo	9	3	1	–	1	–	0	409
2015/16	Liga MX	Pachuca	32	26	4	7	9	0	0	2,034
2015/16	Copa MX	Pachuca	4	2	0	–	1	–	0	221
2015/16	Campeón de Campeones	Pachuca	1	0	0	–	0	–	1	4
2014/15	Serie A	Chievo (OLD)	21	5	0	1	5	1	0	850
2014/15	UEFA Europa League	Internazionale	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	60
2013/14	Serie A	Internazionale	10	1	0	–	2	–	0	190
2013/14	Coppa Italia	Internazionale	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	9
2012/13	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Tigre	20	16	5	–	4	–	1	1,399
2013	Copa Libertadores	Tigre	9	8	4	–	2	–	0	728
2012	CONMEBOL Sudamericana	Tigre	8	8	2	–	3	–	1	676
2011/12	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Tigre	7	1	0	–	0	–	0	160
2011/12	Copa Argentina	Tigre	4	4	0	–	1	–	0	334
2010/11	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Tigre	23	3	0	–	2	–	0	583
2009/10	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Tigre	9	5	0	–	2	–	0	445
2008/09	Liga Profesional de Fútbol	Tigre	2	1	0	–	1	–	0	69

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			452	308	54	20^*	93	1^*	4	27,002

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
Liga Profesional de Fútbol	196	17	11
Serie C	59	12	–
Liga MX	46	8	7
Copa Libertadores	32	8	–
Serie A	31	0	1
Serie B	27	2	1
Copa Argentina	14	1	–
CONMEBOL Sudamericana	13	2	–
Copa de la Liga Profesional	13	2	–
Copa MX	4	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 26 Oct 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Aug 2026 Aug 2026 · Transfer Defensa y Justicia Nacional Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2026 Jan 2026 · Free Transfer Talleres Córdoba Defensa y Justicia Free Transfer
Jan 2024 Jan 2024 · Transfer Colón Talleres Córdoba Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Aug 2023 Aug 2023 · Transfer Bari Colón Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Aug 2021 Aug 2021 · Transfer Sambenedettese (OLD) Bari Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Oct 2020 Oct 2020 · Transfer Defensa y Justicia Sambenedettese (OLD) Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2020 Jan 2020 · Transfer San Lorenzo Defensa y Justicia Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2017 Jan 2017 · Transfer Pachuca San Lorenzo Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2015 Jul 2015 · Transfer Internazionale Pachuca Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2015 Jul 2015 · Back from Loan Chievo (OLD) Internazionale Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Aug 2014 Aug 2014 · Loan Internazionale Chievo (OLD) Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2014 Jan 2014 · Transfer Livorno Internazionale Transfer Fee in TSH subscription

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