Ricardo Zielinski can breathe easy ahead of the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores de América against Athletico Paranaense. And it is that after that meeting with the leadership carried out this week after the first practice in the Country of City Bell, the white-haired board moved quickly and arranged the hiring of the Argentine defender Nehuén Paz, who will arrive at Estudiantes in the next hours to seal a loan link that will unite him with the albirrojo club until December of the current year 2022.
Left-handed, 29 years old and 1.91 tall, the former All Boys, Newell’s and Lanús, among others, has the characteristics that both the coaching staff and the CD were looking for to make up for Fabián Noguera’s loss due to injury, who will not be available to the Russian and his for about a month.
With a good aerial game and international experience also in the Old Continent, another issue that favors Paz’s hiring is that he arrives with filming and in full competition in the Chilean First Division tournament, in which his team currently occupies the eleventh position, with 22 points in 18 disputed days of the same one.
The truth is that given the urgency of having a name for the defense and also doing so before tomorrow’s matchday (when the list for the quarterfinals of the Cup with the included modifications must be presented), Estudiantes expects for the arrival of those who also passed through Bologna, Lecce and Crotone, all from Italy, and also through Kayserispor from Turkey.
The defender made Inferios in Pincha, before passing and making his debut in First in All Boys
For now, the center-back is expected at the City Bell Country Club as soon as possible in order to stamp the signature that will unite him with Pincha, and thus make himself available to a Zielinski who will add a new alternative for a last line in which he has suitable for Agustín Rogel, Luciano Lollo and Jorge Morel, whom he has also used in the central defense, but for reasons of force majeure.
Upon completion of this operation, which the León has already confirmed on its social networks, Estudiantes added its eighth new face within a transfer market in which it had previously closed: Luciano Lollo, Benjamín Rollheiser, Pablo Piatti, Mateo Pellegrino, Leonardo Heredia , Eros Mancuso and the Uruguayan Mauro Méndez, who yesterday signed and was presented by the club.
YOUR NUMBERS IN 2022
The former All Boys defender arrived in Chile in February of this year, after having passed through the Italian ascent, with a previous step in Crotone of Serie B. Hired on the recommendation of Gary Medel, who was his teammate in Bologna, he played a total of 13 matches with the Cruzados shirt, who were part of the current Libertadores and also the Copa Sudamericana, eliminated a long time ago by Santos from Brazil.
Of the 13 games that Nehuén Paz played at Universidad Católica, 12 of them were played as a starter, including four in the Group Phase of the contest that Pincha is currently pursuing and that will have him face to face with Athletico Paranaense from next Thursday. August 4th.
In total, he has played 1,051 minutes on the court, with a last record from July 17, when he played all 90 in what was the 3-2 defeat of his team against Curicó Unido.
Throughout his professional career he accumulated 162 official matches and 4 goals. Two of them in La Lepra Rosario, one in Bologna and the other in Turkish football. His career breaks down into 36 games for All Boys in both the First and Second Divisions; 57 at Newell’s; 4 in Lanus; 13 in Bologna; 13 in Lecce; 12 in Kayserispor; 14 in Crotone and the aforementioned 13 in Catholic University.
LIKE ROLLHEISER, BUT TO END LIKE SCHIAVI
Like Benjamin Rollheiser, another name that Pincha added to the current market, Paz had a stint in the Inferiores del León. The one born in Buenos Aires was in León until 2011, when he was released. Some years later he was close to returning, with Mauricio Pellegrino as coach, something that ultimately did not happen.
Now the story is different and in decisive instances of the Libertadores, they will seek to emulate Rolando Schiavi, who arrived at Estudiantes de Emergencia, in 2009, and ended up lifting the Cup at the hands of Alejandro Sabella.
