Nicolás Samayoa

Nicolás Samayoa

Personal information
Full name	Nicolás Samayoa Pacheco
Date of birth	(1995-08-02) 2 August 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Guatemala City, Guatemala
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Politehnica Iași (on loan from Comunicaciones)
Number	3
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2017	Florida Gulf Coast Eagles	66	(6)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018	New England Revolution	0	(0)
2018	→ Las Vegas Lights (loan)	2	(0)
2019–	Comunicaciones	115	(11)
2023–	→ Politehnica Iași (loan)	49	(1)
International career^‡
2018–	Guatemala	23	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2024

Nicolás Samayoa Pacheco (born 2 August 1995) is a Guatemalan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Romanian Liga I club Politehnica Iași, on loan from Liga Nacional club Comunicaciones, and the Guatemala national team.

Club career

Youth career

Samayoa also played four years of college soccer at Florida Gulf Coast University between 2014 and 2017. While at FGU, Samayoa made 66 appearances, scored 6 goals and tallied 4 assists.^[2]

New England Revolution

On 21 January 2018, Samayoa was drafted in the fourth round (78th overall) of the 2018 MLS SuperDraft by New England Revolution.^[3] He signed with the club on 9 February 2018.^[4]

Samayoa made his professional debut on 5 June 2018, in a 3-2 loss to Louisville City FC in a Lamar Hunt US Open Cup game.^[5]

On 11 June 2018, Samayoa joined United Soccer League side Las Vegas Lights on loan.^[6]

New England released Samayoa at the end of their 2018 season.^[7]

Comunicaciones

On 1 January 2019, Samayoa returned to Guatemala and signed with Liga Nacional club Comunicaciones.^[8]

International career

Samayoa has represented the Guatemala U20 and was selected by head coach Carlos Ruiz to participate in the 2015 CONCACAF U20 Championship, where he spent six games as an unused substitute.^[3]

He made his debut for Guatemala national football team on 15 November 2018 in a friendly against Israel which Guatemala lost 0–7.^[9]

Career statistics

International stats

Guatemala
Year	Apps	Goals
2018	1	0
2022	2	0
2023	14	1
2024	6	0
Total	23	1

Scores and results list Guatemala's goal tally first.^[10]

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	27 March 2023	Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala	French Guiana	3–0	4–0	2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League B

Honours

Comunicaciones

• CONCACAF League: 2021
• Liga Nacional de Guatemala: Clausura 2022

References

1. "Nicolas Samayo". Comunicaciones FC. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
2. "Nicolas Samayoa - 2014 - Florida Gulf Coast University". fgcuathletics.com.
3. "Revolution Select Defender Nicolas Samayoa in Fourth Round of 2018 MLS SuperDraft | New England Revolution".
4. "New England Revolution sign defenders Jalil Anibaba, Nicolas Samayoa | MLSSoccer.com".
5. "Recap: Louisville City vs. New England Revolution 06/05/2018 | Matchcenter". Archived from the original on 12 June 2018.
6. "LIGHTS FC ADDS DEFENDER NICO SAMAYOA TO ROSTER ON LOAN FROM NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION OF MLS". www.lasvegaslightsfc.com.
7. "New England Revolution announce end of season roster moves | MLSSoccer.com".
8. Archived 5 January 2023 at the Wayback Machine^{[dead link‍]}
9. "Israel v Guatemala game report". UEFA. 15 November 2018.
10. "Samayoa, Nicolas". National Football Teams. Retrieved 9 October 2023.

External links

• Nicolás Samayoa at Major League Soccer
• FGU Eagles Profile
• Nicolás Samayoa at Soccerway
• Nicolás Samayoa at National-Football-Teams.com