# Nicolás Domínguez

Nicolás Martín Domínguez (Spanish pronunciation:; born 28 June 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Nottingham Forest.

## Club career
### Velez Sarfield

Domínguez played his first professional game for Vélez Sarsfield in a 3–2 victory against Estudiantes for the 15th fixture of the 2016–17 Argentine Primera División, under Omar De Felippe's coaching. He scored his first goal in a 3–0 victory against Tigre for the 28th fixture of that season.

### Bologna

On 30 August 2019, he signed a contract with Italian club Bologna and was loaned back to Vélez Sarsfield for the rest of 2019. Domínguez made his debut for Bologna as a sub on 12 January in a 1–0 loss away at Torino. He would make his first start for the club on 19 January in a 1–1 home draw against Hellas Verona.

### Nottingham Forest

On 1 September 2023, Domínguez signed with Premier League side Nottingham Forest on a five-year deal in swap deal for Remo Freuler. He made his debut away at Manchester City later that month. On 1 October, Domínguez scored his first goal for Nottingham Forest in a 1–1 draw against Brentford.

## International career

Domínguez made his debut for Argentina national team on 5 September 2019 in a friendly against Chile, as a 67th-minute substitute for Rodrigo De Paul.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 8 March 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | League cup | League cup | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Vélez Sarsfield | 2016–17 | Argentine Primera División | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 1 |
| Vélez Sarsfield | 2017–18 | Argentine Primera División | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 0 |
| Vélez Sarsfield | 2018–19 | Argentine Primera División | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 3 |
| Vélez Sarsfield | 2019–20 | Argentine Primera División | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 5 |
| Vélez Sarsfield | Total | Total | 75 | 9 | 9 | 0 | — | — | 84 | 9 |
| Bologna | 2019–20 | Serie A | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 |
| Bologna | 2020–21 | Serie A | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 1 |
| Bologna | 2021–22 | Serie A | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 29 | 1 |
| Bologna | 2022–23 | Serie A | 31 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 3 |
| Bologna | Total | Total | 103 | 4 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 109 | 5 |
| Nottingham Forest | 2023–24 | Premier League | 26 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 |
| Nottingham Forest | 2024–25 | Premier League | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Nottingham Forest | Total | Total | 49 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 3 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 227 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 248 | 17 |
* ↑ Includes Copa Argentina, Copa de la Superliga, Coppa Italia, FA Cup

### International

    As of match played 16 November 2021
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Argentina | 2019 | 5 | 1 |
| Argentina | 2020 | 3 | 0 |
| Argentina | 2021 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 11 | 1 |
    Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Domínguez goal.
List of international goals scored by Nicolás Domínguez :
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 13 October 2019 | Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero, Alicante, Spain | Ecuador | 5–1 | 6–1 | Friendly |

## Honours
### Argentina

* Copa América: 2021
* Superclásico de las Américas: 2019

### Individual

* Argentine Primera División Best Midfielder: 2018–19
* Argentine Primera División Team of the Year: 2018–19