Nathanaël Ruben Saintini

Nathanaël Ruben Saintini is a defender born in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe, on 30 May 2000. He developed with MJC des Abymes before moving to mainland France in 2015, where he continued through CASC Ouillins-Lyon, AS Saint-Priest and Montpellier’s academy. Saintini moved into senior football with Cholet and joined FC Sion in January 2019. He spent two years with Sion’s reserve side, then gained top-flight experience on loan at Union Titus Pétange in Luxembourg during the 2020–21 season. On 7 August 2021, he made his Sion first-team debut in a 1–0 win over Young Boys and later recorded 47 Swiss Super League appearances between 2021 and 2023. He subsequently played for Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih and Martigues before moving to FC Noah, where he is listed in the current squad. Internationally, Saintini represented France at under-18 level and later debuted for Guadeloupe in March 2022.