Who is Nico Paz? Age, club, position and stats

Nico Paz is a 22-year-old left-footed attacking midfielder who wears the No.10 shirt for Como in Serie A and plays senior international football for Argentina. Born in Tenerife and developed at Real Madrid, he spent the autumn of 2026 as the creative centre of a Como side playing in the Champions League, and his two-goal, one-assist night against Manchester United on 21 October was the clearest statement of where his game is now.

Who is Nico Paz?

Nicolás Paz Martínez joined Como in August 2024 after an academy and Castilla apprenticeship at Real Madrid, where he also made eight first-team appearances in 2023/24 (one goal). The football is what stands out: a left-footed No.10 with a taste for arriving in the box from deep, who has now spent more than two seasons making an unglamorous Serie A club look like a Champions League side.

Age, nationality and club

Born on 8 September 2004 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Paz is 22 as of 11 November 2026. He chose Argentina at international level: an Argentina U20 spell in 2022-23 was followed by a senior career that stood at 14 caps and four goals as of 6 October 2026 per Wikipedia, with all four goals and eight of the caps coming in 2026. His contract at Como runs to June 2028 on the club-side timetable (FotMob lists 30 June 2028) and he is not on loan.

Position and style of play

Paz is listed as an attacking midfielder, with FotMob also showing right midfield, right wing and striker. The left foot makes him most dangerous when he drifts in off the right, receives between the lines and either threads a progressive pass into the half-space or takes the shot himself from the edge of the box. The Manchester United game is the example worth watching: he curled Como ahead inside two minutes from range, added a second goal around the 56th minute and also set up a teammate in a 4-1 win. The contrast came on 8 November, when he played 90 minutes without a goal contribution in a 0-2 defeat to Inter: his output spikes when space opens behind a high line and flattens against compact blocks.

2026/27 numbers against last season

As of 10 November, FotMob gives him three goals and three assists in 10 Serie A starts (824 minutes, average rating 7.93), with Wikipedia adding three goals in four Champions League appearances, so six goals in 14 matches across competitions. Last season he finished with 12 goals in 35 Serie A games and one in five Coppa Italia matches. The sources do not reconcile perfectly (the match log and the season summary differ on minutes and assists), so the sensible reading is the broad one: his rate has held up while the stage has got bigger.

Strengths and areas to improve

• Strengths: left-footed shooting from distance, progressive passing into the half-space, quick decisions after winning the ball, positional flexibility across the front line.
• To improve: defensive transitions and rest-defence workload, creativity against low blocks, physical duels. We lack tracked data for these points, so they rest on match footage and positional patterns rather than measured numbers.

Football Manager 2027 note

Football Manager 2027 data is game data, not a measure of real performance. In the game he is registered as an attacking midfielder/striker with a current ability of 163 and potential of 181, valued at about 93 million pounds. Nothing else in this piece relies on those ratings.

Could he suit a Turkish Süper Lig side?

Not realistically at the moment. A move to the Süper Lig is not financially realistic for a player of his market value (roughly 69 million euros per FotMob), who is tied to a Champions League club, so we are not nominating an Anatolian club. Tactically he would suit any system that lets a left-footed creator roam between a front two or behind a lone striker, but that is a profile observation rather than a reflection of any reported negotiation.

GegenSports view

The numbers suggest Paz is a system centrepiece rather than a passenger: a regular starter in Serie A, a scorer in Europe and a fixture in the Argentina squad. The picture is strongest where the data is strongest, and the next test is how he produces against the compact blocks teams will now set up for Como.

Frequently asked questions

How old is Nico Paz?

He was born on 8 September 2004 and is 22 as of 11 November 2026.

Where is Nico Paz from?

Born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain; he plays for Argentina.

Which club does Nico Paz play for?

Como in Serie A, wearing No.10, on a contract to 2028.

What position does Nico Paz play?

Left-footed attacking midfielder who can also play off the right and as a second striker.

What are Nico Paz’s 2026/27 stats?

Per FotMob, 3 goals and 3 assists in 10 Serie A matches; per Wikipedia, 3 goals in 4 Champions League matches, as of 10 November 2026.

Photo: Fra Casa, CC0, Wikimedia Commons