Nathanaël Saintini

Nathanaël Ruben Saintini (born 30 May 2000) is a Guadeloupean professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Swiss side Sion, and the Guadeloupe national team.

Club career
Saintini is a youth product of the Guadeloupean club MJC des Abymes, and continued his development in mainland France with the youth academies of CASC Ouillins-Lyon, Saint-Priest and Montpellier. He began his senior career with Montpellier reserves, before moving to SO Cholet in the Championnat National. He transferred to FC Sion on 8 January 2019.

Saintini spent the 2020–21 season on loan with the Luxembourgian club Union Titus Pétange. He made his professional debut with Sion in a 1–0 Swiss Super League win over BSC Young Boys on 7 August 2021.

On 14 February 2024, Saintini joined Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih in Ukraine on loan with an option to buy.

International career
Born in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe, Saintini represented the France U18s twice in 2018. He debuted for the Guadeloupe national team in a friendly 2–0 loss to Cape Verde on 23 March 2022.