Nicolás Gianni

Nicolás Gianni

Personal information
Full name	Nicolás Andrés Gianni
Date of birth	March 9, 1982 (1982-27-09) (age 28)
Place of birth	Villa Adelina, Argentina
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Chacarita Juniors
Number	20
Youth career
??–2000	Argentinos Juniors
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2000–2010	Argentinos Juniors	63	(8)
2004–2005	→ Defensores de Belgrano (loan)	61	(6)
2008	→ Universidad Católica (loan)	12	(1)
2010	Manta	28	(2)
2011	Estudiantes de Mérida	10	(2)
Honours Player Argentinos Juniors Winner Argentine Primera División Clausura 2010
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 April 2011, 19:56 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Nicolás Andrés Gianni (born 27 September 1982 in Villa Adelina) is an Argentine footballer that currently plays for Estudiantes de Mérida of the Primera División de Venezuela.

Club career

Gianni started his career at Argentinos Juniors aged 18 in 2000, making his professional debut in a 1–0 loss against Rosario Central. In 2002, the club lost the category and was relegated to the Primera B Nacional (Second Divition), however Argentinos re-gained their place in Primera División in 2004, but in the same season he was loaned to Defensores de Belgrano, once playing in Second Divition.

In 2005, he returned to Argentinos and in the next season, Gianni won experience in Primera División, scoring his first goal for this tournament against Banfield in the penultimate week of the Torneo de Clausura 2006. After of his goal against Banfield, he again to score in the last week of the tournament, scoring the only goal of the match at 53rd minute against Colón de Santa Fe. Despite of his good performance in the Clausura, he only played two matches in the Torneo Apertura. During the season 2007 and the Clausura 2008, he was regular in the team, playing the majority of the games as a substitute and being titular in few occasions.

On 26 June 2008, Gianni was loaned to the Chilean team Universidad Católica, he arrived to the precordilleran club with the mission of replace to his countrymen Darío Bottinelli. He also was recommended to the coach Fernando Carvallo by the former footballer Jorge Quinteros, who had a great pass in this team in 2005. Quinteros including talked with Gianni and was very eager to play for Católica, affirmed the former striker of the UC.^[1] He made his official debut for the club as a starter in a 4–1 win over Unión Española, being substituted at 83rd minute.

Honours

Argentinos Juniors

• Argentine Primera División (1): Clausura 2010

References

1. ^ "Nicolás Gianni y Jeison Ibarrola son los nuevos refuerzos de la UC". La Tercera.cl. http://www.tercera.cl/contenido/82_25556_9.shtm. Retrieved 26 June 2008. 

External links

• BDFA profile
• Football-Lineups player profile
• Argentine Player Statistics

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Name	Gianni, Nicolas
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Date of birth	1982-09-27
Place of birth	Villa Adelina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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