Nicolás Gianni

Nicolás Gianni
Personal information
Full name	Nicolás Andrés Gianni
Date of birth	September 27, 1982 (age 39)
Place of birth	Villa Lugano, Argentina
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	Gimnasia y Tiro
Youth career
	Argentinos Juniors
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2010	Argentinos Juniors
2004–2005	→ Defensores (loan)
2008	→ U. Católica (loan)
2010	Manta
2011	Chacarita Juniors
2011	Estudiantes de Mérida
2012–2013	Crucero del Norte
2013–2014	AEK Kouklia
2014	Fenix
2014–2015	Deportivo Coopsol
2015–	Gimnasia y Tiro
Honours
Player
Argentinos Juniors
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 April 2015

Nicolás Andrés Gianni (born 27 September 1982 in Villa Lugano) is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for Gimnasia y Tiro.

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 Division), 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 Division.

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[]

^ "Nicolás Gianni y Jeison Ibarrola son los nuevos refuerzos de la UC". La Tercera.cl. Retrieved 26 June 2008.^{[permanent dead link]}

External links[]

Nicolas Andres Gianni at BDFA (in Spanish)
Nicolás Gianni at Football-Lineups
"Nicolás Gianni – Argentine Player Statistics at Fútbol XXI" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 2009-07-15.

[1] "Nicolás Gianni y Jeison Ibarrola son los nuevos refuerzos de la UC". La Tercera.cl. Retrieved 26 June 2008.^{[permanent dead link]}

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