Nicolás Raimondi
 Raimondi with Lokomotiv Plovdiv in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicolás Raimondi Schiaffarino | ||
| Date of birth | 5 September 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | Liverpool Montevideo | (2) | |
| 2004 | Deportes Antofagasta | ||
| 2004 | Venezia | ||
| 2005 | Miramar Misiones | 4 | (0) |
| 2005 | Atlético Universidad | ||
| 2006 | Liverpool Montevideo | ||
| 2007 | Grêmio Anápolis | ||
| 2008 | Avaí | ||
| 2008–2009 | Universitario de Sucre | 11 | (8) |
| 2009 | Ermis Aradippou | 13 | (3) |
| 2010 | Jorge Wilstermann | 28 | (7) |
| 2010–2011 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 18 | (4) |
| 2012–2013 | Cartagena | 29 | (4) |
| 2014–2015 | Rampla Juniors | 4 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Torque | 20 | (9) |
| 2016 | Deportivo Maldonado | 7 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Nicolás Raimondi Schiaffarino (born 5 September 1984) is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a striker.
Career
[edit]Raimondi began his professional career playing with his hometown team Liverpool Montevideo, a team where he achieve the promotion to the highest division level of Uruguayan football in 2002.
After three seasons with the team of Montevideo he joined the Chilean side Deportes Antofagasta,[1] club which had just gained the promotion to the Chilean Primera División. After half a season, he comes for the first time to play in Europe and he signed with the Italian side F.B.C. Unione Venezia.[2] At the end of the season the team is in financial trouble, is declared bankrupt and relegated from Serie B.
He returned to his homeland and signed a contract with another team from his hometown Miramar Misiones and played in Uruguay's elite division. After several months, he put his first steps at the highest level in Peru at Atlético Universidad, but when that team was relegated at the end of the season, he returned to the team where he started his career, Liverpool Montevideo in the 2005–2006 season. During the 2006–2007 season, he switched to another townsman and contemporary series, Montevideo Wanderers F.C.
At the end of the season he begins his adventure in the Brazilian modest club Grêmio Esportivo Brasil, which he received the first round of the 2007–2008 season and played during the second round at Avaí FC. The subsequent 2008–2009 season he was transferred to the Bolivian side Universitario de Sucre. With this team he stayed two seasons.
For the second time he embarked on a European challenge. This time at the Cyprus side Ermis Aradippou, after which he returned to Bolivia in 2010 at Club Jorge Wilstermann, where he won the 2010 Apertura.
In August 2010, he signed a new deal with the Bulgarian First Division side PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv. He was released and later transferred to Liga Adelante club Cartagena.[3][4] During his first appearance for the team he scored against Recreativo de Huelva immediately with the head the second goal of the 3–1 game home win. On 29 May 2012, he was the first player to extend his contract with the club to face the next Segunda División B season.[5]
Personal life
[edit]His favourite music artist is said to be X-Factor finalist, Daniel Evans. He is nicknamed the Uruguayan "Pericard" due to very similar playing styles and has a tattoo of Leo Sayer on his right arm. He once swallowed a bee during pre-season training.
Honours
[edit]- Liverpool
- Jorge Wilstermann
References
[edit]- ^ "Campeonato de Primera División "B" 2004". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ "Landaida, García, Vicente y Raimondi se sumaron a Venezia". LARED21 (in Spanish). 16 July 2004. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ "El Cartagena ficha al delantero uruguayo Nicolás Raimondi" (in Spanish). mundodeportivo.com. 5 January 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
- ^ "El Cartagena ficha a Nicolás Raimondi". www.marca.com (in Spanish). 5 January 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ "Nicolas Raimondi renueva por el Fútbol Club Cartagena" (in Spanish). vavel.com. 29 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
External links
[edit]- Nicolás Raimondi at Soccerway
- Nicolás Raimondi at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Nicolás Raimondi at BDFutbol
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Montevideo
- Uruguayan sportspeople of Italian descent
- Uruguayan men's footballers
- Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Uruguayan Segunda División players
- Uruguayan Primera División players
- Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo) players
- Miramar Misiones players
- Rampla Juniors players
- Montevideo City Torque players
- Deportivo Maldonado players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Chile
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Chile
- Primera B de Chile players
- C.D. Antofagasta footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Venezia FC players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Peru
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Peru
- Peruvian Primera División players
- Atlético Universidad footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
- Grêmio Esportivo Anápolis players
- Avaí FC players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia
- Bolivian Primera División players
- Universitario de Sucre footballers
- C.D. Jorge Wilstermann players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- Cypriot First Division players
- Ermis Aradippou FC players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- FC Cartagena footballers
- Naturalised citizens of Italy