Nicolás Esteban Medina Ríos
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicolás Esteban Medina Rios | ||
| Date of birth | 28 March 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Curicó Unido | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Universidad Chile | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2007 | Universidad Chile | 13 | (2) |
| 2007–2011 | Osasuna | 0 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | → Eibar (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Huesca (loan) | 21 | (3) |
| 2009–2010 | → Castellón (loan) | 14 | (2) |
| 2011 | Akademik Sofia | 0 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Curicó Unido | 19 | (9) |
| 2013 | Deportes Naval | 11 | (1) |
| 2013–2016 | San Marcos Arica | 61 | (12) |
| 2016– | Curicó Unido | 2 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2006–2007 | Chile U20 | 17 | (7) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 November 2016. | |||
Nicolás 'Nico' Esteban Medina Ríos (born 28 March 1987) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays for Curicó Unido as a forward.
Club career
Born in Santiago, Medina began his football career at Club Universidad de Chile, being promoted to the first team in 2006. Also during that year, he received an offer from Real Madrid, but did not accept it because he still wanted to develop his game before making the move to Europe.
In the following summer, Medina signed with another club from Spain, CA Osasuna, in a four-year contract and a €400.000 fee. He was immediately loaned to Segunda División side SD Eibar,[1] where he was played very rarely (ten matches out of 42).
For the 2008–09 season, Medina was again loaned by the Navarrese to another team in that level, SD Huesca.[2] He appeared slightly more than the previous campaign, contributing with three goals to the Aragonese's survival in the category.[3][4][5]
On 27 November 2009, Medina moved clubs again, still owned by Osasuna, joining CD Castellón in a season-long move.[6] He definitely cut ties with the former in the 2010 winter transfer window, signing with PFC Akademik Sofia.
International career
Medina represented Chile at under-20 level, playing all the matches at the 2007 South American Youth Championship and netting five times as his team finished fourth and qualified for that year's FIFA U-20 World Cup.[7] In the finals held in Canada he helped the nation to the third place, scoring in the opening game against the hosts and against the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[8]
References
- ↑ Osasuna cede al delantero chileno Nico Medina al Castellón (Osasuna loans Chilean forward Nico Medina to Castellón); Diario AS, 27 November 2009 (Spanish)
- ↑ Nico Medina ha sido cedido a la SD Huesca (Nico Medina has been loaned to SD Huesca); CA Osasuna, 19 August 2008 (Spanish)
- ↑ Un Huesca muy superior se lleva los tres puntos del Rico Pérez (Highly-superior Huesca takes three points from Rico Pérez); Marca, 11 October 2008 (Spanish)
- ↑ Al líder se le escaparon dos puntos justo al final (Leader left two points at the very end); Marca, 18 January 2009 (Spanish)
- ↑ El Huesca arranca un empate y Tabares se rompe la tibia y el peroné (Huesca scrapes a draw and Tabares breaks tibia and fibula); Diario AS, 31 January 2009 (Spanish)
- ↑ Nico Medina cuenta con el OK de la Liga de Fútbol Profesional y podría formar parte de la convocatoria ante el Real Murcia (Nico Medina gets OK from Professional Football League and could make final squad against Real Murcia); CD Castellón, 27 November 2009 (Spanish)
- ↑ Chile cumplió y ya piensa en la fase final del Sudamericano sub 20 (Chile did not fail and already thinks about U-20 Sudamericano finals); Fútbol Chileno, 2007 (Spanish)
- ↑ Nico Medina – FIFA competition record
External links
- Nico Medina profile at BDFutbol
- Nico Medina profile at Soccerway