Nico Pandiani

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pandiani and the second or maternal family name is Quaglia.
Nico Pandiani
Personal information
Full name Jorge Nicolás Pandiani Quaglia[1]
Date of birth (1994-04-10) 10 April 1994 (age 30)[1]
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Navarro
Number 21
Youth career
CE Premià
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Villarreal C
2013 Atlético Baleares 2 (0)
2013–2014 Miramar Misiones 7 (0)
2014–2015 Marino de Luanco 13 (0)
2015 Canadian
2015–2016 Masnou 21 (2)
2016–2017 Miramar Misiones 3 (0)
2017–2018 Canadian 22 (0)
2018 Real Avilés 11 (1)
2018–2019 Ħamrun Spartans 1 (0)
2019–2020 Real Avilés 33 (3)
2020– Navarro 10 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:57, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

Jorge Nicolás Pandiani Quaglia (born 10 April 1994), known as Nicolás or Nico Pandiani, is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Spanish Tercera División club Navarro. He plays either at right back or as a central defender.[2]

Pandiani's career has alternated between the lower divisions of Spanish football, with Villarreal C, Atlético Baleares, Marino de Luanco, Masnou, Real Avilés and mst recently Navarro, and the Uruguayan professional divisions, with Miramar Misiones, for which he played Primera División football alongside his father, Walter Pandiani, and Canadian. He also spent half a season with Maltese Premier League club Ħamrun Spartans.

Life and career

Pandiani was born in Montevideo,[3] Uruguay, the eldest of three sons of Uruguay international striker Walter Pandiani.[2] The family moved to Spain after Walter established his career there. Nico played in the youth system of CE Premià,[4] and had linked up with the junior teams of Espanyol in 2012–13 pre-season as part of a trial,[5][6] but then followed his father to Villarreal in August 2012, where he was to play for the club's C team.[7]

In January 2013, the pair moved on to Segunda División B (third tier) club Atlético Baleares, where son as well as father signed a first-team contract.[8] Pandiani made his league debut on 14 April, as a second-half substitute in a 2–0 win away to Levante B, and played once more, starting the penultimate game of the season, a 2–1 defeat away at Sant Andreu, in which his father scored the opening goal.[9][10]

In late October 2013, Pandiani and Walter returned to Uruguay to join Primera División strugglers Miramar Misiones,[2] where Walter hoped to fulfil his dream of playing professionally in the same team as his son (Atlético Baleares was not a professional team).[11] Pandiani was ineligible to play in the Apertura,[12][13] and he finally made his professional debut – under his father's captaincy – on the third matchday of the Clausura, on 16 February 2014 away to El Tanque Sisley. Miramar lost 1–0, and Pandiani failed to clear the ball that set up the goal for the hosts.[14] He played once more before relegation was confirmed with five games still to play, and then started the remaining matches to bring his total appearances to seven.[3][15]

For the 2014–15 season, Pandiani returned to Spain and signed for Segunda B club Marino de Luanco.[16] He made his debut on 20 September as a very late substitute in a 2–2 draw at Atlético Astorga, and made 13 league appearances over the season.[3] His team struggled throughout the campaign,[17] and finished 15 points adrift at the bottom of the division.[3][18]

Pandiani left Luanco at the end of the season and returned to Uruguay, where he trained with and was reported to have signed for Canadian of the Segunda División. Although expected to start the opening match of the season at the end of October, administrative issues related to international clearance prevented his appearance.[19] A few days later, Spanish club Masnou announced his arrival on a contract to the end of the 2015–16 season.[20] He scored twice from 23 Tercera División appearances, mostly as a starter,[21] before again returning to Uruguay. He re-signed for Miramar Misiones in September 2016,[22] but played only three matches in the 2016 transitional season [es] before signing definitively for Canadian for the 2017 Segunda División season [es], in which he was a first-team regular.[3][23]

Pandiani returned to Spanish football in January 2018, signing for Tercera División club Real Avilés until the end of the season.[24] He made 11 appearances before his contract expired,[25] and then joined Ħamrun Spartans of the Maltese Premier League,[26] where he played only once – starting in the 2–1 defeat away to Hibernians[3] – before rejoining Real Avilés a year after first signing for them.[27] Pandiani played regularly as Avilés finished in 14th place,[3][28] and signed for another year.[29] By mid-season, wages were in arrears,[30] the team was shipping goals and defensive changes were needed. Pandiani was out of favour as well as suffering from a groin injury, and on the last day of the transfer window he moved on to another Tercera club, Navarro.[31][32] He was only able to play four matches before the season was suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[3][33]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Nico Pandiani: Jorge Nicolás Pandiani Quaglia". BDFutbol. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Miramar Misiones se refuerza con la familia Pandiani" [Miramar Misiones strengthens with the family Pandiani]. El Periódico (in Spanish). 28 October 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "N. Pandiani". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Estadística de jugador: Pandiani, Jorge Nicolás". Escola de Futbol Montcada. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Nico Pandiani, amb el seu pare..." [Nico Pandiani, with his father...]. Sentiment Perico (in Catalan). 28 August 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Espanyol juvenil-Manlleu" (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 5 August 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  7. ^ Corrigan, Dermot (28 August 2012). "Pandianis happy with Villarreal move". ESPN FC. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  8. ^ "Walter y Nico Pandiani, presentados en el Atlético Baleares" [Walter and Nico Pandiani, presented at Atlético Baleares]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 31 January 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  9. ^ "Nico Pandiani: Jorge Nicolás Pandiani Quaglia: 2012–13". BDFutbol. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  10. ^ "Crónica 2ª División B: UE Sant Andreu 2–1 At Baleares" [Segunda División B report: UE Sant Andreu 2–1 At Baleares]. Fútbol Balear (in Catalan). 12 May 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  11. ^ Puentes, Omar (28 October 2013). "Los Pandiani y su sueño: 'Dar todo por Miramar que nos brindó esta linda posibilidad'" [The Pandianis and their dream: 'To give our all for Miramar who offered us this beautiful possibility']. Tenfield.com.uy (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  12. ^ "Miramar Misiones carga el "rifle" con Pandiani" [Miramar Misiones load the "rifle" with Pandiani]. Tenfield.com.uy (in Spanish). 4 November 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  13. ^ Cappelli, Dino (13 February 2014). "Se hace realidad el sueño de los Pandiani" [The Pandianis' dream is coming true]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  14. ^ Amaya, Sebastián (17 February 2014). "El debut agridulce de los Pandiani" [Bittersweet debut for the Pandianis]. El Observador (in Spanish). Montevideo. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  15. ^ Cappelli, Dino (5 May 2014). "La dignidad de Pandiani" [The dignity of Pandiani]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  16. ^ F.J. (29 August 2014). "El Marino ficha al hijo de Walter Pandiani" [Marino sign the son of Walter Pandiani]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Gijón. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  17. ^ Larga, Nacho (22 December 2014). "Nico Pandiani: 'Conseguir la mitad de lo que hizo mi padre sería suficiente'" [Nico Pandiani: 'If I could achieve the half of what my father did it'd be enough']. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  18. ^ "Segunda B 2014/15 Group 1 League table". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  19. ^ Benitez, Mauricio (28 October 2015). "Canadian: derrota en el debut" [Canadian: defeat on debut]. ElAscenso.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  20. ^ "Primer equip: Nico Pandiani aterra al Masnou" [First team: Nico Pandiani lands at Masnou] (in Catalan). Club Deportiu Masnou. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  21. ^ "Nico Pandiani Temporada 2015/2016". resultados-futbol.com. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  22. ^ García, Carlos Enrique (7 September 2016). "Miramar: Llega Nicolás Pandiani" [Miramar: Nicolás Pandiani arrives]. ElAscenso.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  23. ^ "Altas y bajas de la "B"" [Ins and outs in the "B"]. Ovación Digital (in Spanish). 15 April 2017. Archived from the original on 1 November 2017.
  24. ^ "Nico Pandiani, nuevo jugador del Real Avilés" [Nico Pandiani, new player for Real Avilés] (in Spanish). Real Avilés C.F. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  25. ^ "Nico Pandiani Temporada 2017/2018". resultados-futbol.com. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  26. ^ "Hamrun Spartans continue to strengthen squad". MaltaFootball.com. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  27. ^ "Nuevas incorporaciones tras el cierre de mercado" [New signings as of this transfer window] (in Spanish). Real Avilés C.F. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  28. ^ "El UC Ceares y el Real Avilés se reparten los puntos tras empatar 1–1" [UC Ceares and Real Avilés share the points after a 1–1 draw]. Sport.es (in Spanish). 20 May 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  29. ^ De La Fuente, A. (20 June 2019). "Nico Pandiani renueva con el Real Avilés" [Nico Pandiani renews with Real Avilés]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). Oviedo. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  30. ^ "Pandiani tiene ofertas para salir" [Pandiani has offers to leave]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). Oviedo. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  31. ^ Menor, Santy (29 January 2020). "El Real Avilés rastrea el mercado para reforzar cuanto antes la defensa" [Real Avilés scour the market for urgent defensive reinforcements]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Gijón. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  32. ^ Menor, Santy (21 February 2020). "Nico Pandiani: "Lo que más me dolió del Real Avilés fue el trato que tuvieron con mi hermano"" [Nico Pandiani: "What hurt most with Real Avilés was the way they treated my brother"]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Gijón. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  33. ^ "La RFEF confirma la noticia avanzada por Josep Pedrerol: se suspende la Segunda División B y la Tercera por el coronavirus" [The RFEF confirms the news reported by Josep Pedrerol: the Segunda División B and the Tercera are suspended because of coronavirus] (in Spanish). La Sexta. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.