Nicolás Medina (Chilean footballer)

For the Argentine footballer, see Nicolás Medina.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Medina and the second or maternal family name is Ríos.
Nicolás Medina
Personal information
Full name Nicolás Esteban Medina Ríos
Date of birth (1987-03-28) 28 March 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Montijo B (assistant)
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 Naval 11 (1)
2013–2016 San Marcos 61 (12)
2016–2017 Curicó Unido 2 (0)
2017 Rangers 7 (0)
2017–2018 Villarrubia 12 (2)
2018 Arameisk-Syrianska 0 (0)
2018 Lusitanos 12 (10)
2019–2020 Santa Coloma 20 (8)
2020–2021 Inter d'Escaldes 8 (1)
Total 210 (50)
International career
2006–2007 Chile U20 18 (9)
Managerial career
2021– Montijo B (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nicolás Esteban Medina Ríos (born 28 March 1987) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played 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.[1]

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,[2] 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 tier, SD Huesca.[3] He appeared slightly more than the previous campaign, contributing three goals to the Aragonese's survival.[4][5][6]

On 27 November 2009, Medina moved clubs again, still owned by Osasuna, joining CD Castellón in a season-long move.[7] He definitely cut ties with the former in the 2010 winter transfer window, signing with PFC Akademik Sofia from Bulgaria.[8]

Medina returned to his country in 2012, going on to represent Curicó Unido (two spells),[9] Deportes Naval,[10] San Marcos de Arica[11] and Rangers de Talca.[12] He scored eight goals from 34 appearances in his first season with San Marcos, helping to promotion to Primera División as champions.[13]

On 11 August 2017, aged 30, Medina returned to Spain after signing with amateurs Villarrubia CF.[14] After a fleeting spell in Sweden with Arameisk-Syrianska IF, he took his game to the Andorran Primera Divisió with FC Lusitanos,[15] FC Santa Coloma[16] and Inter Club d'Escaldes.[17] As a curiosity, in his last club he used "1+8" as squad number, just like Iván Zamorano at Inter Milan in 1998.[18]

On 7 October 2021, Medina announced his official retirement after 16 years of professional career as a football player.[19]

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.[20] He helped the nation to the third place in the finals held in Canada, scoring in the opening game against the hosts[21] and against the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[22]

Managerial career

In October 2021, Medina joined UD Montijo[23] as an assistant coach of the B-team.[24]

Honours

Club

San Marcos

Santa Coloma

International

Chile U20

References

  1. ^ A 4 años del Mundial Sub 20 de Canadá, Sulantay revela inéditas anécdotas (4 years after the Under 20 World Cup of Canada, Sulantay reveals unheard-of anecdotes); El Mercurio, 20 August 2011 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Osasuna cede al delantero chileno Nico Medina al Castellón (Osasuna loan Chilean forward Nico Medina to Castellón); Diario AS, 27 November 2009 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Nico Medina ha sido cedido a la SD Huesca (Nico Medina has been loaned to SD Huesca) Archived 22 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine; CA Osasuna, 19 August 2008 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Un Huesca muy superior se lleva los tres puntos del Rico Pérez (Highly-superior Huesca take three points from Rico Pérez); Marca, 11 October 2008 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Al líder se le escaparon dos puntos justo al final (Leader left two points at the very end); Marca, 18 January 2009 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ El Huesca arranca un empate y Tabares se rompe la tibia y el peroné (Huesca scrape a draw and Tabares breaks tibia and fibula); Diario AS, 31 January 2009 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ 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) Archived 22 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine; CD Castellón, 27 November 2009 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Nico Medina rescinde su contrato con Osasuna para fichar por el Akademik de Sofía (Nico Medina terminates his contract with Osasuna to sign for Akademik of Sofia); Marca, 2 March 2011 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ Nicolás Medina podría dejar la institución albirroja (Nicolás Medina could leave white-and-red organization); Mundo Curicó Unido, 15 December 2016 (in Spanish)
  10. ^ Nicolás Medina reforzará a Naval de Talcahuano (Nicolás Medina will bolster Naval de Talcahuano); Football Federation of Chile, 9 January 2013 (in Spanish)
  11. ^ Delantero Nicolás Medina renunció a San Marcos de Arica (Forward Nicolás Medina renounced San Marcos de Arica); Soy Chile, 15 July 2016 (in Spanish)
  12. ^ Otro delantero se suma hoy a Rangers (Another forward added to Rangers today) Archived 7 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine; El Centro, 27 January 2017 (in Spanish)
  13. ^ a b San Marcos se tituló campeón y consigue el ascenso a Primera (San Marcos were crowned champions and win promotion to Primera); Prensa Fútbol, 15 May 2014 (in Spanish)
  14. ^ Medina vuelve a España tras firmar con el Villarrubia (Medina returns to Spain after signing with Villarrubia); Be Soccer, 11 August 2017 (in Spanish)
  15. ^ Nicolás Medina deja a su club en Andorra por sueldos impagos (Nicolás Medina leaves his club in Andorra due to unpaid wages); La Tercera, 5 February 2019 (in Spanish)
  16. ^ El nuevo desafío de Nicolás Medina en el fútbol europeo (Nicolás Medina's new challenge in European football); Diario AS, 8 September 2020 (in Spanish)
  17. ^ Benvingut Nico! (Welcome Nico!); Twitter, 7 September 2020 (in Spanish)
  18. ^ El legendario "1+8" tiene nuevo dueño (The legendary "1+8" has an owner); CDF, 27 November 2020 (in Spanish)
  19. ^ Catalán, Bastián (7 October 2021). "Se retira el goleador de Canadá 2007: Nicolás Medina le dice adiós al fútbol" (in Spanish). Agricultura. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  20. ^ Chile cumplió y ya piensa en la fase final del Sudamericano sub 20 (Chile got job done and already think about under 20 South American finals) Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine; Fútbol Chileno, 13 January 2007 (in Spanish)
  21. ^ Sub 20: Chile golea en su debut en Canadá (Under 20: Chile rout on their debut in Canada); El Mercurio, 1 July 2007 (in Spanish)
  22. ^ Chile 3–0 Congo RD; Medio Tiempo, 6 July 2007 (in Spanish)
  23. ^ "Nico Medina nuevo manager de la Academia UDM -". U.D.Montijo (in Spanish). 20 October 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  24. ^ "Nico Medina - U.D. Montijo B :: Fútbol de Andalucía ::". www.lapreferente.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  25. ^ Sub 20 en Canadá: a un año del histórico tercer lugar en el Mundial (Under 20 in Canada: first anniversary of historic third place in the World Cup); El Mercurio, 18 July 2008 (in Spanish)