César Nicolás 'Nico' Varela Bautista (born 19 January 1991) is a Uruguayan

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who currently plays for AEZ Zakakiou as a

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Club career

Spain

Born in Montevideo, Varela moved to Spain in 2003, and was spotted by

Real Murcia Real Murcia Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., commonly known as Real Murcia (, "Royal Murcia"), is a Spanish football club based in Murcia, in the Región de Murcia. Founded in 1919, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, playing ho ...

scouts while playing for local Ranero CF, aged 15. He made his senior debuts in 2009–10 season with the reserves, being relegated to

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the '' Segunda División'', and the semi-professional '' Segunda ...

. On 28 August 2011 Varela debuts as a professional, playing the last 23 minutes in a 1–3 home loss against

Celta de Vigo Real Club Celta de Vigo (; ), commonly known as Celta de Vigo or simply Celta, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football. Nicknamed ''Os Celestes'' (The Sky Blues ...

. On 3 September, in his only second appearance with the first team, he was

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after the end of the 90 minutes, in a 0–1 away loss against

Elche CF Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. ( ca-valencia, Elx Club de Futbol, S.A.D.) is a professional football based in Elche, Province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1923, the club competes in La Liga, holding home matches at ''Es ...

. On 17 March 2012, in a 1–3 away loss against

Xerez CD Xerez Club Deportivo, known simply as Xerez, is a Spanish football team based in Jerez de la Frontera, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Xerez currently plays in Tercera División RFEF, the fifth tier of Spanish football. Founded on 24 ...

, Varela was again sent off, being suspended for four matches. He finished the season with 6 appearances (111 minutes of action). In July 2012 Varela signed with Cádiz CF, in Segunda División B. However, after only appearing six times with the

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ns, he was loaned to

UCAM Murcia CF Universidad Católica de Murcia Club de Fútbol, commonly known as UCAM Murcia or simply UCAM, is a Spanish football club based in Murcia. Founded in 1999 it plays in Segunda Federación, holding home games at ''Estadio de La Condomina'', with ...

in January 2013. In July, Varela rescinded with Cádiz. On 1 August 2013 Varela signed with UD Almería B, also in the third level. He was released in May of the following year, after contributing with four goals and 29 matches, his best input in the category.

Zakynthos

On 21 August 2014, Varela joined

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side Zakynthos F.C. He scored five goals in 22 matches, and left the club at the end of the season.

Botev Plovdiv

Varela joined

PFC Botev Plovdiv Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv ( bg, „Ботев“ Пловдив, ) or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, that competes in ...

on 1 July 2015. On 18 July he made an official debut during the 1–1 draw with

Levski Sofia Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 ...

. On 29 August 2015, Varela scored his first goal in

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during the second half of the 2–1 home win over

Cherno More Varna Cherno More ( bg, Черно Море) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in the city of Varna, which currently competes in Bulgaria's primary football competition, the First League. Founded on March 3, 1913, as an asso ...

. He also scored the winner against

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and Cherno More. Varela was released from Botev Plovdiv on 13 January 2016, after contributing with 16 games and three goals.

AEL

On 28 January 2016, Varela signed a -year contract with Greek club AEL.Αποκτήθηκε ο Ουρουγουανός ποδοσφαιριστής Νίκολας Βαρέλα (Signed the Uruguayan footballer Nicolás Varela)
AEL's official website, 28 January 2016 At the end of

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, he celebrated the championship as the club promoted to the Super League.

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