Nicolás Celis Ríos (born October 24, 1984) is a

Peruvian Peruvians ( es, peruanos) are the citizens of Peru. There were Andean and coastal ancient civilizations like Caral, which inhabited what is now Peruvian territory for several millennia before the Spanish conquest in the 16th century; Peruvian p ...

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who plays as a

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. He currently plays for

Colegio Nacional de Iquitos Colegio Nacional Iquitos (usually referred to as CNI) is a Peruvian football team based in the city of Iquitos which was founded in 1926. CNI is the biggest club in the city of Iquitos and currently is not playing in any league. At the beginni ...

in the

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Club career

Early career

Nicolás developed as a footballer in C.D. Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana (Deportivo UNAP). There he played in the District League of Iquitos. Then in 2005 he joined Iquito's biggest club

for the

2005 Copa Perú The 2005 Copa Perú season ( es, Copa Perú 2005), the promotion tournament of Peruvian football. The tournament has 5 stages. The first four stages are played as mini-league round-robin tournaments, except for third stage in region IV, which is ...

, which they were eliminated from in the

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by Olímpico Somos Perú 3–3 on aggregate.

FBC Melgar

Then in 2006 Celis would have a very short stint playing for Peruvian First Division club

FBC Melgar Foot Ball Club Melgar, known simply as FBC Melgar or Melgar, is a Peruvian Association football, football club based in Arequipa, Peru. It is one of Peru's oldest football teams, founded on 25 March 1915 by a group of football enthusiasts from A ...

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's most popular club. Celis made his official debut in the

with

on March 12, 2006, in the 2006 season. He came on in the 77th minute for José Carlos Fernández, and his club went on to defeat

Unión Huaral Club Unión Huaral is a Peruvian football club, from the city of Huaral. It was founded in 1947 and plays in Peru's Segunda División. History The club was the 1976 and 1989 Peruvian Primera División champion. They were the first club to tak ...

3–1 at home. His manager at the time

Teddy Cardama Teddy Armando Cardama Sinti (born 15 August 1966) is a Peruvian football manager and former player who played as a defender. Playing career Cardama was born in Iquitos, and was a Sporting Cristal youth graduate. After making his first team deb ...

allowed Nicolás to play the following match, away to

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. He entered the match replacing José Carlos Fernández in the 80th minute, but his club still lost 3–0. This would be his last appearance for FBC Melgar.

Asociación Deportiva Hospital

Then he in 2007 he joined

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based club

Asociación Deportiva Hospital Hospital is a Peruvian football (soccer), football club, playing in the city of Pucallpa, Ucayali. The club were founded 1971 and play in the Copa Perú which is the third division of the Peruvian league. History The club have played at the high ...

, which was playing in the

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division at the time. In the

2007 Copa Perú The 2007 Copa Perú season ( es, Copa Perú 2007), the promotion tournament of Peruvian football. The tournament has 5 stages. The first four stages are played as mini-league round-robin tournaments, except for third stage in region IV, which is ...

season, his club managed to make it all the way to the semifinals. There they were eliminated by the eventual champions that season,

Club Juan Aurich Club Juan Aurich S. A., commonly known as Juan Aurich, is a professional football club based in Chiclayo, Peru. The original Juan Aurich club was founded in 1922, this incarnation however was founded in 2005; they play in the Torneo Descentrali ...

, 3–1 on aggregate.

Return to Colegio Nacional Iquitos

Then in 2008 he returned to

and helped them reach promotion at the end of the

2008 Copa Perú The 2008 Copa Perú season ( es, Copa Perú 2008), the promotion tournament of Peruvian football, started on February 1. The tournament has 5 stages. The first four stages are played as mini-league round-robin tournaments, except for third stage ...

season. Celis played a part in the last three defining matches for promotion to the

. They eventually finished one point behind the champions

Sport Huancayo Club Sport Huancayo is a Peruvian Association football, football club based in Huancayo, Junín. The club play in the Peruvian Primera División since 2009, having gained promotion after winning the 2008 Copa Perú. History Founding On Feb ...

but were still granted promotion. Celis made his

debut in Colegio Nacional de Iquitos colors in Round 1 of the

2009 Torneo Descentralizado The 2009 Torneo Descentralizado de Fútbol Profesional (known as the Copa Cable Mágico for sponsorship reasons) was the 93rd season of Association Peruvian football. A total of 16 teams competed in the tournament. The season began on February 14 ...

season at home against

. He was in the starting line-up and then was substituted by Andrei Reátegui in the 71st minute of the match, which finished in a scoreless draw.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Celis, Nicolas 1984 births Living people People from Iquitos Peruvian men's footballers Copa Perú players Colegio Nacional Iquitos footballers FBC Melgar footballers Asociación Deportiva Hospital footballers José Gálvez FBC footballers Peruvian Primera División players Men's association football forwards