Nicolás Diego Dematei (born 19 November 1987) is an Argentine professional
footballer
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who plays as a
left-back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
for
Club Almagro
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Sarmiento Sarmiento may refer to:
Places Argentina
*Sarmiento Department, San Juan, a subdivision of the San Juan Province
*Sarmiento Department, Santiago del Estero, a subdivision of the Santiago del Estero Province
*Sarmiento Department, Chubut, a subdivi ...
were Dematei's opening youth teams, prior to joining
Argentinos Juniors
Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was recognized as one of the ...
. He was loaned to
Atlético Tucumán
Club Atlético Tucumán (mostly known as Atlético Tucumán) is an Argentinian football club based in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán of Tucumán Province. Although several sports are practised at the club, Atlético is mostly known for its ...
in 2008, they selected him twenty times in the 2008–09 Primera B Nacional as they won promotion as champions. Dematei had stints with Sarmiento and
Defensa y Justicia
Club Social y Deportivo Defensa y Justicia, commonly known as Defensa y Justicia, is an Argentine football club from Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires, established in 1935. After appearing twice for Florencio Varela team, he returned to Sarmiento on 30 June 2011. They won the 2011–12 Primera B Metropolitana title in his first season, which gave promotion to the second tier. He stayed for 2012–13, scoring his first Sarmiento goal against Aldosivi in the process.
Dematei switched clubs to Instituto on 30 June 2014. One goal and nineteen matches followed.
Crucero del Norte
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signed Dematei ahead of the 2014 Primera B Nacional campaign, a competition that won them a place in the 2015 Primera División where the defender participated twenty-two times and netted versus
Quilmes
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; though it ended with relegation down a division. Subsequent moves to
Guillermo Brown
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and
Atlético de Rafaela
Asociación Mutual Social y Deportiva Atlético de Rafaela, known simply as Atlético de Rafaela, is an Argentine sports club based in the city of Rafaela, in Santa Fe Province. The club is mostly known for its professional football team, that ...
then came between 2016 and 2018. In the latter year, on 8 August, Dematei joined
Independiente Rivadavia
Club Sportivo Independiente Rivadavia (mostly known simply as Independiente Rivadavia) is a football club from Mendoza, Argentina. The team currently plays in Primera B Nacional, the second major league in Argentine Football league system.
In ...
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Honours
;Atlético Tucumán
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Primera B Nacional
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Primera B Metropolitana
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