Nicolás Galvis Llano (born 9 April 1997) is a professional

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player who plays as a

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for

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in League1 Ontario. Born in Colombia and raised in Canada, he has previously accepted call-ups to the Canada national team.

Early life

Galvis was born in

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, Colombia and lived with his family in Manizales and began playing soccer at age five with Once Caldas. At the age of seven, his family moved to

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, Canada, where he began playing with St. Catharines Concord SC. Afterwards, he played youth soccer with Oakville SC and in February 2013, he went to trial with Uruguayan club

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, where he was invited to stay on with the U16 team. He returned to Canada and played youth soccer with Burlington SC. In 2015, he began playing college soccer with the

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Club career

In 2016, he debuted at the senior level for Canadian SC in the Uruguayan Segunda División. In 2017, he went on trial with his former youth club Once Caldas. Later in 2017, he signed with

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in the Colombian

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. On 26 February 2019, Galvis signed with Canadian Premier League side

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. In June 2021, Galvis signed with League1 Ontario side Guelph United, after having attended 2021 pre-season with his former club

. He played one match in 2021, as he suffered an injury that kept him out for the remainder of the season. In October 2022, he signed with FC Berlin in the United Premier Soccer League. In February 2022, he joined

in League1 Ontario.

International career

He was called up by the Canadian senior team in June 2017 for a friendly against

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, but did not play. He was named to Canada's provisional 40-man roster for the 2017 Gold Cup, but was ultimately not called up for the tournament.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Galvis, Nicolas 1997 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Colombian men's footballers Canadian men's soccer players Soccer people from Ontario Footballers from Bogotá Sportspeople from Manizales Sportspeople from St. Catharines Colombian emigrants to Canada Naturalized citizens of Canada Canadian expatriate men's soccer players Colombian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Colombian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Once Caldas footballers Defensor Sporting players Canadian Soccer Club players Deportivo Pereira footballers Valour FC players Uruguayan Segunda División players Categoría Primera B players Canadian Premier League players Guelph United F.C. players United Premier Soccer League players FC Berlin (Canada/United States) players