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

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player who plays as a

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. 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

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and began playing soccer at age five with

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. 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

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. In 2017, he went on trial with his former youth club

. Later in 2017, he signed with Deportivo Pereira in the Colombian

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. On 26 February 2019, Galvis signed with

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side Valour FC. In June 2021, Galvis signed with

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side Guelph United, after having attended 2021 pre-season with his former club Valour FC. 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 Scrosoppi FC in

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

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