Nicolás Andrés Gianni (born 27 September 1982 in

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) is an Argentine

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Club career

Gianni started his career at

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aged 18 in 2000, making his professional debut in a 1–0 loss against

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. In 2002, the club lost the category and was relegated to the

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(Second Division), however Argentinos re-gained their place in Primera División in 2004, but in the same season he was loaned to

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, once playing in Second Division. In 2005, he returned to Argentinos and in the next season, Gianni won experience in Primera División, scoring his first goal for this tournament against Banfield in the penultimate week of the Torneo de Clausura 2006. After of his goal against Banfield, he again to score in the last week of the tournament, scoring the only goal of the match at 53rd minute against

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. Despite of his good performance in the Clausura, he only played two matches in the Torneo Apertura. During the season 2007 and the Clausura 2008, he was regular in the team, playing the majority of the games as a substitute and being titular in few occasions. On 26 June 2008, Gianni was loaned to the Chilean team Universidad Católica, he arrived to the precordilleran club with the mission of replace to his countrymen

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. He also was recommended to the coach

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by the former footballer

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, who had a great pass in this team in 2005. Quinteros including talked with Gianni and was very eager to play for Católica, affirmed the former striker of the UC. He made his official debut for the club as a starter in a 4–1 win over

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, being substituted at 83rd minute.

Honours

;Argentinos Juniors * Argentine Primera División (1): Clausura 2010

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Nicolás Gianni
at Football-Lineups * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gianni, Nicolas 1982 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Province Argentine footballers Argentine expatriate footballers Men's association football forwards Argentinos Juniors footballers Defensores de Belgrano footballers Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers Estudiantes de Mérida players Crucero del Norte footballers AEK Kouklia players Chacarita Juniors footballers Club Atlético Fénix players Deportivo Coopsol players Gimnasia y Tiro footballers Chilean Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Cypriot First Division players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Venezuela Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Chile Expatriate footballers in Ecuador Expatriate footballers in Venezuela Expatriate footballers in Cyprus