Nicolás Raimondi (born 5 September 1984) is a

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currently playing as a

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for

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Career

Raimondi began his professional career playing with his hometown team

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, a team where he achieve the promotion to the highest division level of Uruguayan football in 2002. After three seasons with the team of

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he joined the

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an side

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, club which had just gained the promotion to the

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. After half a season, he comes for the first time to play in Europe and he signed with the Italian side F.B.C. Unione Venezia. At the end of the season the team is in financial trouble, is declared bankrupt and relegated from

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. He returned to his homeland and signed a contract with another team from his hometown

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and played in Uruguay's elite division. After several months, he put his first steps at the highest level in

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, but when that team was relegated at the end of the season, he returned to the team where he started his career,

in the 2005–2006 season. During the 2006–2007 season, he switched to another townsman and contemporary series,

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At the end of the season he begins his adventure in the

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ian modest club Grêmio Esportivo Brasil, which he received the first round of the 2007–2008 season and played during the second round at Avaí FC. The subsequent 2008–2009 season he was transferred to the

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n side

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. With this team he stayed two seasons. For the second time he embarked on a European challenge. This time at the

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side Ermis Aradippou, after which he returned to

in 2010 at

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, where he won the 2010 Apertura. In August 2010, he signed a new deal with the

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n First Division side

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. He was released and later transferred to

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club Cartagena. During his first appearance for the team he scored against Recreativo de Huelva immediately with the head the second goal of the 3–1 game home win. On 29 May 2012, he was the first player to extend his contract with the club to face the next

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season.

Personal life

His favourite music artist is said to be X-Factor finalist, Daniel Evans. He is nicknamed the

an "Pericard" due to very similar playing styles and has a tattoo of Leo Sayer on his right arm. He once swallowed a bee during pre-season training.

Honours

;Liverpool *2002 Uruguayan Segunda División ;Jorge Wilstermann * 2010 Apertura

References

External links

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BDFA profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Raimondi, Nicolas 1984 births Living people Uruguayan footballers Uruguayan expatriate footballers Association football forwards Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo) players Venezia F.C. players Miramar Misiones players Avaí FC players Ermis Aradippou FC players C.D. Antofagasta footballers PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players FC Cartagena footballers C.D. Jorge Wilstermann players Rampla Juniors players Uruguayan Primera División players Cypriot First Division players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Expatriate footballers in Chile Expatriate footballers in Bolivia Expatriate footballers in Brazil Expatriate footballers in Peru Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate footballers in Spain Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Spain