Nicolás Diego Dematei (born 19 November 1987) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a

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for Gimnasia Jujuy.

Career

Ateneo de la Juventud, Flandria and

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 subdi ...

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 association football, football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was reco ...

. He was loaned to

Atlético Tucumán Club Atlético Tucumán (mostly known as Atlético Tucumán) is an Argentine 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 footba ...

in 2008, they selected him twenty times in the

2008–09 Primera B Nacional The 2008–09 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 23rd season of second division professional of football in Argentina. A total of 20 teams competed; the champion and runner-up were promoted to Argentine Primera División. Club information ...

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 The 2011–12 Argentine Primera B Metropolitana is the season of third division professional of football in Argentina. A total of 21 teams will compete; the champion will be promoted to Argentine Primera B Nacional. Club information Table Stand ...

title in his first season, which gave promotion to the second tier. He stayed for

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, 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 Club Mutual Crucero del Norte (simply known as Crucero del Norte) is an Argentine sports club based in Garupá, Misiones Province. The club was founded in 2003 by a long-distance bus company which gave its name to the institution. Although the ...

signed Dematei ahead of the

2014 Primera B Nacional The 2014 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 29th season of the professional Argentine second division. A total of 22 teams competed. For this season, AFA decided to change the structure in the Argentine football league system, and because of ...

campaign, a competition that won them a place in the 2015 Primera División where the defender participated twenty-two times and netted versus

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; though it ended with relegation down a division. Subsequent moves to Guillermo Brown 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 com ...

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 the Argentine Primera División, the first major league in the Argentine Football leag ...

Career statistics

Honours

;Atlético Tucumán *

Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, (English "National B Division"), and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 38 team ...

: 2008–09 ;Sarmiento *

Primera B Metropolitana Primera B Metropolitana is one of two professional leagues that form the third level of the Argentine football league system. The division is made up of 17 clubs mainly from the city of Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area, Greater Buenos Aires ...

: 2011–12

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dematei, Nicolás 1987 births Living people People from Mercedes, Buenos Aires Argentine men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Primera Nacional players Primera B Metropolitana players Argentine Primera División players Argentinos Juniors footballers Atlético Tucumán footballers Club Atlético Sarmiento footballers Defensa y Justicia footballers Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba footballers Crucero del Norte footballers Guillermo Brown de Puerto Madryn footballers Atlético de Rafaela footballers Independiente Rivadavia footballers Club Agropecuario Argentino players Club Almagro players Deportivo Riestra players Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy footballers Footballers from Buenos Aires Province 21st-century Argentine sportsmen