Nicolás Pareja
![]() Pareja training with Spartak Moscow in 2010 | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Full name | Nicolás Martín Pareja | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | 19 January 1984 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre back | |||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Sevilla | |||||||||||||
Number | 21 | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2004–2006 | Argentinos Juniors | 49 | (2) | |||||||||||
2006–2008 | Anderlecht | 39 | (0) | |||||||||||
2008–2010 | Espanyol | 60 | (3) | |||||||||||
2010–2014 | Spartak Moscow | 47 | (3) | |||||||||||
2013–2014 | → Sevilla (loan) | 25 | (0) | |||||||||||
2014– | Sevilla | 27 | (1) | |||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
2008 | Argentina U23 | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||
2010– | Argentina | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 May 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2010 |
Nicolás "Nico" Martín Pareja (born 19 January 1984) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Sevilla FC as a central defender.
Club career
Born in Buenos Aires, Pareja started playing for Argentinos Juniors. He was bought for by R.S.C. Anderlecht in 2006 for €2 million, as a replacement for Vincent Kompany. Despite some injury problems he was regularly used during his two-year spell in Belgium, pairing mainly Roland Juhász.
Pareja joined Spanish club RCD Espanyol in the 2008 summer, for a fee of €4.5 million. He made his La Liga debut on 14 September, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 away win against Recreativo de Huelva,[1] and went on to start in all his league appearances for the Catalans.[2]
In August 2010, Pareja signed Russian club FC Spartak Moscow.[3] After featuring regularly in his first two seasons, he appeared in only 12 matches during his third, due to rotations with Salvatore Bocchetti and Juan Insaurralde.
On 4 July 2013 Pareja, was loaned to Sevilla FC.[4] He appeared in 37 competitive matches in his debut campaign, including 12 in the UEFA Europa League which his team won; subsequently, he was selected to the 18-man Europa League squad of the season, along with teammates Beto, Stéphane Mbia and Ivan Rakitić.[5]
On 23 June 2014, the Andalusians activated his buyout clause for €2.5 million, and Pareja signing a three-year deal.[6] On 3 January of the following year, whilst celebrating his 100th appearance in Spain's top flight, he scored the game's only goal at home against Celta de Vigo, through a direct free kick;[7] on 23 April, early into a Europa League quarter-final contest at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, he suffered an anterior cruciate ligament to his right knee, going on to be sidelined until the end of the year.[8]
International career
Pareja was part of the Argentine Olympic team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, contributing with five appearances to the gold medal conquest.[9] He gained his first cap for the full side on 17 November 2010, in a 1–0 friendly win with Brazil.[10]
Honours
Club
- Anderlecht
- Sevilla
Country
- Argentina U23
References
- ^ "Luis García firma pleno y liderato" (in Spanish). Marca. 14 September 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
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- ^ "Nico Pareja, cedido al Sevilla" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "UEFA Europa League squad of the season". UEFA.com. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- ^ "El Sevilla ejerce las opciones de compra por Carriço y Pareja" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Nico Pareja cumple cien partidos en Primera División" (in Spanish). Vavel. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Pareja, entre 6 y 7 meses KO por rotura de ligamentos" (in Spanish). El Mundo. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
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- ^ "Spot-on Sevilla leave Benfica dreams in tatters". UEFA.com. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ^ Keegan, Mike (27 May 2015). "Dnipro 2–3 Sevilla: Carlos Bacca scores twice as La Liga side survive scare to retain Europa League crown and earn Champions League spot with dramatic win in Warsaw". Daily Mail. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
External links
- Nicolás Pareja at BDFutbol
- Nicolás Pareja at National-Football-Teams.com
- Nicolás Pareja – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Nicolás Pareja at Soccerway
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Argentine people of Spanish descent
- Sportspeople from Buenos Aires
- Argentine footballers
- Association football defenders
- Argentine Primera División players
- Argentinos Juniors footballers
- Belgian First Division A players
- R.S.C. Anderlecht players
- La Liga players
- RCD Espanyol footballers
- Sevilla FC players
- Russian Football Premier League players
- FC Spartak Moscow players
- Argentina international footballers
- 2011 Copa América players
- Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Argentina
- Olympic medalists in football
- Olympic gold medalists for Argentina
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Russia
- Argentine expatriates in Belgium
- Argentine expatriates in Spain
- Argentine expatriates in Russia