Nicolás Spolli

Nicolás Spolli
	Spolli playing for Catania in September 2009
Personal information
Full name	Nicolás Federico Spolli
Date of birth	February 20, 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Coronel Bogado, Rosario, Argentina
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Central defender
Team information
Current team	Chievo
Number	2
Youth career
0000–2005	Newell's Old Boys
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2009	Newell's Old Boys
2009–2015	Catania
2015	→ Roma (loan)
2015–2016	Carpi
2016–	Chievo
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 January 2016; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 December 2012

Nicolás Federico Spolli (locally [eʔˈpoli], Italian: [ˈspɔlli]; born 20 February 1983 in Rosario) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a defender for Italian club Chievo.

Club career

Newell's Old Boys

Spolli began his youth career with hometown club, Newell's Old Boys. In 2005, he was promoted to the senior squad. At the club he was soon a regular in the starting eleven, and by 2009, he made over 100 appearances and also hit the back of the net nearly ten times. He was a fan favourite as well.

Calcio Catania

In July 2009, Calcio Catania sporting director, Pietro Lo Monaco confirmed that the Sicilian club were deep into negotiations with Newell's for the defender and on 25 July 2009, the deal was finalized and Spolli officially became a Catania player. He was Catania's ninth transfer of the 2009 summer transfer window, and proved himself as an integral part of Catania's starting eleven, early in his Serie A career. The player made 26 Serie A appearances in his first season, netting one goal, helping Catania to an impressive 12th-place finish in the Serie A and also a record points total for the club in a top flight season. In his next two seasons with the club, Spolli and his team continued their recent success and endured three additional seasons of record point totals in Serie A, making it five consecutive seasons of this achievement.

Spolli is currently part of a record-breaking Catania outfit that picked up 56 points from 38 Serie A matches. This performance saw the club also break its record number of home victories in a single season, its record number of victories overall in a single top flight campaign, as well as its record points total in Serie A for the fifth consecutive season.

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