Nicolás Spolli

Nicolás Federico Spolli (Spanish pronunciation: [esˈpoli], Italian: [ˈspɔlli]; born 20 February 1983) is a retired Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defender.

Nicolás Spolli
Spolli playing for Catania in September 2009
Personal information
Full name Nicolás Federico Spolli
Date of birth (1983-02-20) February 20, 1983
Place of birth Coronel Bogado, Rosario, Argentina
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
0000–2005 Newell's Old Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2009 Newell's Old Boys 107 (9)
2009–2015 Catania 148 (6)
2015 → Roma (loan) 1 (0)
2015–2016 Carpi 4 (0)
2016–2017 Chievo 31 (0)
2017–2019 Genoa 28 (0)
2019 → Crotone (loan) 12 (0)
2019–2020 Crotone 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:08, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Newell's Old Boys

Born in Rosario, 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.

On 17 January 2019, Spolli joined to Crotone on loan with an obligation to buy.[2]

Controversy

During a match against Inter Milan on 1 December 2013, Mario Balotelli accused Nicolás Spolli of racially abusing him, but there was insufficient evidence for any action to be taken.

Career statistics
As of match played 31 July 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Newell's Old Boys 2005–06 Primera División 31300——313
2006–07 24200——242
2007–08 19200——192
2008–09 18000——180
Total 927000000927
Catania 2009–10 Serie A 26110——271
2010–11 25021——271
2011–12 31220——332
2012–13 29200——292
2013–14 21100——211
2014–15 16010——170
Total 14866100001547
Roma (loan) 2014–15 Serie A 100000—10
Carpi 2015–16 4010——50
Chievo 2015–16 10000——100
2016–17 21020——230
Total 310200000330
Genoa 2017–18 Serie A 21010——220
2018–19 7010——80
Total 280200000300
Crotone 2018–19 Serie B 12000——120
2019–20 7010——80
Total 190100000200
Career total 32313121000033514

References
  1. https://genoacfc.it/team/nicolas-spolli
  2. "UFFICIALE: Crotone, dal Genoa arriva il difensore Spolli" (in Italian). Retrieved 17 January 2019.
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