Nicolás Blandi

Nicolás Blandi
Personal information
Full name Nicolás Blandi
Date of birth (1990-01-13) 13 January 1990
Place of birth Campana, Argentina
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 San Lorenzo
Number 18
Youth career
2005–2010 Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2010–2013 Boca Juniors 62 (22)
2010–2011 → Argentinos Juniors (loan) 26 (6)
2014– San Lorenzo 36 (11)
2015 → Evian (loan) 6 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 january 2016.

† Appearances (goals)

Nicolás Blandi (born 13 January 1990) is an Argentine football striker. He currently playing for San Lorenzo de Almagro from Argentine Primera División

Career

Nicolas Blandi began his career in the junior category of a small school called EFI (School of Child football), directed by Peter Ithurburu at the age of 5 years, at age 10 started playing in Puerto Nuevo, then went to the 11 Club Villa Dalmine and was finally Argentinos Juniors 3 years before coming to Boca Juniors at the age of 15 years.

He has good technique, its main virtue is the physical power. He also has a good passing game, powerful shot and is a great finisher which is usually well placed in the penalty area.

In 2010 he was the scorer of the team that won the Reserva and debuted in the First Boca on tour in the United States where he scored his first goal against Portland Timbers. To gain experience, he was given to Argentinos Juniors until August 2011.

For the second part of 2011, Blandi returns to Boca Juniors. Although at first was not to be taken into account by the coach Julio César Falcioni, the player decides to stay and ends up being the preference of the coach, who is chosen over Gaona Lugo, Pablo Mouche and Sergio Araujo and even to enter the final minutes parties and as natural replacement Lucas Viatri. Following severe injury Viatri in the first half against Belgrano, Blandi played the entire second half but could not score goals. After a week of much criticism towards him, Blandi debuted as a starter on October 25, 2011, against Colón de Santa Fe scoring two goals to beat Colón. In his second career game as a starter he scored another two goals in the victory by 3-1 against Atlético de Rafaela in the Torneo Apertura 2011.

On 13 January 2014, it was confirmed that Blandi joined San Lorenzo on a free transfer.

Teams

Honours

Boca Juniors
San Lorenzo

External links

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