Nico Varela

Nico Varela
Personal information
Full name César Nicolás Varela Batista
Date of birth (1991-01-19) 19 January 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right winger, Attacking Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Noah
Number 10
Youth career
1995–1998 Ombu Juniors
1998–2002 Cosmos Corinto
2003–2004 Progreso
2004–2006 Ranero
2006–2010 Murcia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Murcia B 50 (8)
2011–2012 Murcia 6 (0)
2012–2013 Cádiz 6 (0)
2013 → UCAM Murcia (loan) 17 (1)
2013–2014 Almería B 29 (4)
2014–2015 Zakynthos 22 (5)
2015 Botev Plovdiv 15 (3)
2016–2017 AEL 32 (5)
2017–2019 Wisła Płock 56 (9)
2019–2020 Enosis Neon Paralimni 20 (5)
2020–2021 Nea Salamina 26 (2)
2021–2022 PAEEK 21 (5)
2022–2023 AEZ Zakakiou 20 (5)
2023– Noah 11 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 January 2024

César Nicolás 'Nico' Varela Bautista (born 19 January 1991) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays for Armenian club Noah as a right winger.[1]

Club career

Spain

Born in Montevideo, Varela moved to Spain in 2003, and was spotted by Real Murcia scouts while playing for local Ranero CF, aged 15. He made his senior debuts in 2009–10 season with the reserves, being relegated to Tercera División.

On 28 August 2011 Varela debuts as a professional, playing the last 23 minutes in a 1–3 home loss against Celta de Vigo.[2] On 3 September, in his only second appearance with the first team, he was sent off after the end of the 90 minutes, in a 0–1 away loss against Elche CF.[3]

On 17 March 2012, in a 1–3 away loss against Xerez CD, Varela was again sent off, being suspended for four matches.[4] He finished the season with 6 appearances (111 minutes of action).

In July 2012 Varela signed with Cádiz CF, in Segunda División B.[5] However, after only appearing six times with the Andalusians, he was loaned to UCAM Murcia CF in January 2013.[6]

In July, Varela rescinded with Cádiz.[7]

On 1 August 2013 Varela signed with UD Almería B, also in the third level.[8] He was released in May of the following year, after contributing with four goals and 29 matches, his best input in the category.

Zakynthos

On 21 August 2014, Varela joined Football League Greece side Zakynthos F.C.[9] He scored five goals in 22 matches, and left the club at the end of the season.

Botev Plovdiv

Varela joined PFC Botev Plovdiv on 1 July 2015.[10] On 18 July he made an official debut during the 1–1 draw with Levski Sofia.[11]

On 29 August 2015, Varela scored his first goal in A Grupa during the second half of the 2–1 home win over Cherno More Varna.[12] He also scored the winner against PFC Montana[13] and Cherno More.[14]

Varela was released from Botev Plovdiv on 13 January 2016, after contributing with 16 games and three goals.[15]

AEL

On 28 January 2016, Varela signed a 2+1⁄2-year contract with Greek club AEL.[16] At the end of season, he celebrated the championship as the club promoted to the Super League.

References

  1. ^ *Nico Varela at Soccerway
  2. ^ Un De Lucas de película acaba con el Real Murcia (A De Lucas from movies finishes Real Murcia); Marca, 28 August 2011 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ El Elche saca los tres puntos 'in extremis' (Elche wins the three points 'in extremis'); Marca, 3 September 2011 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Suspenden con cuatro partidos a Nico Varela (Nico Varela suspended for four matches); Marca, 21 March 2012 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Uruguayo Nico Varela deja el Murcia tras 6 años en las bases y se va al Cádiz (Uruguayan Nico Varela leaves Murcia after 6 years in youth setup and goes to Cádiz); ABC, 22 July 2012 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Nico Varela refuerza al UCAM Murcia (Nico Varela reinforces UCAM Murcia); Info Deporte Murcia, 9 January 2013 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Nico Varela rescinde, al igual que Dieguito y Adrián (Nico Varela rescinds, like Dieguito and Adrián); Cádiz's official website, 11 July 2013 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Nico Varela, un estilete para el Almería B (Nico Varela, a dagger for Almería B); La Voz de Almería, 1 August 2013 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ Με Βαρέλα στο Καρπενήσι (Varela in Karpenisi) Archived 2014-09-15 at the Wayback Machine; Football League News, 21 August 2014 (in Greek)
  10. ^ Ботев привлича уругвайското крило Нико Варела (Botev signs Uruguayan winger Nico Varela); Botev Plovdiv's official website, 24 June 2015 (in Bulgarian)
  11. ^ Ботев стартира сезона с домакинско реми срещу Левски (Botev starts the season with a home draw against Levski); Botev Plovdiv's official website, 18 July 2015 (in Bulgarian)
  12. ^ Сърцат Ботев пречупи Черно море (Hearted Botev defeats Cherno More); Botev Plovdiv's official website, 29 August 2015 (in Bulgarian)
  13. ^ Ботев 1:0 Монтана (Botev 1:0 Montana); Botev Plovdiv's official website, (in Bulgarian)
  14. ^ Ботев победи Черно море във Варна в дебюта на Николай Костов (Botev beats Cherno More Varna in the debut of Nikolay Kostov); Botev Plovdiv's official website, 22 November 2015 (in Bulgarian)
  15. ^ Ботев се раздели с Нико Варела и Димитър Алексиев (Botev release Nico Varela and Dimitar Aleksiev); Botev Plovdiv's official website, 13 January 2016 (in Bulgarian)
  16. ^ Αποκτήθηκε ο Ουρουγουανός ποδοσφαιριστής Νίκολας Βαρέλα (Signed the Uruguayan footballer Nicolás Varela); AEL's official website, 28 January 2016 (in Greek)

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