Nicolás Olmedo

Nicolás Olmedo

Personal information
Full name	Nicolás Andrés Olmedo
Date of birth	March 10, 1983 (1983-03-10) (age 28)
Place of birth	Godoy Cruz, Mendoza, Argentina
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club	Godoy Cruz
Number	5
Youth career
	Godoy Cruz
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002–	Godoy Cruz	176	(4)
2004–2005	→ San Martín (T) (loan)	25	(2)
National team‡
2010	Argentina	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:08, 16 December 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:08, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Nicolás Andrés Olmedo (born March 10, 1983) is an Argentine football midfielder who plays for Godoy Cruz. He has played for the club more than 150 games since his debut in 2002.

Club career

Olmedo started his career in 2002 with Godoy Cruz, while the team played in the Primera B Nacional (Argentine second division). In 2004, he was loaned to San Martín de Tucumán, where he won the Torneo Argentino B (regionalized fourth division) on its 2004–05 season.

Upon his return to Godoy Cruz, he won with the team the 2005–06 season of the Primera B Nacional, securing promotion to the Argentine Primera. Olmedo saw little action during Godoy Cruz' subsequent season in the first division (the 2006–07), playing only 12 games and scoring 1 goal.^[1] Godoy Cruz was relegated by the end of the season, but the midfielder stayed with the team and helped them return to the first division after only one season.

In his second period in the first division, Olmedo became an integral part of Godoy Cruz' first team. He started in 18 (of a total 19) games for his team's third-place finish in the 2010 Clausura,^[2] the best historical campaign by a Mendoza Province based team in the Argentine league.

International career

In 2010, Olmedo was called to the Argentine national team by coach Diego Maradona to play a friendly match against Haiti, in a squad formed exclusively with players from the Argentine league.^[3]

Honours

San Martín de Tucumán

• Torneo Argentino B (1): 2004–05

Godoy Cruz

• Primera B Nacional (1): 2005–06

References

1. ^ "Profile". Argentine Soccer. http://www.argentinesoccer.com/player.cfm?id=nolm. Retrieved 2010-10-25. 
2. ^ "Closing '10 statistics". Argentine Soccer. http://www.argentinesoccer.com/player_apps.cfm?id=nolm&Championship=cl10&Team=gcr. Retrieved 2010-10-25. 
3. ^ ""Estoy muy ilusionado" expresó Nicolás Olmedo tras la convocatoria a la selección" (in Spanish). MDZ Online. 2010-04-27. http://www.mdzol.com/mdz/nota/206188. Retrieved 2010-10-25. 

External links

• Nicolás Olmedo at National-Football-Teams.com
• Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (Spanish)
• Statistics at BDFA (Spanish)

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Name	Olmedo, Nicolas
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Date of birth	1983-03-10
Place of birth	Godoy Cruz, Mendoza, Argentina
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