Nicolás Medina
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Nicolás Rubén Medina | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 17 February 1982 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Argentinos Juniors | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Argentinos Juniors | 48 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2004 | Sunderland | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | → Leganés (loan) | 32 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Real Murcia | 20 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Rosario Central | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Gimnasia La Plata | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006 | → Nueva Chicago (loan) | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007 | → Talleres Córdoba (loan) | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Gimnasia La Plata | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | O'Higgins | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Tiro Federal | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | La Piedad | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | El Porvenir | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Unión Comercio | 63 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Sport Huancayo | 26 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Independiente Rivadavia | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 269 | (5) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Argentina U20 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Argentina U23 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Argentina | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Nicolás Rubén Medina (born 17 February 1982) is an Argentine former professional footballer who primarily played as a central midfielder. He accomplished more in his international career, especially in his early years as a world champion at the 2001 FIFA U20 Youth Championship as well as a gold medal at the 2004 Olympics, than he has in his club career. His journeyman club career was chronicled by Futbol Futbol Futbol, the South American football website.