Nicolás Biglianti

Nicolás Fernando Biglianti Ruiz (18 October 1974 – 2 April 2026) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Known as "El Canario", he had a 15-year professional career, which he started and finished at Liverpool Montevideo. He represented seven clubs and won the Torneo Clausura with Peñarol in 2008.

Career Born in Canelones, Biglianti began playing football for local clubs Huracán Progreso and San Francisco before winning the southern championship with the representative team of Canelones Department. He then began his professional career at Liverpool of Montevideo.

Biglianti resumed his career at Central Español under manager Julio César Antúnez, winning promotion from the Uruguayan Segunda División in 2005.

Biglianti later played for Atenas and Plaza Colonia before ending his professional career back at Liverpool Montevideo in 2012. He then returned to his native department to play for Juanicó and Darling de Canelones. He managed Darling de Canelones during his cancer treatment. He had the malignant tumour removed in São Paulo, Brazil, and underwent chemotherapy until October; in February 2025, there was an increase in tumour markers in the scar and Biglianti had to undergo chemotherapy again, as the location was too close to major arteries for another operation.

Biglianti died of pancreatic cancer on 2 April 2026, at the age of 51.