Nicolás Quagliata

Nicolás Quagliata Platero (born 5 June 1999) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays FBC Melgar. Mainly an attacking midfielder, he can also play as a left winger.

Career Early career Quagliata was one of the youngest players at Defensor and between the ages of 12 and 13, following the prescription of an endocrinologist, he underwent growth hormone treatment, the same procedure as Lionel Messi had gone through when he was in training at Newell's Old Boys and one of the reasons why he emigrated to Barcelona.

Montevideo Wanderers Quagliata graduated from Montevideo Wanderers B, and made his debut on 12 May 2019 in a match against C.A. Cerro, for the year's Primera División. In 2020, the bohemian DT became Mauricio Larriera who did not call him for the first three games of the Apertura after which the tournament was paralyzed for five months due to the coronavirus pandemic. In August, when football returned, he entered the team's rotation, although Larriera's cycle ended with the Apertura. Since Intermediate 2021, Wanderers is directed by Daniel Carreño. His name sounded like a possible reinforcement of Nacional, where his father is a technical assistant, and in Peñarol, where Larriera knows him first-hand.

Following the role of Carreño in leading the Wanderers, the team has been a finalist in Intermedio 2020 (lost on penalties in January 2021 against Nacional), was ninth in Clausura 2020, 11th in Apertura 2021 and third in Clausura 2021.

PAOK Οn 3 June 2022, Quagliata signed a four-year contract with Greek club PAOK.

Cuiabá loan Οn 10 March 2023, Quagliata completed the loan signing of Nicolás, until the winter of 2023 with Brazilian club Cuiabá.

Central Córdoba loan On 24 July 2024, Quagliata joined Central Córdoba SdE on loan in the Argentine Primera División.

Career statistics

2021

2022

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Honours Central Córdoba (SdE) Copa Argentina: 2024