Nicolás Pareja

Nicolás Pareja
Personnel
Surname	Nicolás Martín Pareja
birthday	January 19, 1984
place of birth	Buenos Aires ,  Argentina
size	181 cm
position	Central defender
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2004-2006	Argentinos Juniors	53 (2)
2006-2008	RSC Anderlecht	39 (0)
2008-2010	Espanyol Barcelona	60 (3)
2010-2013	Spartak Moscow	47 (4)
2013-2018	Sevilla FC	85 (2)
2018–	Atlas Guadalajara	0 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
	Argentina U-23
2010	Argentina	1 (0)
1 Only league games are given. As of August 26, 2018

Nicolás Martín Pareja (born January 19, 1984 in Buenos Aires ) is an Argentine football player .

Pareja began his professional career in 2004 with the Argentinos Juniors in the top Argentine division . In 2006 he moved to Belgium to RSC Anderlecht, where he was supposed to replace Vincent Kompany, who had switched to Hamburger SV . With Anderlecht he won the Belgian championship title in his first season, which failed to defend the following season. In return, the Belgian Supercup could already be won at the beginning of the season, and in May 2008 they beat KAA Gent 3-2 in the cup final.

In August 2008 he moved to the Spanish first division club Espanyol Barcelona for five million euros , where he signed a contract until 2012.

Pareja was part of the winning Argentine selection at the 2008 Olympic soccer tournament in China.

successes

• UEFA Europa League winner: 2014 , 2015
• Belgian champion: 2006/07
• Belgian Cup Winner: 2007/08
• Belgian Supercup winner: 2007
• Olympic Champion: 2008

Web links

Commons : Nicolás Pareja  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Nicolás Pareja in the database of weltfussball.de
• Profile on guardian.co.uk
• Nicolás Pareja in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)