Nicholas Osorio (born January 20, 1998) is a Canadian

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player who currently plays as a

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. His brother Jonathan plays for

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Playing career

Having grown up in

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, Ontario, Osorio began playing football Brampton Youth SC at the age of four. He joined the

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U15 team in 2012, and after progressing through the system, he was called up to the

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squad, the feeder team to the

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outfit, in 2015. Osorio made his professional debut on July 19, 2015, playing in a 1–0 defeat to Saint Louis in the

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. His second appearance came three days later in a 1–0 defeat to

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. He began attending the

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in 2017, joining the Varsity Blues soccer team. In 2017, he appeared in eight regular season matches, scoring one goal against Nipissing, and appeared in one playoff match. In 2018, he appeared in 13 regular season matches, scoring twice, as well as two playoff matches. In 2019, he appeared in 11 regular season matches and four playoff games, scoring four regular season goals and one playoff goal. The 2020 season was cancelled due to the

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. In 2018 and 2019, he played for

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in the semi-professional

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International career

Osorio selected for two

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Under-15 camps back in 2013 under the guidance of

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and Ante Jazic. He went with the U15 national team to Mexico for the 2013 Copa de México de Naciones.

Personal life

Osorio's parents are

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n – his father is a native of

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, while his mother was born in

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. His older brothers, Jonathan and

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, have played for

and

respectively.

Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Osorio, Nicholas 1998 births Living people Alliance United FC players Men's association football midfielders Canadian people of Colombian descent Canadian men's soccer players League1 Ontario players Soccer players from Brampton Soccer players from Toronto Toronto FC II players Toronto Varsity Blues men's soccer players USL Championship players Toronto FC Academy players 21st-century Canadian sportsmen University and college men's soccer players in Canada