Nicola Lai (born 17 January 1986) is an Italian

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who plays as a

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Career

Born in

Cagliari Cagliari (, , ; ; ; Latin: ''Caralis'') is an Comune, Italian municipality and the capital and largest city of the island of Sardinia, an Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Italy. It has about 146,62 ...

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, Lai was sold to

Rieti Rieti (; , Sabino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 47,700. It is the administrative seat of the province of Rieti and see of the diocese of Rieti, as well as the modern capital of the Sabina region. T ...

in co-ownership deal. In June 2007, Cagliari decided to give up the remain registration rights to Rieti. In July 2007, he joined Sardinian side

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. He then played for non-professional side Muravera for a season (at league

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), and in 2009-10 season signed for Algero, which the club had former Cagliari team-mate Alessio Cossu, Andrea Cocco, Andrea Peana and

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. But in November 2009, he was released along with Massimiliano Farrugia.

References

External links

Profile at AIC.Football.it
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lai, Nicola Italian men's footballers Cagliari Calcio players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Cagliari 1986 births Living people Polisportiva Alghero players 21st-century Italian sportsmen