Nicolás Agustín Demartini (born 4 November 1999) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a

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for who currently plays for the

Barracas Central Club Atlético Barracas Central is an Argentine professional association football, football club from the district of Barracas, Buenos Aires. Established in 1904, Barracas Central returned to the Argentine Primera División, Primera División, th ...

, on loan from

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Club career

Demartini started his career with

. Gastón Esmerado promoted the defender into the club's first-team squad during the 2017–18 Primera División campaign, making appearances against

Newell's Old Boys Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football. A ...

Chacarita Juniors Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors (usually known simply as Chacarita) is an Argentine association football, football club headquartered in Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires, while the stadium is located in Villa Maipú, General San Martín Partido of Gre ...

and Patronato from February 2018 as they were relegated; his only previous experience in senior football was as an unused substitute in the

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versus

Defensa y Justicia Club Social y Deportivo Defensa y Justicia, commonly known as Defensa y Justicia, is an Argentine football club from Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires, established in 1935.

in August 2017. In

Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, (English "National B Division"), and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 38 team ...

, the second tier, Demartini started and finished the opening twenty fixtures of 2018–19, while also netting his first goal during a 2–3 home defeat to

Arsenal de Sarandí Arsenal Fútbol Club (), usually referred as Arsenal de Sarandí , or simply Arsenal, is an Argentine sports club from the Sarandí district of Avellaneda Partido, Greater Buenos Aires. The football team currently plays in Primera Nacional, t ...

on 23 September 2018. On 15 March 2021, Demartini joined

Chilean Primera División The Chilean Primera División () is a professional association football league in Chile and the highest level of the Chilean football league system. Founded in 1933, it is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP). The l ...

club

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on a loan deal for the rest of 2021. In January 2022, he was loaned out once again, this time to

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club Tigre until the end of the year.Club Atlético Tigre on Twitter: " ¡Nuevo refuerzo en la ...
twitter.com, 12 January 2022

International career

In 2018, Demartini represented Argentina's U19s at the

South American Games The South American Games (also known as ODESUR Games; Spanish: ''Juegos Suramericanos''; Portuguese: ''Jogos Sul-Americanos''), formerly the Southern Cross Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Cruz del Sur'') is a regional multi-sport event held between nat ...

in Bolivia; as they finished fourth. A year later, Demartini was selected for the

2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games (), officially the XVIII Pan American Games () and commonly known as Lima 2019, were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization held in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019, with preliminar ...

with the U23s in Peru. Just one appearance followed, though it occurred in the tournament's final against Honduras as Argentina won the trophy.

Career statistics

Honours

;Argentina U23 *

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* 1999 births Living people Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers People from Almirante Brown Partido Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Footballers from Buenos Aires Province Argentina men's youth international footballers Footballers at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games footballers for Argentina Pan American Games gold medalists in football Men's association football defenders Argentine Primera División players Primera Nacional players Chilean Primera División players Club Atlético Temperley footballers C.D. Antofagasta footballers Club Atlético Tigre footballers Barracas Central players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Chile 21st-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-footy-defender-1990s-stub