Nicolás Vigneri

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Nicolás Vigneri
Personal information
Full name Nicolás Ignacio Vigneri Cetrulo
Date of birth (1983-07-06) 6 July 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)
striker
Team information
Current team
Fénix (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 Fénix 79 (29)
2006–2007 Peñarol 55 (20)
2008Cruz Azul (loan) 24 (8)
2009 Racing Club 4 (0)
2009–2010
Puebla
15 (4)
2010Xerez (loan) 0 (0)
2010–2011 Fénix 26 (5)
2012Nacional (loan) 5 (0)
2012–2013
Emelec
(loan)
21 (5)
2013
Deportivo Quevedo
15 (0)
2014 Los Caimanes 2 (0)
2014–2015 Rampla Juniors 8 (0)
2015 Huracán 13 (5)
2015–2016 Murciélagos 29 (5)
2016 Cartaginés 8 (1)
2017–2018 Murciélagos 25 (4)
2018 Fénix 14 (3)
2019 Villa Teresa 20 (7)
2020–2021 Uruguay Montevideo
International career
2003–2007 Uruguay 9 (2)
Managerial career
2021–2022 Uruguay Montevideo
2023 Plaza Colonia
2023–2024 Rampla Juniors
2024– Fénix
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nicolás Ignacio Vigneri Cetrulo (born 6 July 1983) is a Uruguayan

striker.[1] He is the current manager of Fénix
.

Playing career

Vigneri began in 2003 at age 18 in Fénix of Uruguay, where he participated in the 6–1 vs Cruz Azul of Mexico for Copa Libertadores.

In 2006 he went to

Interliga against Pumas. He scored his second goal in the final of the Torneo Clausura 2008 against Santos Laguna
.

In 2009, he joined Argentine club

Primera División de España
on loan.

Later the same year he returned to former club Fénix, before moving in January 2011 to Nacional, winning the championship.

On July 21, 2011 he was announced by Ecuadorian side

Emelec
's official website as its new striker on a loan with an option to buy, scoring 8 goals and good performances to reach the final.

In 2013 returned to Fénix for a third spell, scoring 4 goals in the tournament.

Later that year he returned to Ecuador to join

.

In July 2020, Vigneri moved to Uruguayan amateur club Uruguay Montevideo.[2] He retired in the following year, aged 38.

Managerial career

Immediately after retiring, Vigneri became the manager of his last club Uruguay Montevideo. He left the club in November 2022, and took over Plaza Colonia the following 5 January, after Alejandro Apud's resignation.[3]

Vigneri left Plaza Colonia on a mutual agreement on 17 May 2023, after finishing 12th in the Apertura tournament.[4] He subsequently led Rampla Juniors to a promotion to the top tier before opting to leave the club on 30 January 2024.[5]

Honours

Cruz Azul

Emelec

Nacional

References

  1. ^ Nicolás Vigneri, el jugador de cuadro grande que quiere retirarse en Fénix elobservador.com.uy
  2. ^ Amateur: refuerzos de Primera, tenfield.com.uy, 29 July 2020
  3. ^ "Nicolás Vigneri será el técnico de Plaza Colonia en 2023 tras renuncia de Alejandro Apud" [Nicolás Vigneri will be the manager of Plaza Colonia in 2023 after Alejandro Apud's resignation] (in Spanish). Fútbol.uy. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Plaza Colonia busca director técnico tras la desvinculación de Nicolás Vigneri" [Plaza Colonia seek a manager following the termination of Nicolás Vigneri] (in Spanish). FútbolUy. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Nicolás Vigneri decidió no continuar al frente de Rampla Juniors, que busca su sustituto" [Nicolás Vigneri decided not to continue at the helm of Rampla Juniors, who look for his replacement] (in Spanish). FútbolUy. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.

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