Nico

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Nico Nico

Bio

VERSATILE, PHYSICAL MIDFIELDER

Nico‘s move to City may have come on deadline day of the winter transfer window in 2025, but he’s a midfielder that has long been admired across Europe.

A graduate of the famed La Masia Academy in Barcelona, Nico played 37 times for the Catalan giants before a loan to Valencia and a move to Porto that truly brought out his best.

Physically imposing, Nico is powerful and capable of playing anywhere in the engine room.

His performances at Porto saw him forge a reputation as a player who is just as effective on the ball as he is off it.

Nico has since taken his game to new heights in Portugal, being named Primeira Liga Midfielder of the Month in December having already trebled his best full-season goal tally by the halfway point of 2024/25. 

Simply put, Nico is multi-talented; equally capable of driving the team forward with a deceptive turn of pace or breaking up opposition attacks thanks to an impressive ability to read the play and eat up the ground. 

And like his famous footballing father, Deportivo La Coruna legend Fran, the 23-year-old also possesses excellent vision and close control; essential tools needed to thrive in City’s midfield. 

Fran was part of Deportivo’s golden generation who won La Liga in 2000, the Copa Del Rey in 2001/02 and reached the UEFA Champions League semi-finals in 2003/04, but he also spent a period coaching in our Academy. 

Now, Nico is looking to continue his rapid development as a key cog in Pep Guardiola’s City side.

Info

Date of birth
2002-01-03
Location
A Coruna, Spain
Nationality
Spain
Spain
Position
Midfielder
Joined City
2025-02-03

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