Nicolás Schiappacasse

Nicolás Javier Schiappacasse Oliva (born 12 January 1999) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian Serie A club Sassuolo.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Schiappacasse and the second or maternal family name is Oliva.
Nicolás Schiappacasse
Personal information
Full name Nicolás Javier Schiappacasse Oliva
Date of birth (1999-01-12) 12 January 1999
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Sassuolo
Number 91
Youth career
2004 Nueva Palmira
2004–2010 Universal
2010–2015 River Plate Montevideo
2016–2018 Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015−2016 River Plate Montevideo 24 (4)
2016–2020 Atlético Madrid B 22 (3)
2018 → Rayo Majadahonda (loan) 13 (1)
2019 → Parma (loan) 3 (0)
2019–2020 → Famalicão (loan) 4 (0)
2020– Sassuolo 1 (0)
National team‡
2013 Uruguay U15 11 (2)
2014–2015 Uruguay U17 22 (12)
2016–2019 Uruguay U20 47 (21)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 November 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 June 2019

Club career

River Plate Montevideo

Born in Montevideo, Schiappacasse joined River Plate Montevideo's youth setup in 2014 at the age of 11, from Club Universal.[2] On 5 January 2015, aged only 15, he started training with the first-team.[3]

On 19 April 2015, already sold to Atlético Madrid,[2] Schiappacasse made his main squad – and Primera División – debut, coming on as a late substitute for Santiago García in a 2–0 home win against Juventud.[4] He scored his first professional goal on 23 May, netting his team's third in a 4–0 home routing of El Tanque Sisley.[2]

Atlético Madrid

In July 2016, aged 17, Schiappacasse was a part of Atlético Madrid's pre-season under Diego Simeone.[5] He was subsequently assigned to the Juvenil A squad, thus returning to youth football.

Schiappacasse made his debut for Atleti's B-team on 11 September 2016, replacing Caio Henrique and scoring his team's second in a 2–3 away loss against AD Unión Adarve for the Tercera División championship.[6] He contributed with three goals in 14 appearances for the reserves, achieving promotion to Segunda División B.

For the 2017–18 season, Schiappacasse only featured rarely for the B-side.

Rayo Majadahonda (loan)

On 7 August 2018, Schiappacasse was loaned to CF Rayo Majadahonda in Segunda División, for one year.[7]

Parma (loan)

On 31 January 2019, Schiappacasse signed for Serie A club Parma on loan until 30 June 2020.[8]

Famalicão (loan)

On 18 July 2019, newly promoted Portuguese Primeira Liga side Famalicão announced the signing of Schiappacasse on a season long loan deal.[9][10]

Sassuolo

On 5 October 2020, Italian Serie A club Sassuolo announced the signing of Schiappacasse on a permanent basis.[11][12]

International career

Schiappacasse is a former Uruguay youth international. He has amassed 80 caps and 35 goals for different youth teams of Uruguay over six years. He was part of Uruguay squad at 2013 South American U-15 Championship, 2015 South American U-17 Championship, 2017 South American U-20 Championship, 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2019 South American U-20 Championship and 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[13]

With 21 goals, Schiappacasse is the all-time top scorer of Uruguay under-20 team. He is also second in number of matches played for under-20 team, only behind Rodrigo Amaral. He also used to be joint all-time top scorer of Uruguay under-17 team along with Franco Acosta, a feat which has been surpassed by Facundo Torres in 2017.[14][15]

Personal life

He is of Italian descent, and he holds the Italian passport.[16]

In September 2020 he tested positive for COVID-19.[17]

References
  1. Nicolás Schiappacasse at Soccerway
  2. "Schiappacasse, 16 años, primer gol…" [Schiappacasse, 16 years, first goal...] (in Spanish). Tenfield. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  3. "River Plate: Arrancó con el juvenil Schiappacasse; Marques llega el viernes" [River Plate: Started up with the youngster Schiappacasse; Marques arrives on Friday] (in Spanish). Tenfield. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  4. "El debut de Schiappacasse" [The debut of Schiappacasse] (in Spanish). Tenfield. 19 April 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  5. "Schiappacasse aterrizó y se pondrá en manos del Cholo" [Schiappacasse landed and will be in the hands of Cholo] (in Spanish). Marca. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  6. "Schiappacasse debuta con gol pero no evita la derrota del Atleti B" [Schiappacasse debuts with goal but does not avoid the defeat of Atleti B] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  7. "Nicolás Schiappacasse se une al CF Rayo Majadahonda procedente del Atlético de Madrid" [Nicolás Schiappacasse joins CF Rayo Majadahonda from Atlético de Madrid] (in Spanish). CF Rayo Majadahonda. 7 August 2018. Archived from the original on 31 December 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  8. "UFFICIALE: Parma, arriva Schiappacasse dall'Atletico Madrid" (in Italian). Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  9. "Club Atlético de Madrid - Acuerdo para la cesión de Schiappacasse al FC Famalicão". Club Atlético de Madrid (in Spanish). 18 July 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  10. "NICOLÁS SCHIAPPACASSE ASSINA PELO FC FAMALICÃO" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  11. "CALCIOMERCATO: DALL'ATLÉTICO MADRID ARRIVA NICOLAS SCHIAPPACASSE" (in Italian). Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  12. "Schiappacasse, nueva incorporación del Sassuolo". Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  13. "10 - Nicolás Schiappacasse - AUF". Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  14. "Datos del plantel sub-20". Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  15. "Datos del plantel Sub-20 de Uruguay". Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  16. Pietrella, Francesco (1 February 2019). "Chi è Schiappacasse, dal beach soccer al Parma". sport.sky.it (in Italian). Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  17. "Schiappacasse positivo al Coronavirus. Secondo caso in casa Sassuolo". Sassuolo News (in Italian). Retrieved 17 September 2020.
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