Nicolás Canales

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Nicolás Canales
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Personal information
Full name Nicolás Sebastián Canales Calas
Date of birth June 27, 1985 (1985-06-27) (age 22)
Place of birth    Santiago, Chile
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Unión Española
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2004—2005
2005-
2006
2006-2007
2007
2008-Present
Universidad de Chile
S.L. Benfica
S.L. Benfica B
Gondomar S.C. (loan)
CFR Cluj (loan)
Unión Española (loan)
17 (6)
0 (0)
13 (5)
9 (5)
1 (0)
1 (0)   
National team
2005- Chile

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 17 February 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Nicolás Canales is a Chilean international footballer from Santiago, Chile. He was born on June 27, 1985 and he currently plays for Union Española. Canales was part of Benfica B's (Youth squad). He debuted with Universidad de Chile.

Canales debuted with Universidad de Chile where he won the Apertura in 2004 and reached the final of the Clausura in 2005.

He makes 5 goals in 9 matches in the Liga de Honra and is expected to return to Benfica earlier then expected.

On August 1, 2007 he signed with Romanian squad CFR Cluj. However his time there was short, because at the beginning of 2008 Canales returned to Chile to play for Unión Española.

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Canales is also an international footballer since he played for his Senior team. He also participated in the U-20 2005 Sudamericano in Colombia where he was top goalscorer with Matias Fernandez. He went on to later play at the 2005 U-20 World Cup in Holland.


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