Franco Niell

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Franco Niell

| image = Franco Niell.jpg

| image_size = 250

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|5|22|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Trelew, Argentina

| fullname = Franco Niell

| height = 5 ft 4 in

| position = Forward

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = San Lorenzo de Almagro

| youthyears2 = 2001–2004

| youthclubs2 = Argentinos Juniors

| years1 = 2004–2012

| clubs1 = Argentinos Juniors

| caps1 = 75

| goals1 = 15

| years2 = 2008

| clubs2 = → D.C. United (loan)

| caps2 = 7

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2008–2009

| clubs3 = → Gimnasia (loan)

| caps3 = 29

| goals3 = 4

| years4 = 2009–2010

| clubs4 = → Deportivo Quito (loan)

| caps4 = 32

| goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2011–2012

| clubs5 = → Querétaro (loan)

| caps5 = 18

| goals5 = 3

| years6 = 2012

| clubs6 = Figueirense

| caps6 = 0

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2012–2013

| clubs7 = Gimnasia

| caps7 = 18

| goals7 = 5

| years8 = 2013–2016

| clubs8 = Rosario Central

| caps8 = 67

| goals8 = 15

| years9 = 2016–2018

| clubs9 = Gimnasia

| caps9 = 45

| goals9 = 7

| years10 = 2018

| clubs10 = Guillermo Brown

| caps10 = 10

| goals10 = 1

| years11 = 2019

| clubs11 = Quilmes

| caps11 = 7

| goals11 = 1

| years12 = 2019–2020

| clubs12 = Barracas Central

| caps12 = 15

| goals12 = 3

| pcupdate = 23:24, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

}}

Franco Niell (born May 22, 1983, in Trelew, Chubut) is an Argentine football striker.

Career

Niell is of Scottish descent. Niell joined the Argentinos Juniors youth system in 2001, and debuted professionally on April 12, 2004. In his first match he came on as a substitute for Gustavo Oberman, and scored a goal in the 3–1 victory over Colón de Santa Fe.

On January 22, 2008, he signed on loan with D.C. United.{{Cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-US/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=539376 |title=D.C. United Snap Up Tiny Argentine Niell |work=Goal.com |date=January 8, 2008 |access-date=March 19, 2008}}{{cite news|first=Steven |last=Goff |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/08/AR2008010803786.html |newspaper=Washington Post |title=Niell Close To Joining D.C. United |date=January 9, 2008 |page=E02 }} His first appearance for United was against Harbour View FC in the 2008 CONCACAF Champions Cup. On June 26, 2008, he was waived by D.C. United.[http://dcunited.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20080626&content_id=168552&vkey=pr_dcu&fext=.jsp&team=t103 D.C. United: News: Article] {{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

On July 12, 2009, coming from the bench in the 18 m. of the ST, he scored arguably two of the most important goals of his career when he scored 2 goals with his team Gimnasia La Plata in the last minutes of the game (44 & 46 ST), goals that allowed Gimnasia to remain in the first division of the Argentinian League. Gimmnasia was playing with 9 men and needed 2 goals to keep the category against Atlético de Rafaela, team that did beat them 3–0 in the first match. The two goals were headers.{{Cite web |url=http://www.clarin.com/diario/2009/07/12/um/m-01956996.htm |title=Clarin: News: Article in Spanish |access-date=July 13, 2009 |archive-date=July 15, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715104009/http://www.clarin.com/diario/2009/07/12/um/m-01956996.htm |url-status=dead }}

In 2009 Niell was loaned to Deportivo Quito of Ecuador, and in 2011 he was loaned back to Querétaro F.C. of Mexico.{{cite web| url = http://www.goal.com/es-la/news/686/mercado/2011/06/12/2529486/mercado-franco-niell-deja-argentinos-y-se-incorpora-al| title = Noticias de fútbol, marcadores en directo, resultados y fichajes {{!}} Goal.com Argentina}}

References

External links

{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329151753/http://www.futbolxxi.com/Futbolista.aspx?ID=13131&SEOFutbolista=Niell+Franco |date=March 29, 2012 |title=Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI}} {{in lang|es}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20120909085605/http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&CTID=56&CPID=139&pStr=Player&PLID=189462&TEID=3125 Guardian statistics]
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Category:1983 births

Category:Living people

Category:People from Trelew

Category:Footballers from Chubut Province

Category:Argentine men's footballers

Category:Men's association football forwards

Category:Argentinos Juniors footballers

Category:Argentine people of Scottish descent

Category:D.C. United players

Category:Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers

Category:S.D. Quito footballers

Category:Querétaro F.C. footballers