Nicolás Schiappacasse


Nicolás Javier Schiappacasse Oliva is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Atlético Madrid B.

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. On 5 January 2015, aged only 15, he started training with the first-team.
On 19 April 2015, already sold to Atlético Madrid, 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. He scored his first professional goal on 23 May, netting his team's third in a 4–0 home routing of El Tanque Sisley.

Atlético Madrid

In July 2016, aged 17, Schiappacasse was a part of Atlético Madrid's pre-season under Diego Simeone. 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. 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.

Parma (loan)

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

Famalicão (loan)

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

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.
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.