Nicolas Farina

French professional footballer

Nicolas Farina
Personal information
Date of birth	(1986-08-09) 9 August 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth	Metz, France
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
0000–2005	Metz
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2009	Metz	25	(3)
2007–2008	→ Cannes (loan)	28	(5)
2009–2012	Evian	63	(6)
2012–2014	Energie Cottbus	23	(2)
2015	Racing FC	9	(10)
2015	Petrolul Ploiești	8	(0)
2016–2018	Cholet	59	(6)
Total		215	(32)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Nicolas Farina (born 9 August 1986) is a French former professional footballer who played mainly as a winger.

Club career

Farina began his career at FC Metz and was loaned out to AS Cannes in 2007–08. After a few years with FC Metz, he was released and signed on 2 July 2009 with Évian Thonon Gaillard FC.^[1] For the 2012–13 season, Farina, along with fellow Evian player Guillaume Rippert was loaned to German 2. Bundesliga side FC Energie Cottbus.^[2] He later signed with Racing FC from the Luxembourg National Division in January 2015.^[3]

After a brief spell together in Romania with FC Petrolul Ploiești, Farina and Rippert joined up again in January 2016, at SO Cholet in Championnat de France Amateur,^[2] where he won promotion.

Honours

Metz

Ligue 2: 2006–07^[4]

Evian

References

^ "Nicolas Farina, nouvelle recrue". Évian Thonon Gaillard FC. Archived from the original on 27 December 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Nicolas Farina et Guillaume Rippert, les faux jumeaux" (in French). footamateur.fr. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
^ "Nicolas Farina débarque au RFCU Luxembourg" (in French). L'essentiel. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c Nicolas Farina at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)