Marcelo Patricio Nicola Virginio (born May 12, 1971) is an Argentine-Italian[1][2] former professional basketball player and a current coach.

A very versatile power forward, he was a regular member of the Argentine national basketball team, and competed many years in the EuroLeague.

Nicola was selected 50th overall in the 1993 NBA draft, but remained in Europe and won the Saporta Cup in 1996 with Taugrés, the team in which he made his debut in the Spanish ACB League.

He played his best basketball for Benetton Treviso, with which he lifted another Saporta Cup trophy in 1999, and he was selected to the All-EuroLeague Second Team for the Euroleague 2001–02 season.

In February 2015, he became the head coach of Lietuvos rytas Vilnius team (Lithuania) after Virginijus Šeškus release.