Nicolás Quagliata Platero (born 5 June 1999) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays Argentine Primera División club Central Córdoba (SdE), on loan from PAOK.
Quagliata was one of the youngest players at Defensor and between the ages of 12 and 13, following the prescription of an endocrinologist, he underwent growth hormone treatment, the same procedure as Lionel Messi had gone through when he was in training at Newell's Old Boys and one of the reasons why he emigrated to Barcelona.
In 2020, the bohemian DT became Mauricio Larriera who did not call him for the first three games of the Apertura after which the tournament was paralyzed for five months due to the coronavirus pandemic.
As a right-handed midfielder who plays on the left, Quagliata admires and looks up to Philippe Coutinho and Giorgian De Arrascaeta a lot.
[3] Οn 10 March 2023, Quagliata completed the loan signing of Nicolás, until the winter of 2023 with Brazilian club Cuiabá.