Fabio Nigro
- Simon Basten
- Sep 5
- 2 min read
Fabio Héctor Nigro was born in Junin near Buenos Aires on December 29, 1965.
He began his career in Argentina with Sarmiento in 1978, then spent two years at Rivadavia de Junín, before moving to River Plate. During the 1983 Metropolitano tournament, due to a conflict between the first-team players and the club’s management, youth players were fielded, and Nigro made 7 appearances in the league.
He arrived in Italy in October 1985 thanks to Argentine basketball player Carlos D’Aquila and Néstor Sivori (son of Omar). He trained with Parma under Arrigo Sacchi, but since he was coming from a foreign federation, he was required to play two seasons in the amateur leagues in order to obtain Italian citizenship.
He was signed by Vigor Lamezia (1985/86 Interregionale, 12 appearances and 1 goal). The following season he moved to Viterbese, coached by Omar Sivori (1986/87 Promozione), where he impressed by scoring 9 goals in 23 matches.
Lazio gave him a trial during the friendly match Lazio–Pro Patria (4–2) played in Nerviano on April 16, 1987, in memory of Luciano Re Cecconi. His performance was more than satisfactory, and the Roman club signed him that summer.
Nigro managed to make only 5 appearances in the league and 4 in Coppa Italia.
In 1988/89, he returned to Viterbese, where he remained for two seasons before moving to Frosinone. After two years with the Ciociari, he left Italy and move to France, joining FC Gueugnonnais (D2), and later moved to Slovakia, where he spent three years with Slovan Bratislava. Here he won the league three times consecutively (1993-96), a Slovakian National Cup in 1993-94 and three Super Cups (1993, 1994, 1996).
In the 1996/97 season, he returned to Argentina, signing with Estudiantes. He later played for lower-division Argentine clubs Atlético Douglas Haig and Atlético Sarmiento of Junín, where he eventually became a youth team coach.
Lazio Career
Season | Total Appearances | Serie B | Coppa Italia |
1987-88 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
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