Nico Riestra
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicolás Riestra Coalla | ||
| Date of birth | 30 May 2007 | ||
| Place of birth | Gijón, Spain | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sporting C | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Asunción | |||
| 2015– | Sporting Gijón | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023– | Sporting C | 12 | (1) |
| 2025– | Sporting Gijón | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 November 2025 | |||
Nicolás "Nico" Riestra Coalla (born 30 May 2007) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a winger for Sporting de Gijón C.
Career
Riestra was born in Gijón, Asturias, and joined Sporting de Gijón's youth sides at the age of eight, from Asunción CF.[1] After progressing through the youth categories, he made his senior debut with the C-team on 5 November 2023, coming on as a late substitute in a 2–0 Primera Asturfútbol home win over CD Mosconia.
Riestra scored his first goal on 4 February 2024, netting the C's fourth in a 4–0 home routing of Unión Comercial CF. On 20 June 2025, he renewed his contract with the club until 2028.[2]
On 29 October 2025, before even having appeared with the reserves, Riestra made his first team debut by starting in a 1–0 away win over Caudal Deportivo, for the season's Copa del Rey.[3][4] He made his professional debut on 16 November, replacing fellow youth graduate Gaspar Campos in a 1–1 Segunda División home draw against SD Eibar.[5][6]
References
- ^ "La familia de Nico Riestra, la última perla del Sporting de Gijón: «No es Lamine Yamal. Los pies, en el suelo»" [The family of Nico Riestra, Sporting de Gijón's latest pearl: "He is not Lamine Yamal. Feet, on the ground"] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 30 October 2025. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
- ^ "Nico Riestra amplía su vinculación como rojiblanco" [Nico Riestra extends his link as a red-and-white] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
- ^ "Nico Riestra, el niño con zapatos nuevos del Sporting: debuta hoy en la Copa del Rey" [Nico Riestra, the kit with Sporting's new shoes: debuts today in the Copa del Rey] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 29 October 2025. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
- ^ "Análisis: Así juega Riestra, el rápido y vertical juvenil del Sporting que sueña con debutar en liga" [Analysis: This is how Riestra, the quick and vertical juvenil from Sporting who dreams of debuting in the league, plays] (in Spanish). La Voz de Asturias. 30 October 2025. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
- ^ "Nico debuta con el Sporting directamente desde el juvenil, no ocurría desde el 2002: «Se irá asentando en el primer equipo», el análisis de Borja Jiménez" [Nico debuts with Sporting straight from the juvenil, this did not occurr since 2002: "He wil be establishing himself in the first team", Borja Jiménez's analysis] (in Spanish). La Voz de Asturias. 17 November 2025. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
- ^ "Lo de las primeras veces: Nico Riestra y un domingo para no olvidar" [The magic of first times: Nico Riestra and a Sunday to remember] (in Spanish). Killer Asturias. 16 November 2025. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
External links
- Nico Riestra at BDFutbol
- Nico Riestra at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Nico Riestra at Soccerway