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{{Infobox football biography
| name        = Nicolás Canales
| fullname    = Nicolás Sebastián Canales Calas
| image       = Neftchi Baku - Inter Milan (9).jpg
| image_size  = 330px
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|06|27}}
| birth_place = [[Santiago, Chile]]
| height      = {{Height|m=1.82}}
| position    = [[Forward (association football)|Striker]]
| currentclub = [[Deportes Temuco]]
| clubnumber  = 27
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = [[Club Universidad de Chile|Universidad de Chile]]
| years1  = 2004–2005 | clubs1  = [[Club Universidad de Chile|Universidad de Chile]] | caps1  = 10 | goals1  =  1
| years2  = 2006      | clubs2  = [[S.L. Benfica B|Benfica B]]                       | caps2  = 12 | goals2  =  3
| years3  = 2006–2007 | clubs3  = [[Gondomar S.C.|Gondomar]]                         | caps3  = 26 | goals3  =  8
| years4  = 2007–2010 | clubs4  = [[CFR Cluj]]                                       | caps4  =  1 | goals4  =  0
| years5  = 2008      | clubs5  = → [[Unión Española]] (loan)                        | caps5  = 18 | goals5  =  3
| years6  = 2009      | clubs6  = → [[Cobresal]] (loan)                              | caps6  = 22 | goals6  = 13
| years7  = 2010–2012 | clubs7  = [[Palestino]]                                      | caps7  = 74 | goals7  = 35
| years8  = 2012–2013 | clubs8  = [[Neftçi PFK|Neftchi Baku]]                        | caps8  = 31 | goals8  = 26
| years9  = 2013–2014 | clubs9  = [[Colo-Colo]]                                      | caps9  =  7 | goals9  =  3
| years10 = 2014      | clubs10 = → [[Santiago Wanderers]] (loan)                    | caps10 = 12 | goals10 =  2
| years11 = 2014–2015 | clubs11 = [[Neftçi PFK|Neftchi Baku]]                        | caps11 = 28 | goals11 = 11
| years12 = 2015      | clubs12 = [[FC Krylia Sovetov Samara|Krylia Sovetov]]        | caps12 =  0 | goals12 =  0
| years13 = 2016      | clubs13 = [[Neftçi PFK|Neftchi Baku]]                        | caps13 =  7 | goals13 =  1
| years14 = 2016      | clubs14 = [[FC Okzhetpes|Okzhetpes]]                         | caps14 = 11 | goals14 =  2
| years15 = 2017–     | clubs15 = [[Deportes Temuco]]                                | caps15 =  3 | goals15 =  0
| nationalyears1 = 2005  | nationalteam1  = [[Chile national under-20 football team|Chile U-20]] | nationalcaps1 = 13 | nationalgoals1 = 6
| nationalyears2 = 2012– | nationalteam2  = [[Chile national football team|Chile]]               | nationalcaps2 =  1 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| pcupdate = 27 February 2017
| ntupdate = 23 February 2013
}}
'''Nicolás Sebastián Canales Calas''' ({{IPA-es|nikoˈlas kaˈnales}}, born 27 June 1985) is a Chilean [[Association football|footballer]] that plays as a [[Forward (association football)|striker]] for [[Deportes Temuco]].

==Career==
===Club===
====Early career====
Canales debuted with [[Universidad de Chile (football club)|Universidad de Chile]] where he won the Apertura in 2004 and reached the final of the Clausura in 2005.

He scored five goals in nine matches in the [[Segunda Liga|Liga de Honra]] while playing for [[S.L. Benfica B|Benfica B]].

On 1 August 2007 he signed with Romanian squad [[CFR Cluj]] by £450.000. However his time there was short, because at the beginning of 2008 Canales returned to Chile to play for [[Unión Española]].

====Palestino====
In 2010, he was transferred to [[Palestino]] where he scored 34 times in 73 appearances. Their great performances give him the chance to play with the Chilean national football team.

====Neftchi Baku====
In June 2012, he signed for [[Neftçi PFK|Neftchi Baku]] of the [[Azerbaijan Premier League]] in a one-year deal.<ref>{{cite web|title=Canales contract extensions?|url=http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=2&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=az&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://www.azerisport.com/az/futbol/20130515110543596.html&usg=ALkJrhhL38YzJsqSoN3HpDimHmq1HX55QQ|publisher=azerisport|accessdate=15 May 2013}}</ref> He played his first game for Neftchi in a friendly against [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo București]]. He made his competitive debut in a [[UEFA Champions League]] fixture against [[FC Zestafoni|Zestafoni]] on 17 July. He scored the third goal of the 3–0 home victory.
In the 2012–13 [[Azerbaijan Premier League]] edition, he played in 31 games and scored 26 goals, helping his team win the [[Azerbaijan Premier League]] and becoming the top goalscorer of the championship.He also won the [[Azerbaijan Cup]] in the 2012–13 edition playing five games and scoring one goal in the competition.

====Colo-Colo====
On 13 August 2013, he signed for [[Colo-Colo]] of the [[Chilean Primera División]] in a one-year deal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emol.com/noticias/deportes/2013/08/13/614431/nicolas-canales-arriba-a-colo-colo-llego-al-club-mas-grande-de-chile.html|title=Nicolás Canales ya firmó en Colo Colo: "Llego al más grande de Chile"|accessdate=14 August 2013|date=13 August 2013|work=emol|language=Spanish}}</ref>

====Neftchi Baku Return====
On 14 August 2014, Canales resigned for [[Neftçi PFK|Neftchi Baku]] on a one-year contract, with the option of a second year.<ref>{{cite web|title=PFC "neftchi" signed Nicolas Canales|url=http://www.neftchipfk.com/en/newsd.php?id=659|website=http://www.neftchipfk.com|publisher=[[Neftchi Baku PFC]]|accessdate=14 August 2014|date=14 August 2014}}</ref>

====Krylia Sovetov====
In September 2015, Canales signed a one-year contract with [[FC Krylia Sovetov Samara]] of the [[Russian Football Premier League|Russian Premier League]]. After playing several games for the Under-21 squad and failing to make a single appearance in the Premier League, Canales has been released from his contract by Krylia Sovetov on 7 December 2015.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Russian Football Premier League]]|url=http://rfpl.org/players/Kanales-Kalas-Nikolas-Sebastyan|title=Nicolas Canales RFPL page|date=7 December 2015|language=Russian}}</ref>

====Second Neftchi Baku Return====
In February 2016 Canales returned to [[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi Baku]] for a third stint at the club.<ref>{{cite web|title=Каналес снова в "Нефтчи"|url=http://www.neftchipfk.com/ru/newsd.php?id=1504|website=www.neftchipfk.com/en|publisher=Neftchi Baku|accessdate=14 February 2016|language=Russian|date=14 February 2016}}</ref> After six-months with Neftçi Baku, scoring once in nine games, Canales left Neftçi Baku in June 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Neftçi PFK-nın məlumatı|url=http://neftchipfk.com/az/allnews/564/|website=neftchipfk.com|publisher=Neftchi Baku|accessdate=20 June 2016|date=20 June 2016}}</ref>

====Okzhetpes====
On 5 July 2016, Canales signed with [[FC Okzhetpes]] until the end of the [[2016 FC Okzhetpes season|2016 season]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Окжетпес подписал нападающего|url=http://www.okzhetpes.kz/ru/news/okzhetpes-podpisal-napadayushchego|website=okzhetpes.kz|publisher=FC Okzhetpes|accessdate=5 July 2016|language=Russian|date=5 July 2016}}</ref>

====Deportes Temuco====
On 11 January 2017, Canales signed for [[Deportes Temuco]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Nicolás Canales refuerza el ataque de Deportes Temuco|url=http://www.anfp.cl/noticia/27716/nicolas-canales-refuerza-el-ataque-de-deportes-temuco|website=anfp.cl|publisher=ANFP|accessdate=12 January 2017|language=Spanish|date=11 January 2017}}</ref>

===International===
Canales made his senior international debut in the 2–0 defeat by [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]] on 15 February 2012.<ref>http://www.soccerway.com/matches/2012/02/16/world/friendlies/paraguay/chile/1244737/</ref> He also participated in the U-20 2005 Sudamericano in [[Colombia]]. He went on to later play at the 2005 U-20 World Cup in the [[Netherlands]].<ref>{{FIFA player|229430}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{{updated|match played 19 February 2017}}<ref name="NFT Stats"/><ref>{{cite web|title=N.Canales|url=http://uk.soccerway.com/players/nicolas-canales/20644/|website=soccerway.com|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=12 January 2017}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National Cup
!colspan="2"|League Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="3" valign="center"|[[Club Universidad de Chile|Universidad de Chile]]
|[[2004 Torneo Apertura (Chile)|2004]]/[[2004 Torneo Clausura (Chile)|2004]]
|rowspan="2" valign="center"|[[Chilean Primera División|Primera División]]
|7||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||7||0
|-
|[[2005 Torneo Apertura (Chile)|2005]]/[[2005 Torneo Clausura (Chile)|2005]]
|3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||3||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!10!!0!!0!!0!!-!!-!!-!!-!!-!!-!!10!!0
|-
|valign="center"|[[S.L. Benfica B|Benfica B]]
|[[2005–06 Liga de Honra|2005–06]]
|[[Liga de Honra|Segunda Divisão – Série D]]
|12||3||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||12||3
|-
|valign="center"|[[Gondomar S.C.|Gondomar]]
|[[2006–07 Liga de Honra|2006–07]]
|[[Liga de Honra|Segunda Divisão – Série D]]
|26||8||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||26||8
|-
|rowspan="4" valign="center"|[[CFR Cluj|Cluj]]
|[[2007–08 Liga I|2007–08]]
|rowspan="3" valign="center"|[[Liga I]]
|1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||colspan="2"|–||1||0
|-
|[[2008–09 Liga I|2008–09]]
|0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0
|-
|[[2009–10 Liga I|2009–10]]
|0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!1!!0!!0!!0!!-!!-!!0!!0!!-!!-!!1!!0
|-
|valign="center"|[[Unión Española]] (loan)
|[[2008 Chilean Primera División season|2008]]
|[[Primera División de Chile|Primera División]]
|18||3||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||18||3
|-
|valign="center"|[[Cobresal]] (loan)
|[[2009 Chilean Primera División season|2009]]
|[[Primera División de Chile|Primera División]]
|23||13||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||23||13
|-
|rowspan="4" valign="center"|[[C.D. Palestino|Palestino]]
|[[2010 Chilean Primera División season|2010]]
|rowspan="3" valign="center"|[[Primera División de Chile|Primera División]]
|29||13||2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||31||13
|-
|[[2011 Chilean Primera División season|2011]]
|29||16||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||30||16
|-
|[[2012 Chilean Primera División season|2012]]
|15||5||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||15||5
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!73!!34!!3!!0!!-!!-!!-!!-!!-!!-!!76!!34
|-
|valign="center"|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftchi Baku]]
|[[2012–13 Neftchi Baku PFC season|2012–13]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Premier League Stats 2012/13|url=http://pfl.az/files/0oyuncu21.pdf|publisher= Peşəkar Futbol Liqası|accessdate=12 January 2017}}</ref>
|[[Azerbaijan Premier League]]
|31||26||5||1||colspan="2"|–||12||3||colspan="2"|–||48||30
|-
|valign="center"|[[Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo|Colo-Colo]]
|[[2013–14 Chilean Primera División season|2013–14]]
|[[Primera División de Chile|Primera División]]
|7||3||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||8||3
|-
|valign="center"|[[Santiago Wanderers]] (loan)
|[[2013–14 Chilean Primera División season|2013–14]]
|[[Primera División de Chile|Primera División]]
|12||2||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||12||2
|-
|valign="center"|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftchi Baku]]
|[[2014–15 Neftchi Baku PFC season|2014–15]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Premier League Stats 2014/15|url=http://pfl.az/files/0oyuncu23.pdf|publisher= Peşəkar Futbol Liqası|accessdate=12 January 2017}}</ref>
|[[Azerbaijan Premier League]]
|27||11||4||3||colspan="2"|–||2||0||colspan="2"|–||33||14
|-
|valign="center"|[[FC Krylia Sovetov Samara|Krylia Sovetov]]
|[[2015–16 Russian Premier League|2015–16]]
|[[Russian Premier League]]
|0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||0||0
|-
|valign="center"|[[Neftçi PFK|Neftchi Baku]]
|[[2015–16 Azerbaijan Premier League|2015–16]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Premier League Stats 2015/16|url=http://pfl.az/files/0oyuncu24.doc|publisher= Peşəkar Futbol Liqası|accessdate=12 January 2017}}</ref>
|[[Azerbaijan Premier League]]
|7||1||2||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||colspan="2"|–||9||1
|-
|valign="center"|[[FC Okzhetpes|Okzhetpes]]
|[[2016 FC Okzhetpes season|2016]]
|[[Kazakhstan Premier League]]
|11||2||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||11||2
|-
|valign="center"|[[Deportes Temuco]]
|[[2016–17 Chilean Primera División season|2016–17]]
|[[Chilean Primera División]]
|3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||3||0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!262!!106!!14!!4!!0!!0!!14!!3!!-!!-!!290!!114
|}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan=3|[[Chile national football team|Chile national team]]
|-
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|2012||1||0
|-
!Total||1||0
|}
''Statistics accurate as of match played 15 February 2012''<ref name="NFT Stats">{{NFT player|pid=46601|Nicolás Sebastián Canales Calas|accessdate=12 January 2017}}</ref>

==Honours==
;Universidad de Chile
* [[Chilean Primera División]]: 2004-A
;Neftchi Baku
*[[Azerbaijan Premier League]]: [[2012–13 Azerbaijan Premier League|2012–13]]
*[[Azerbaijan Cup]]: [[2012–13 Azerbaijan Cup|2012–13]]
;Individual:
*[[Azerbaijan Premier League]] Top scorer: [[2012–13 Azerbaijan Premier League|2012–13]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*{{NFT player|pid=46601}}
* {{Soccerway|nicolas-canales/20644}}

{{Deportes Temuco squad}}
{{Azerbaijan Premier League top scorers}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Canales, Nicolas}}
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