Alexis Nicolas

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Alexis Nicolas (born 13 February 1983) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He works in commercial real estate investment.

Alexis Nicolas

Personal information
Date of birth	(1983-02-13) 13 February 1983 (age 42)
Place of birth	Westminster, England
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Aston Villa
2001–2004	Chelsea
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004	Chelsea	2	(0)
2004	→ Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)	14	(0)
2004–2006	Brighton & Hove Albion	30	(0)
2006	St Albans City	6	(0)
2012	Hadley
Total		52	(0)
International career
	Cyprus U21
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Football career

Born in Westminster, Nicolas played youth football with Aston Villa before joining Chelsea in 2001.^[1] He made his debut for Chelsea on 24 January 2004, in an FA Cup game against Scarborough; Paul Wilson of The Guardian described Nicolas' performance as "encouraging."^[2] After a loan spell with Brighton & Hove Albion, Nicolas signed for the club permanently in October 2004.^[3] After leaving Brighton, he played non-league football with St Albans City, playing for them on a week-to-week contract from September to November 2006.^[4] He joined Hadley as a player-coach in January 2012.^[5]

He was also a Cyprus under 21-international.^[1]

Finance career

After working for Franc Warwick, Nicolas set up his own firm, Springer Nicolas, in 2012.^[6]

Career statistics

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Chelsea	2003–04[7]	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	2004–05[8]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)	2004–05[8]	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15	0
Brighton & Hove Albion	2004–05[8]	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0
	2005–06[9]	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	0
	Total	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	31	0
St Albans City	2006–07[10]	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Career total		52	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	55	0