Nicola De Santis... he was eight years old when he started playing soccer for Montréal Patriotes... growing up, favourites included Paolo Maldini, Juventus... other favourites included Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Orr...

represented Canada in FIFA World Cup Qualifiers... career 13 international appearances across 11 years from 1987 to 1997 with Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team, including 10 international "A" appearances... represented Canada at one FIFA youth tournament (U-19 at Chile 1987)... Concacaf youth champion (1986 Concacaf Under-19)...

with Impact de Montréal, a three-time A-League / USL First Division regular season winner (Commissioner's Cup in 1995, 1996, 1997) and one-time APSL Championship winner (1994)...

said Valério Gazzola in 1995, “Nick represents the tradition of Montréal soccer... Nicky’s an inspiration for the team; he’s the engine, especially on the field”...

For Country

won a gold medal with Canada at the 1986 CONCACAF Youth Tournament in Trinidad & Tobago (Canada also qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup Chile 1987)... represented Canada at the FIFA U-20 World Cup Chile 1987... represented Canada at the X Pan American Games Indianapolis 1987... he was 20 years old when he made his debut for Canada (26 March 1988)... represented Canada at the inaugural FIFA Futsal World Cup Netherlands 1989... represented Canada in 1996-97 CONCACAF / FIFA World Cup Qualifiers for France 1998...

For Sport

served as an Honorary Co-Chair for the FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007... served as head coach for Impact de Montréal... served as Sporting Director for Impact de Montréal...