Born in
Westminster, Nicolas played youth football with
Aston Villa before joining
Chelsea in 2001. 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." After a loan spell with
Brighton & Hove Albion, Nicolas signed for the club permanently in October 2004. 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. He joined
Hadley as a player-coach in January 2012. He was also a
Cyprus under 21-international. ==Finance career==