Daniel Neculmán

Daniel Alberto Néculman Suárez (born May 25, 1985) is an Argentine-Chilean former footballer who played for clubs in Argentina, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Mexico and Bolivia.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Néculman and the second or maternal family name is Suárez.
Daniel Néculman
Néculman with River Plate Ecuador
Personal information
Full name Daniel Alberto Néculman Suárez
Date of birth (1995-10-27) 27 October 1995
Place of birth Bariloche, Argentina
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Universidad Católica (assistant manager)
Youth career
Deportivo Municipales (Bariloche)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2006 C.A.I. 14 (0)
2004–2006 → Huracán de Comodoro (loan) 55 (18)
2006–2007 Deportivo Madryn 16 (9)
2007 Imbabura 33 (16)
2008–2009 Santa Fe 32 (8)
2010 Deportivo Pereira 16 (2)
2010 Sporting Cristal 11 (2)
2011 Unión Temuco 20 (6)
2012 C.A.I 11 (5)
2012 Naval 13 (4)
2013 Olmedo 36 (29)
2014 Mérida 7 (0)
2014 LDU Portoviejo (7)
2015–2017 River Plate Ecuador 90 (33)
2017 → Blooming (loan) 15 (2)
2018 L.D.U. Portoviejo (14)
2019 Atlético Porteño 9 (2)
2019 Ferro General Pico 12 (4)
2020 Deportivo Cuenca 18 (1)
2021 Cumbayá (4)
Managerial career
2023– Universidad Católica (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Bariloche, Néculman began playing club football for local side Club Deportivo Municipales. After he impressed in the Bariloche local league with Municipales, Néculman signed for another Patagonian club Comisión de Actividades Infantiles Comodoro Rivadavia in the summer of 2002. He made his senior debut for C.A.I. in the 2002–03 Primera B Nacional relegation playoffs against Racing de Córdoba. Néculman failed to secure a regular place in C.A.I.'s first team, so he went on loan to Argentino A side Huracán de Comodoro Rivadavia. By 2006, Néculman moved to another Patagonian club Deportivo Madryn, playing in the Argentino B.[1]

Néculman had his first opportunity to play abroad when he signed with Ecuador's Imbabura S.C. in 2007. It was the club's first ever season in the Ecuadorian Serie A, and Néculman led the club by scoring 16 goals (the second most in the league) but the club were relegated at the end of the season.[1][2]

Néculman joined Colombia's Categoría Primera A side Independiente Santa Fe at the beginning of 2008. Initially, he failed to settle, but when manager "Pecoso" Castro was dismissed midway through the season, Néculman flourished under new manager Hernán Darío Gómez.[1]

After a few seasons in Colombia, Néculman returned to Ecuador where he played for C.D. Olmedo and L.D.U. Portoviejo before joining Serie A side River Plate Ecuador in 2015. He was the top goalscorer for River, notching 10 goals by May 2015.[3]

Late in his career, Néculman returned to Argentina where he played for Ferro Carril Oeste (General Pico) in the 2019–20 Torneo Federal A.[4]

In total, Néculman played for 19 professional football clubs over nearly two decades; most of them outside his native Argentina.[5]

Titles

Personal life

Neculmán holds Chilean nationality by descent,[6] since his mother is Chilean.[7] He also naturalized Ecuadorian by residence.[8]

References
  1. "Goles con marca barilochense" (in Spanish). Diario Río Negro. 2009.
  2. "Ecuador 2007".
  3. "Daniel Néculman es el goleador del torneo junto con Miller Bolaños" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 9 May 2015.
  4. "Daniel Neculman, delantero de Ferro: "Los triunfos iban a llegar"". picoinfo.com (in Spanish). 28 October 2019.
  5. "Daniel Neculman: "son dos décadas de sacrificio pero no me puedo quejar"" (in Spanish). LRA Radio Nacional. 2021.
  6. Martínez, Rodrigo (13 July 2017). "Daniel Néculman jugará en el fútbol boliviano". Bendito Futbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  7. Rojas, Carlos Augusto (2 September 2015). "¿La selección chilena busca al delantero Daniel Néculman?". El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  8. Verdezoto, Kevin (3 January 2020). "Daniel Néculman es nuevo jugador del D. Cuenca". www.ecuavisa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 March 2023.
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