Gianluca Simeone

Gianluca Pablo Simeone Baldini (born 23 July 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Tudelano.[2]

Gianluca Simeone
Personal information
Full name Gianluca Simeone Baldini[1]
Date of birth (1998-07-23) 23 July 1998[2]
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-forward[1]
Team information
Current team
Tudelano
Number 9
Youth career
River Plate
Frosinone (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 River Plate 0 (0)
2018Unión La Calera (loan) 0 (0)
2019–2020 Gimnasia y Esgrima 1 (0)
2019–2020UD Ibiza (loan) 0 (0)
2019–2020Sant Rafel (loan) 25 (13)
2020–2022 CD Ibiza 58 (14)
2022–2023 Xerez Deportivo 30 (4)
2023– Tudelano 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:17, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

Career

Simeone began his career with River Plate, where he had a loan stint away with Frosinone.[3][4] He was loaned out in 2018 to Chilean Primera División side Unión La Calera, with the forward making his senior debut on 20 June during a Copa Chile second round win over Magallanes.[2] Simeone made two further appearances in the next round against Palestino, who were the eventual winners.[2] He returned to River Plate without featuring in the league, though was an unused sub three times.[2] In 2019, Simeone joined Argentine Primera División team Gimnasia y Esgrima.[5] His debut versus Atlético Tucumán came soon after.[2]

On 13 August 2019, Simeone was signed on loan by Segunda División B outfit UD Ibiza.[6][7] He was, however, immediately moved to their reserve team, Sant Rafel, in the Tercera División.[2][8] He scored on his second Sant Rafel appearance versus Formentera on 1 September.[2] His first senior hat-trick arrived on 22 February 2020 against Santanyí.[2] The centre-forward departed back to Gimnasia at the end of 2019–20, having scored thirteen goals in twenty-five matches.[2] In August 2020, Simeone returned to Spain with Tercera División side CD Ibiza.[9] He netted a hat-trick in his third game versus Sóller on 1 November.[10]

In the 2022-23 season, Simeone played for Xerez Deportivo, while prior to the 2023-24 season he moved to CD Tudelano.[11]

Personal life

Simeone is the son of football manager Diego.[5] His brothers Giovanni and Giuliano are also professional footballers.[5]

Career statistics

As of 14 February 2021.[2][12]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
River Plate 2018–19 Argentine Primera División 0000000000
Unión La Calera (loan) 2018 Chilean Primera División 00300030
Gimnasia y Esgrima 2018–19 Argentine Primera División 1010000020
2019–20 0000000000
Total 1010000020
UD Ibiza (loan) 2019–20 Segunda División B 0000000000
Sant Rafel (loan) 2019–20 Tercera División 25130000002513
CD Ibiza 2020–21 137100000147
Career total 3920500000004420

    References

    1. "Gianluca Simeone". World Football. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
    2. "Argentina - G. Simeone". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
    3. "Gianluca Simeone da el salto y se entrena con la primera de River". AS. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
    4. "El hijo de Simeone jugará en la Superliga Argentina hasta 2021". Goal. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
    5. "Gianluca Simeone, son of Atleti manager, signs with Argentine club". Business Standard. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
    6. "Gianluca Simeone, new Ibiza player". Ibiza. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
    7. "Gianluca Simeone, flamante nuevo jugador del Ibiza". Sport. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
    8. "La UD Ibiza presenta en sociedad el convenio de colaboración con el San Rafael". Fútbol Balear. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
    9. "Gianluca Simeone llega al CD Ibiza: "Tengo la garra de mi padre"". Marca. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
    10. "Crónica 3ª Div.: CD Ibiza I. Pitiusas 4 – 0 Soller". FutbolBalear. 1 November 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
    11. Gianluca Simeone firma con el CD Tudelano, cdtudelano.com, 18 July 2023
    12. "Simeone - Ibiza-Islas Pitiusas :: Fútbol de Baleares ::". LaPreferente. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
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