Nicolás Aguirre (footballer)

Nicolás Diego Aguirre (Spanish pronunciation: [nikoˈlas aˈɣire]; born 27 June 1990) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Atlético de Rafaela as a midfielder.

Nicolás Aguirre
Personal information
Full name Nicolás Diego Aguirre[1]
Date of birth (1990-06-27) 27 June 1990[1]
Place of birth Chabás, Argentina[1]
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Atlético Rafaela
Youth career
Arsenal de Sarandí
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2015 Arsenal de Sarandí 109 (10)
2010–2011 → Atlético Rafaela (loan) 27 (1)
2015–2018 Lanús 58 (8)
2018 Chongqing Lifan 5 (0)
2018–2019 Granada 16 (1)
2020–2021 Atlético Tucumán 18 (1)
2021–2022 Sport Recife 0 (0)
2022– Atlético Rafaela 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:49, 16 June 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Chabás, Aguirre graduated from the youth setup of Arsenal de Sarandí and made his first team debut on 9 November 2008, in a 1–0 defeat against Boca Juniors.[2] On 29 March 2010, he scored his first goal for the club in a 1–0 victory against San Lorenzo. In July, he was loaned to second tier club Atlético Rafaela.[3]

After amassing more than 100 appearances for Arsenal, Aguirre moved to Lanús on 12 February 2015 as a replacement for the injured Sebastián Leto.[4] On 12 April, he scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 victory over Banfield.[5] In June 2016, he suffered a muscle injury in his leg, which ruled him out of play for 1 month.[6] With the signing of Miguel Almirón, his playing time became limited in the 2016 season.[7]

On 2 February 2018, Aguirre moved abroad for the first time and joined Chinese Super League club Chongqing Dangdai Lifan.[8]

On 8 July 2018, Aguirre joined Segunda División side Granada CF, a club also owned by Jiang Lizhang, for one year on a free transfer.[9] He left the club at the end of the season. He remained without club until 19 January 2020, where he signed a deal until June 2021 with Atlético Tucumán.[10]

On 15 September 2021, Aguirre joined Brazilian club Sport Club do Recife.[11] After the move, the club made a mistake and didn't register him, so he couldn't play for the club for the rest of 2021.[12] In February 2021, Aguirre returned to his former club Atlético de Rafaela.[13]

Career statistics
As of match played on 19 May 2018
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Arsenal de Sarandí 2008–09[14] Primera División 602[lower-alpha 1]080
2009–10[14] Primera División 61—61
2011–12[14] Primera División 3432011[lower-alpha 2]1474
2012–13[14] Primera División 263724[lower-alpha 3]1376
2013–14[14] Primera División 232204[lower-alpha 3]0292
2014[14] Primera División 14100—141
Total 1091011221214114
Atlético Rafaela (loan) 2010–11[14] Primera B Nacional 27100—271
Lanús 2015[14] Primera División 226403[lower-alpha 1]1297
2016[14] Primera División 131211[lower-alpha 1]0162
2016–17[14] Primera División 19110—201
2017–18[14] Primera División 401010[lower-alpha 3]1151
Total 588811428011
Chongqing Lifan 2018[14] Chinese Super League 5010—60
Granada 2018–19[14] Segunda División 0000—00
Career total 1991920335425426
  1. Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  2. Appearances in Copa Sudamericana and Copa Libertadores
  3. Appearances in Copa Libertadores

References
  1. "Nicolas Aguirre". BDFA. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  2. "Un golazo de Riquelme puso a Boca en lo más alto [A goal by Riquelme put Boca on the top]" (in Spanish). Infobae. 9 November 2008. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  3. ""Cambio todos mis goles por uno igual a ese" ["I change all my goals for one equal to that"]" (in Spanish). Ole. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  4. "Nicolás Aguirre, nuevo refuerzo de Lanús [Nicolás Aguirre, new reinforcement of Lanús]" (in Spanish). Goal. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  5. "Arias y Guidi, la esquina de la felicidad [Arias and Guidi, the corner of happiness]". Club Lanús. 12 April 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  6. "Que bajón, Bicho [What a downer, Bicho]" (in Spanish). Ole. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  7. "Un volante y un delantero, en la mira [A steering wheel and a forward, in the sight]" (in Spanish). El Dia. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  8. "Un futbolista chabasense se va al fútbol chino [A Chabasense footballer goes to Chinese football]" (in Spanish). Casil da Plus. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  9. "Nicolás Aguirre, nuevo jugador del Granada CF". Granada CF (in Spanish). 8 July 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  10. Nicolás Aguirre, refuerzo de lujo para Atlético Tucumán, tycsports.com, 19 January 2020
  11. Sport anuncia chegada do argentino Nicolás Aguirre, folhape.com.br, 15 September 2021
  12. Sem poder jogar, Aguirre fala do sacrifício para vir ao Sport e espera definição, meusport.com, 6 October 2021
  13. Nicolás “Bicho” Aguirre regresa a Atlético de Rafaela, viapais.com.ar, 18 February 2022
  14. "N. Aguirre". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
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