Nicolás Aguirre (footballer)

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]
Playing position Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Granada
Number 15
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– Granada 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:41, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

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

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]

Career statistics

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "N. Aguirre". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
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