Gianluca Simeone
Gianluca Simeone Baldini (born 23 July 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for CF Sant Rafel, on loan from Gimnasia y Esgrima.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gianluca Simeone Baldini[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 23 July 1998[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
| Playing position(s) | Centre-forward[1] | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team |
Ibiza (on loan from Gimnasia y Esgrima) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| River Plate | |||
| → Frosinone (loan) | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | River Plate | 0 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Unión La Calera (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2019– | Gimnasia y Esgrima | 1 | (0) |
| 2019– | → Ibiza (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2019– | → Sant Rafel (loan) | 25 | (13) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:58, 12 March 2020 (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 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]
Personal life
Simeone is the son of football manager Diego.[5] His brother Giovanni is also a professional footballer.[5]
Career statistics
- As of 12 March 2020.[2]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| River Plate | 2018–19 | Argentine Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Unión La Calera (loan) | 2018 | Chilean Primera División | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Gimnasia y Esgrima | 2018–19 | Argentine Primera División | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Ibiza (loan) | 2019–20 | Segunda División B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sant Rafel (loan) | 2019–20 | Tercera División | 25 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 25 | 13 | |
| Career total | 26 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 13 | ||
References
- "Gianluca Simeone". World Football. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- "Argentina - G. Simeone". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- "Gianluca Simeone da el salto y se entrena con la primera de River". AS. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- "El hijo de Simeone jugará en la Superliga Argentina hasta 2021". Goal. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- "Gianluca Simeone, son of Atleti manager, signs with Argentine club". Business Standard. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- "Gianluca Simeone, new Ibiza player". Ibiza. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- "Gianluca Simeone, flamante nuevo jugador del Ibiza". Sport. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- "La UD Ibiza presenta en sociedad el convenio de colaboración con el San Rafael". Fútbol Balear. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.