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)
2018 → Unión La Calera (loan) 0 (0)
2019–2020 Gimnasia y Esgrima 1 (0)
2019–2020 → UD Ibiza (loan) 0 (0)
2019–2020 → Sant 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)

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

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 0000—000000
Unión La Calera (loan) 2018 Chilean Primera División 0030——0030
Gimnasia y Esgrima 2018–19 Argentine Primera División 101000—0020
2019–20 000000—0000
Total 101000—0020
UD Ibiza (loan) 2019–20 Segunda División B 000000—0000
Sant Rafel (loan) 2019–20 Tercera División 25130000—002513
CD Ibiza 2020–21 1371000—00147
Career total 3920500000004420

    References

    1. 1 2 "Gianluca Simeone". World Football. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
    2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "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. 1 2 3 "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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