Gianluca Pablo Simeone Baldini (born 23 July 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Spanish club Rayo Majadahonda.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gianluca Simeone Baldini[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 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 | Rayo Majadahonda | ||
| 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 | → Ibiza (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Sant Rafel (loan) | 25 | (13) |
| 2020–2022 | Ibiza Islas Pitiusas | 58 | (14) |
| 2022–2023 | Xerez Deportivo | 30 | (4) |
| 2023–2024 | Tudelano | 29 | (9) |
| 2024– | Rayo Majadahonda | 6 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 October 2024 | |||
Career
editSimeone 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
editSimeone is the son of football manager Diego.[5] His brothers Giovanni and Giuliano are also professional footballers.[5]
Career statistics
edit| 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 | |||
| UD 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 | |
| CD Ibiza | 2020–21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | ||
| Career total | 39 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 20 | ||
References
edit- ^ a b Gianluca Simeone at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Gianluca Simeone at Soccerway
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ "Gianluca Simeone llega al CD Ibiza: "Tengo la garra de mi padre"". Marca. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ "Crónica 3ª Div.: CD Ibiza I. Pitiusas 4 – 0 Soller". FutbolBalear. 1 November 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ Gianluca Simeone firma con el CD Tudelano, cdtudelano.com, 18 July 2023
- ^ "Simeone - Ibiza-Islas Pitiusas :: Fútbol de Baleares ::". LaPreferente. Retrieved 20 October 2020.