Gianluca Simeone

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

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Simeone and the second or maternal family name is Baldini.
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 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-forward[1]
Club information
Current team
 CD Ibiza
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– CD Ibiza 8 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:46, 10 January 2021 (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 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]

Personal life

Simeone is the son of football manager Diego.[5] His brother Giovanni is also a professional footballer.[5]

Career statistics
As of 10 January 2021.[2][11]
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 851000—0095
Career total 3418500000003918

    References
    1. "Gianluca Simeone". World Football. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
    2. "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. "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. "Simeone - Ibiza-Islas Pitiusas :: Fútbol de Baleares ::". LaPreferente. Retrieved 20 October 2020.


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