Gianluca Pugliese

Gianluca Pugliese
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-03-07) 7 March 1997[1]
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
Güemes
Youth career
Platense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2025 Platense 30 (3)
2021 → Estudiantes BA (loan) 11 (1)
2021 → Mitre SdE (loan) 15 (0)
2022 → San Telmo (loan) 31 (4)
2023 → Chacarita Juniors (loan) 30 (4)
2024 → Atlético de Rafaela (loan) 5 (0)
2025–2026 Defensores de Belgrano 15 (0)
2026– Güemes 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:07, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

Gianluca Pugliese (born 7 March 1997) is an Argentine professional footballer who played as a forward for Güemes.[2]

Career

Pugliese is a product of the Platense academy.[3] He made the move into senior football in 2017–18 under Fernando Ruiz, who selected Pugliese for his professional debut in November 2017.[2][4] He was substituted on at the interval of a Primera B Metropolitana match with Comunicaciones, going on to score the club's only goal in a 1–1 draw.[2] Another goal followed on 13 April 2018 versus Barracas Central, as he ended the season with six appearances, all of which off the bench, as Platense won the league title.[2][5][6] His first start arrived in September against Deportivo Morón in Primera B Nacional.[2]

In February 2021, Pugliese was loaned out to Estudiantes de Buenos Aires until the end of 2021.[7] However, the loan spell was cut short, as Platense announced on 29 July 2021, that Pugliese had moved to Club Atlético Mitre instead, once again on a loan deal until the end of 2021.[8] Ahead of the 2022 season, he was sent out on a new loan spell, this time to San Telmo.[9]

After being loaned to Chacarita Juniors and Atlético de Rafaela, he was released by Platense in January 2025 and signed a contract with Defensores de Belgrano of Argentina's Primera Nacional.[10]

Career statistics

As of 31 August 2020.[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Platense 2017–18 Primera B Metropolitana 6200—0062
2018–19 Primera B Nacional 15000—00150
2019–20 6110—0071
Total 27310—00283
Almirante Brown 2020–21 Primera B Metropolitana 0000—0000
Career total 27310—00283

Honours

Platense[2]

References

  1. ↑ "CAP - Fútbol Juvenil AFA". Platense. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Gianluca Pugliese at Soccerway
  3. ↑ "Debut empatado". Platense a lo Ancho. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  4. ↑ "Ficha Estadistica de GIANLUCA PUGLIESE". BDFA. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  5. ↑ "Gianluca Pugliese: "Me emociona ser parte de este equipo"". Argentina en Ascenso. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  6. ↑ ""Estamos muy metidos en el objetivo"". Calamares en su Tinta. 17 April 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  7. ↑ Gianluca Pugliese se va a préstamo a Estudiantes (BA), cap.org.ar, 11 February 2021
  8. ↑ Gianluca Pugliese fue cedido a Mitre (SDE), cap.org.ar, 29 July 2021
  9. ↑ Sigue con el armado del plantel y ahora asoma un atacante, soloascenso.com.ar, 29 December 2021
  10. ↑ Pugliese quedó libre, Deportense1 (Instagram), 20 January 2025