Gianluca Simeone

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 Centre-forward[1]
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 59 (14)
2022–2023 Xerez Deportivo 30 (4)
2023–2024 Tudelano 33 (9)
2024–2025 Rayo Majadahonda 34 (7)
Total 173 (47)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gianluca Simeone (Italian: [dʒanˈluːka simeˈoːne]; born 23 July 1998) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward.[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]

Simeone retired after ending the 2024–25 Segunda Federación with Rayo Majadahonda.[12]

Post-retirement

Following his retirement, Simeone became a football agent.[12]

Personal life

Simeone is the son of football manager Diego Simeone.[5] His brothers Giovanni and Giuliano are also more accomplished professional footballers.[5]

Career statistics

As of match played 14 May 2025[2][13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
River Plate 2018–19 Argentine Primera División 000000
Unión La Calera (loan) 2018 Chilean Primera División 003030
Gimnasia y Esgrima 2018–19 Argentine Primera División 101020
2019–20 Argentine Primera División 000000
Total 101020
Ibiza (loan) 2019–20 Segunda División B 000000
Sant Rafel (loan) 2019–20 Tercera División 2513002513
Ibiza Islas Pitiusas 2020–21 Tercera División 2510102610
2021–22 Segunda División RFEF 34410354
Total 5914206114
Xerez Deportivo 2022–23 Segunda Federación 29400294
Tudelano 2023–24 Segunda Federación 33920359
Rayo Majadahonda 2024–25 Segunda Federación 34700347
Career total 181478018947

References

  1. 1 2 Gianluca Simeone at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Gianluca Simeone at Soccerway
  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. Archived from the original on 15 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. 1 2 "Gianluca Simeone se retiró del fútbol a los 27 años y será representante de jugadores". NoticiasNQN (in Spanish). 6 August 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  13. ↑ "Simeone - Ibiza-Islas Pitiusas :: Fútbol de Baleares ::". LaPreferente. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
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