Tobías Figueroa

Tobías Figueroa
Figueroa with Unión Española in 2018
Personal information
Full name Tobías Nahuel Figueroa
Date of birth (1992-02-02) 2 February 1992
Place of birth La Granja, Argentina
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position Striker
Youth career
Belgrano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2019 Belgrano 16 (0)
2014 → Almirante Brown (loan) 20 (3)
2014 → Crucero del Norte (loan) 13 (1)
2015 → Sarmiento de Junín (loan) 20 (3)
2016–2017 → Guillermo Brown (loan) 59 (27)
2018 → Unión Española (loan) 29 (14)
2019–2025 Deportes Antofagasta 105 (43)
2022 → Al-Tai (loan) 12 (5)
2023 → Curicó Unido (loan) 25 (1)
2024 → Deportes Copiapó (loan) 24 (4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 November 2025

Tobías Nahuel Figueroa (born 2 February 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker.[1]

Career

Figueroa made his professional debut with Belgrano in the Argentine Primera División, he played the final few minutes in a 2–0 win against Atlético Tucumán on 2 May 2011.[1] That was one of six appearances to come in his first four seasons.[1] In January 2014, Figueroa joined Almirante Brown in Primera B Nacional.[2] He made his debut against Banfield, before scoring his first career goal in his following match versus Villa San Carlos.[1] In total, Figueroa scored three goals in twenty games in 2013–14 as they were relegated.[1][3] Figueroa completed a loan move to fellow Primera B Nacional team Crucero del Norte in August 2014.[4]

One goal in thirteen appearances followed as Crucero were promoted to the 2015 Argentine Primera División.[1] 2015 saw him leave Belgrano on a temporary basis for a third occasion, this time by joining Primera División side Sarmiento.[1] His first goal for Sarmiento came on 21 March, against former team Crucero del Norte.[1] He returned to Belgrano in December after twenty matches and three goals for the Junín-based outfit.[1] On 16 January 2016, Figueroa signed for Primera B Nacional club Guillermo Brown on a two-season loan.[1] He went onto score twenty-seven goals in fifty-nine fixtures for the second tier side.[1][5]

In January 2018, Figueroa left Argentine football to join Unión Española of the Chilean Primera División on loan.[6][7] He scored on his debut by getting the winning goal in an away win at the Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos versus Universidad de Chile on 4 February.[1] He followed that with a hat-trick in a 4–4 draw with Curicó Unido on 26 February.[1] His loan with Unión Española ended at the end of November, having scored fourteen times for them.[1][8] Figueroa sealed a return to Chile with Deportes Antofagasta on 24 January 2019.[9]

On 22 January 2022, Figueroa joined on loan to Saudi Arabian club Al-Tai.[10] The next season, he was loaned to Curicó Unido. For the 2024 season, he was loaned again to Deportes Copiapó.[11] Back to Deportes Antofagasta, he left them at the end of the 2025 season.[12]

Career statistics

As of 8 May 2019.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Belgrano 2010–11 Primera B Nacional 1000—0010
2011–12 Argentine Primera División 2010—0030
2012–13 2000—0020
2013–14 1000000010
2014 0000—0000
2015 0000000000
2016 0000—0000
2016–17 0000000000
2017–18 10020—00120
2018–19 0000000000
Total 160300000190
Almirante Brown (loan) 2013–14 Primera B Nacional 20300—00203
Crucero del Norte (loan) 2014 13100—00131
Sarmiento (loan) 2015 Argentine Primera División 20310—00213
Guillermo Brown (loan) 2016 Primera B Nacional 20600—00206
2016–17 392100—003921
Total 592700—005927
Unión Española (loan) 2018 Chilean Primera División 2914302[a]0003414
Deportes Antofagasta 2019 102002[a]000122
Career total 1675070400017850
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Tobías Figueroa profile". Soccerway. 28 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Tobías Figueroa deja Belgrano y va a Almirante Brown por seis meses". Mundod Lavoz. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Tobías Figueroa profile". BDFA. 28 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "Figueroa a la par del plantel". Crucero del Norte. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Tobias Figueroa hizo el gol en Belgrano ante Newell's y los hinchas lo quieren de 9". Mundod Lavoz. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Belgrano oficializó la partida de dos de sus jugadores". Mundod Lavoz. 7 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "Marcos Rivadero y Tobías Figueroa fueron cedidos a préstamo". Twitter. 7 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "Tobías Figueroa se despide de Unión con emotivo mensaje". AS. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  9. ↑ "Antofagasta oficializó a su nuevo goleador". CDF. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  10. ↑ "الطائي يتعاقد مع المهاجم الأرجنتيني توبياس فيغيروا".
  11. ↑ Sánchez, Francisco (30 December 2023). "Un goleador del fútbol chileno tiene nuevo club". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  12. ↑ Francke, Lucas (23 November 2025). ""Fue mi último partido": sonó en la U, es el goleador de la Primera B y ahora escucha ofertas en el fútbol chileno". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 November 2025.