Gianluca Simeone

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Simeone and the second or maternal family name is Baldini.

Gianluca Simeone (born 23 July 1998) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward.^[2]

Gianluca Simeone

Personal information
Full name	Gianluca Simeone Baldini[1]
Date of birth	(1998-07-23) 23 July 1998 (age 27)[2]
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s)	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	58	(14)
2022–2023	Xerez Deportivo	30	(4)
2023–2024	Tudelano	29	(9)
2024–2025	Rayo Majadahonda	30	(7)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 professional footballers.^[5]

Career statistics

As of 14 February 2021^[2][13]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National 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
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
Ibiza Islas Pitiusas	2020–21	Tercera División	13	7	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	14	7
Career total			39	20	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	44	20