| Francisco Apaolaza | |
| Fullname: | Juan Francisco Apaolaza |
| Birth Date: | 19 June 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Magdalena, Argentina[1] |
| Height: | 1.86 m |
| Position: | Forward[2] |
| Currentclub: | Carabobo |
| Clubnumber: | 9 |
| Youthyears1: | 2012–2018 |
| Youthclubs1: | Estudiantes |
| Years1: | 2018–2022 |
| Clubs1: | Estudiantes |
| Caps1: | 45 |
| Goals1: | 6 |
| Years2: | 2019 |
| Clubs2: | → Patronato (loan) |
| Caps2: | 2 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs3: | → Instituto (loan) |
| Caps3: | 13 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2020 |
| Clubs4: | → Atenas (loan) |
| Caps4: | 3 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Years5: | 2022 |
| Clubs5: | → Arsenal Sarandí (loan) |
| Caps5: | 27 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 2023– |
| Clubs6: | Carabobo |
| Caps6: | 28 |
| Goals6: | 4 |
| Club-Update: | 19:21, 6 June 2023 (UTC) |
Juan Francisco Apaolaza (born 19 June 1997) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Carabobo.[3]
After joining the Estudiantes system in 2012, Apaolaza was promoted into their first-team squad in April 2018.[1] [3] He made his professional debut on 21 April during a home defeat to Belgrano in the Primera División, which preceded him signing a contract until June 2020 on 4 May.[4] [5] Three months later, Apaolaza scored the first goal of his senior career in a Copa Libertadores encounter with Gremio.[3] On 18 January 2019, having scored twice in seventeen matches in 2018–19, Apaolaza was loaned to Patronato.[6] He appeared thrice.[3] In August 2019, Apaolaza headed to Instituto on loan.[7] He scored one goal, versus Villa Dálmine.[3]
In October 2020, Apaolaza headed to Uruguay with Atenas.[8] He made three Segunda División appearances for the club, notably netting in his sole home match on 23 October against Albion.[3] He returned to Estudiantes on 16 December.[9]
At the end of January 2022, Apaolaza joined Arsenal de Sarandí on loan for the rest of the year.[10] In January 2023, Apaolaza joined Venezuelan club Carabobo.[11]
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| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Estudiantes | 2017–18 | Primera División | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[12] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | |||
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | |||
| Patronato (loan) | 2018–19 | Primera División | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Instituto (loan) | 2019–20 | Primera B Nacional | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | |||
| Atenas (loan) | 2020 | Segunda División | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 33 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 4 | |||