| Gianluca Simeone | |
| Full Name: | Gianluca Simeone Baldini[1] |
| Birth Date: | 23 July 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Height: | 1.84 m |
| Position: | Centre-forward |
| Currentclub: | Tudelano |
| Clubnumber: | 9 |
| Youthclubs1: | River Plate |
| Youthclubs2: | → Frosinone (loan) |
| Years1: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs1: | River Plate |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2018 |
| Clubs2: | → Unión La Calera (loan) |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2019–2020 |
| Caps3: | 1 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs4: | → UD Ibiza (loan) |
| Caps4: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs5: | → Sant Rafel (loan) |
| Caps5: | 25 |
| Goals5: | 13 |
| Years6: | 2020–2022 |
| Clubs6: | CD Ibiza |
| Caps6: | 58 |
| Goals6: | 14 |
| Years7: | 2022–2023 |
| Caps7: | 30 |
| Goals7: | 4 |
| Years8: | 2023– |
| Clubs8: | Tudelano |
| Caps8: | 29 |
| Goals8: | 9 |
| Club-Update: | 19 May 2024 |
Gianluca Pablo Simeone Baldini (born 23 July 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Tudelano.[2]
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 is the son of football manager Diego.[5] His brothers Giovanni and Giuliano are also professional footballers.[5]
| Club | Season | League | 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 | ||||
| UD 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 | ||
| CD Ibiza | 2020–21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | |||
| Career total | 39 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 20 | |||