Nicolás Ibáñez (footballer, born 1994) should not be confused with Nicolás Ibáñez (footballer, born 1992).
| Nicolás Ibáñez | |
| Caption: | Ibáñez with his dog |
| Fullname: | Nicolás Alejandro Ibáñez |
| Birth Date: | 23 August 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Venado Tuerto, Argentina |
| Height: | [1] |
| Position: | Forward[2] |
| Clubnumber: | 9 |
| Youthyears1: | 2014–2015 |
| Youthclubs1: | Lanús |
| Years1: | 2015–2017 |
| Clubs1: | Comunicaciones |
| Caps1: | 54 |
| Goals1: | 15 |
| Years2: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs2: | → Gimnasia y Esgrima (loan) |
| Caps2: | 30 |
| Goals2: | 7 |
| Years3: | 2017 |
| Clubs3: | Gimnasia y Esgrima |
| Caps3: | 10 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Years4: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs4: | Atlético San Luis |
| Caps4: | 53 |
| Goals4: | 30 |
| Years5: | 2019–2021 |
| Clubs5: | Atlético Madrid |
| Caps5: | 0 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2019–2021 |
| Clubs6: | → Atlético San Luis (loan) |
| Caps6: | 55 |
| Goals6: | 27 |
| Years7: | 2021–2023 |
| Clubs7: | Pachuca |
| Caps7: | 62 |
| Goals7: | 35 |
| Years8: | 2023– |
| Clubs8: | Tigres UANL |
| Caps8: | 47 |
| Goals8: | 13 |
| Club-Update: | 03:41, 11 March 2024 (UTC) |
Nicolás Alejandro Ibáñez (born 23 August 1994) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club Tigres UANL.[3]
Ibáñez's career began in the youth system of Lanús, prior to moving into senior football with Primera B Metropolitana team Comunicaciones in 2015.[3] [4] In his fifth appearance, Ibáñez scored his first goal in a 4–2 defeat against Deportivo Merlo on 14 March.[3] Two weeks later, he received his first red card in a 1–1 draw with Almirante Brown on 27 March.[3] In total, he scored fifteen goals across his first two seasons in fifty-four appearances for Comunicaciones.[3]
On 1 August 2016, Argentine Primera División side Gimnasia y Esgrima loaned Ibáñez.[5] He scored on his Gimnasia y Esgrima debut during a win over Vélez Sarsfield.[3]
A year after joining the club, Gimnasia y Esgrima signed Ibáñez permanently after seven goals in thirty matches.[3] He scored two goals in the first match following in a 4–4 draw away to Defensa y Justicia.[3]
Nine appearances later, Ibáñez left Gimnasia y Esgrima in January 2018 as he joined Ascenso MX team Atlético San Luis.[6] He made his Mexican football debut on 19 January, coming on as a substitute for Pablo Olivera in a goalless draw against Tampico Madero.[3] Ibáñez made his 100th league appearance in a loss versus Celaya.[3] Ibañez scored his first goal for them on 20 February, in a 2–0 win against Zacatepec.[7]
After netting seven goals in thirteen games in his first campaign, Ibáñez scored twenty-one times in the subsequent 2018–19 regular season which included a four-goal haul versus Celaya on 2 February 2019.[3] [8] He subsequently netted two in six in the play-offs, which the club won after beating Dorados de Sinaloa over two legs to earn a spot in Liga MX while earning them their second consecutive title; he also ended the campaign as the division's top goalscorer.[3] [9]
On 5 June 2019, Atlético de Madrid, who hold an ownership stake in Atlético San Luis, announced the signing of Ibáñez; effective from July.[10] He was immediately loaned back to the Mexican side on 1 July.[11] [12]
Ibáñez appeared for his Liga MX bow on 20 July 2019 in a home loss to UNAM.[3] He netted in an exhibition match against his parent team on 3 August, putting his side ahead before the La Liga club overturned the deficit to win.[3] [13] Ibáñez scored fourteen goals across 2019–20, notably netting braces home and away against León.[3] He made his 200th career appearance on 6 November 2020 against Puebla.[3]
On 2021, he arrived to Pachuca, and became a key player to the Apertura 2022 season Liga MX championship, finishing the regular season as top goal scorer of the League.
On 18 January 2023, Ibáñez joined Tigres UANL.[14]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Comunicaciones | 2015 | Primera B Metropolitana | 35 | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 37 | 10 | |||
| 2016 | 19 | 6 | — | — | — | 19 | 6 | ||||||
| 2016–17 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Total | 54 | 15 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 56 | 16 | |||||
| Gimnasia y Esgrima (loan) | 2016–17 | Primera División | 30 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2[15] | 0 | — | 36 | 8 | ||
| Gimnasia y Esgrima | 2017–18 | 10 | 2 | — | — | — | 10 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 40 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 46 | 10 | ||||
| Atlético San Luis | 2017–18 | Ascenso MX | 13 | 7 | — | — | — | 13 | 7 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 40 | 23 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 44 | 23 | |||||
| Total | 53 | 30 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 57 | 30 | |||||
| Atlético Madrid | 2019–20 | La Liga | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2020–21 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Total | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Atlético San Luis (loan) | 2019–20 | Liga MX | 26 | 14 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 14 | |||
| 2020–21 | 29 | 13 | — | — | — | 29 | 13 | ||||||
| Total | 55 | 27 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 58 | 27 | |||||
| 2021–22 | Liga MX | 38 | 17 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 17 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 24 | 18 | — | — | — | 24 | 18 | ||||||
| Total | 62 | 35 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 62 | 35 | |||||
| 2022–23 | Liga MX | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | 25 | 5 | |||
| 2023–24 | 7 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 11 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 7 | |||
| Career total | 289 | 121 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 315 | 125 | |||
Atlético San Luis
Pachuca
Apertura 2022
Tigres UANL
Clausura 2023
Individual