| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gianluca Simeone Baldini [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 23 July 1998 [2] | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) [2] | ||
| Position | 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 | |||
Gianluca Simeone (born 23 July 1998) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward. [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 retired after ending the 2024–25 Segunda Federación with Rayo Majadahonda. [12]
Following his retirement, Simeone became a football agent. [12]
Simeone is the son of football manager Diego Simeone. [5] His brothers Giovanni and Giuliano are also professional footballers. [5]
| 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 | ||