Tobías Figueroa

Tobías Figueroa

Figueroa with Unión Española in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Tobías Nahuel Figueroa
Date of birth	(1992-02-02) 2 February 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	La Granja, Argentina
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) [1]
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Deportes Copiapó (on loan from Deportes Antofagasta)
Number	9
Youth career
	Belgrano
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2019	Belgrano	16	(0)
2014	→ Almirante Brown (loan)	20	(3)
2014	→ Crucero del Norte (loan)	13	(1)
2015	→ Sarmiento (loan)	20	(3)
2016–2017	→ Guillermo Brown (loan)	59	(27)
2018	→ Unión Española (loan)	29	(14)
2019–	Deportes Antofagasta	78	(26)
2022	→ Al-Tai (loan)	12	(5)
2023	→ Curicó Unido (loan)	25	(1)
2024–	→ Deportes Copiapó (loan)	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 December 2023

Tobías Nahuel Figueroa (born 2 February 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer, who plays as a striker for Deportes Copiapó on loan from Deportes Antofagasta. ^[1]

Career

Figueroa made his professional debut with Belgrano in the Argentine Primera División, he played the final few minutes in a 2–0 win against Atlético Tucumán on 2 May 2011. ^[1] That was one of six appearances to come in his first four seasons. ^[1] In January 2014, Figueroa joined Almirante Brown in Primera B Nacional. ^[2] He made his debut against Banfield, before scoring his first career goal in his following match versus Villa San Carlos. ^[1] In total, Figueroa scored three goals in twenty games in 2013–14 as they were relegated. ^{[1] [3]} Figueroa completed a loan move to fellow Primera B Nacional team Crucero del Norte in August 2014. ^[4]

One goal in thirteen appearances followed as Crucero were promoted to the 2015 Argentine Primera División. ^[1] 2015 saw him leave Belgrano on a temporary basis for a third occasion, this time by joining Primera División side Sarmiento. ^[1] His first goal for Sarmiento came on 21 March, against former team Crucero del Norte. ^[1] He returned to Belgrano in December after twenty matches and three goals for the Junín-based outfit. ^[1] On 16 January 2016, Figueroa signed for Primera B Nacional club Guillermo Brown on a two-season loan. ^[1] He went onto score twenty-seven goals in fifty-nine fixtures for the second tier side. ^{[1] [5]}

In January 2018, Figueroa left Argentine football to join Unión Española of the Chilean Primera División on loan. ^{[6] [7]} He scored on his debut by getting the winning goal in an away win at the Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos versus Universidad de Chile on 4 February. ^[1] He followed that with a hat-trick in a 4–4 draw with Curicó Unido on 26 February. ^[1] His loan with Unión Española ended at the end of November, having scored fourteen times for them. ^{[1] [8]} Figueroa sealed a return to Chile with Deportes Antofagasta on 24 January 2019. ^[9]

On 22 January 2022, Figueroa joined on loan to Saudi Arabian club Al-Tai. ^[10] The next season, he was loaned to Curicó Unido. For the 2024 season, he was loaned again to Deportes Copiapó. ^[11]

Career statistics

As of 8 May 2019. ^[1]

Club statistics

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Belgrano	2010–11	Primera B Nacional	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	1	0
	2011–12	Argentine Primera División	2	0	1	0	—		0	0	3	0
	2012–13		2	0	0	0	—		0	0	2	0
	2013–14		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2014		0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	2015		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2016		0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	2016–17		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2017–18		10	0	2	0	—		0	0	12	0
	2018–19		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		16	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	19	0
Almirante Brown (loan)	2013–14	Primera B Nacional	20	3	0	0	—		0	0	20	3
Crucero del Norte (loan)	2014		13	1	0	0	—		0	0	13	1
Sarmiento (loan)	2015	Argentine Primera División	20	3	1	0	—		0	0	21	3
Guillermo Brown (loan)	2016	Primera B Nacional	20	6	0	0	—		0	0	20	6
	2016–17		39	21	0	0	—		0	0	39	21
	Total		59	27	0	0	—		0	0	59	27
Unión Española (loan)	2018	Chilean Primera División	29	14	3	0	2 [a]	0	0	0	34	14
Deportes Antofagasta	2019		10	2	0	0	2 [a]	0	0	0	12	2
Career total			167	50	7	0	4	0	0	0	178	50

1. Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

References

1. "Tobías Figueroa profile". Soccerway. 28 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
2. "Tobías Figueroa deja Belgrano y va a Almirante Brown por seis meses". Mundod Lavoz. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
3. "Tobías Figueroa profile". BDFA. 28 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
4. "Figueroa a la par del plantel". Crucero del Norte. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
5. "Tobias Figueroa hizo el gol en Belgrano ante Newell's y los hinchas lo quieren de 9". Mundod Lavoz. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
6. "Belgrano oficializó la partida de dos de sus jugadores". Mundod Lavoz. 7 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
7. "Marcos Rivadero y Tobías Figueroa fueron cedidos a préstamo". Twitter. 7 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
8. "Tobías Figueroa se despide de Unión con emotivo mensaje". AS. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
9. "Antofagasta oficializó a su nuevo goleador". CDF. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
10. "الطائي يتعاقد مع المهاجم الأرجنتيني توبياس فيغيروا".
11. Sánchez, Francisco (30 December 2023). "Un goleador del fútbol chileno tiene nuevo club". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 December 2023.

External links

• Tobías Figueroa at Soccerway