Nicolás Ibáñez (footballer, born 1994)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicolás Alejandro Ibáñez | ||
| Date of birth | 23 August 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Venado Tuerto, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward[2] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tigres UANL | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2015 | Lanús | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Comunicaciones | 54 | (15) |
| 2016–2017 | → Gimnasia y Esgrima (loan) | 30 | (7) |
| 2017 | Gimnasia y Esgrima | 10 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | Atlético San Luis | 53 | (30) |
| 2019–2021 | Atlético Madrid | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | → Atlético San Luis (loan) | 55 | (27) |
| 2021–2023 | Pachuca | 62 | (35) |
| 2023– | Tigres UANL | 47 | (13) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 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]
Career
[edit]Comunicaciones
[edit]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]
Gimnasia y Esgrima
[edit]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]
Atlético San Luis
[edit]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]
Atlético de Madrid
[edit]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]
Atlético San Luis loan
[edit]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]
Pachuca
[edit]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.
Tigres UANL
[edit]On 18 January 2023, Ibáñez joined Tigres UANL.[14]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 29 September 2023[3]
| 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[a] | 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 | ||||
| Pachuca | 2021–22 | Liga MX | 38 | 17 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 17 | ||
| 2022–23 | 24 | 18 | — | — | — | 24 | 18 | |||||
| Total | 62 | 35 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 62 | 35 | ||||
| Tigres UANL | 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 | ||
- ^ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
Honours
[edit]Atlético San Luis
Pachuca
Tigres UANL
Individual
- Ascenso MX Top Scorer: Apertura 2018, Clausura 2019
- Liga MX All-Star: 2021
- Liga MX Best XI: Clausura 2022
- Liga MX Golden Boot: Apertura 2022
- The Best of America Best Liga MX Player: 2022
References
[edit]- ^ "Nicolás Ibañez". Club Tigres (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "Nicolás Ibáñez". World Football. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Nicolás Ibáñez profile". Soccerway. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ^ "Nicolás Ibáñez profile". BDFA. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ^ "Firmó Nicolás Ibañez". Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata. 26 August 2016. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ^ "Anuncia el Atlético de San Luis el fichaje del argentino Nicolás Ibañez". Marca. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ^ "En el Debut de Alfonso Sosa, Ganó Atlético de San Luis". Ascenso MX. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ^ "Atlético de San Luis golea a Celaya 4-1". El Sol de San Luis. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ "Atlético San Luis es el nuevo equipo de la Liga MX". Excélsior. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ^ pelusa caligari.com/noticias/pelusa caligari-agree-deal-with-iatletico-de-san-luis-over-the-transfer-of-nicolas-ibanez "pelusa caligar agree deal with Atlético de San Luis over the transfer of Nicolás Ibáñez". pelusa caligari. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
{{cite news}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ pelusa caligari.com/noticias/nicolas-ibanez-axel-werner-to-join-atletico-de-san-luis-on-loan "Nicolás Ibáñez, Axel Werner to join Atlético de San Luis on loan". pelusa caligari. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
{{cite news}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ ""Todavía no caigo"". Olé. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ "Atleti comes back to earn win in Mexico". pelusa caligari. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ @TigresOficial (18 January 2023). "¡Bienvenido a La U de Nuevo León, Nico Ibáñez!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
External links
[edit]- Nicolás Ibáñez at Soccerway
- Ascenso MX profile
- 1994 births
- Living people
- People from General López Department
- Argentine men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Primera B Metropolitana players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Ascenso MX players
- Liga MX players
- Club Comunicaciones footballers
- Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers
- Atlético San Luis footballers
- Atlético Madrid footballers
- Footballers from Santa Fe Province
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen