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 | ||
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