| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicolás Alejandro Ibáñez | ||
| Date of birth | (1994-08-23) 23 August 1994 (age 30) | ||
| Place of birth | Venado Tuerto, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| 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 | 75 | (19) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 December 2024 | |||
Nicolás Alejandro Ibáñez (born 23 August 1994) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club Tigres UANL.
Career
Comunicaciones
Ibáñez's career began in the youth system of Lanús, prior to moving into senior football with Primera B Metropolitana team Comunicaciones in 2015. In his fifth appearance, Ibáñez scored his first goal in a 4–2 defeat against Deportivo Merlo on 14 March. Two weeks later, he received his first red card in a 1–1 draw with Almirante Brown on 27 March. In total, he scored fifteen goals across his first two seasons in fifty-four appearances for Comunicaciones.
Gimnasia y Esgrima
On 1 August 2016, Argentine Primera División side Gimnasia y Esgrima loaned Ibáñez. He scored on his Gimnasia y Esgrima debut during a win over Vélez Sarsfield.
A year after joining the club, Gimnasia y Esgrima signed Ibáñez permanently after seven goals in thirty matches. He scored two goals in the first match following in a 4–4 draw away to Defensa y Justicia.
Atlético San Luis
Nine appearances later, Ibáñez left Gimnasia y Esgrima in January 2018 as he joined Ascenso MX team Atlético San Luis. He made his Mexican football debut on 19 January, coming on as a substitute for Pablo Olivera in a goalless draw against Tampico Madero. Ibáñez made his 100th league appearance in a loss versus Celaya. Ibañez scored his first goal for them on 20 February, in a 2–0 win against Zacatepec.
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. 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.
Atlético de Madrid
On 5 June 2019, Atlético de Madrid, who hold an ownership stake in Atlético San Luis, announced the signing of Ibáñez; effective from July. He was immediately loaned back to the Mexican side on 1 July.
Atlético San Luis loan
Ibáñez appeared for his Liga MX bow on 20 July 2019 in a home loss to UNAM. 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. Ibáñez scored fourteen goals across 2019–20, notably netting braces home and away against León. He made his 200th career appearance on 6 November 2020 against Puebla.
Pachuca
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
On 18 January 2023, Ibáñez joined Tigres UANL.
Career statistics
- As of 29 September 2023
| 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 | 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
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
- "Nicolás Ibañez". Club Tigres (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- "Nicolás Ibáñez". World Football. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ "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 caligar agree deal with Atlético de San Luis over the transfer of Nicolás Ibáñez". pelusa caligari. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- "Nicolás Ibáñez, Axel Werner to join Atlético de San Luis on loan". pelusa caligari. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ""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
- Nicolás Ibáñez at Soccerway
- Ascenso MX profile
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- 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