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]
 Figueroa with Unión Española in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tobías Nahuel Figueroa | ||
| Date of birth | 2 February 1992 | ||
| 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 | |||
Career
editFigueroa 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
edit- As of 8 May 2019.[1]
| 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 | ||
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Tobías Figueroa profile". Soccerway. 28 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Tobías Figueroa deja Belgrano y va a Almirante Brown por seis meses". Mundod Lavoz. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Tobías Figueroa profile". BDFA. 28 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Figueroa a la par del plantel". Crucero del Norte. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Belgrano oficializó la partida de dos de sus jugadores". Mundod Lavoz. 7 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "Marcos Rivadero y Tobías Figueroa fueron cedidos a préstamo". Twitter. 7 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "Tobías Figueroa se despide de Unión con emotivo mensaje". AS. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- ^ "Antofagasta oficializó a su nuevo goleador". CDF. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ "الطائي يتعاقد مع المهاجم الأرجنتيني توبياس فيغيروا".
- ^ Sánchez, Francisco (30 December 2023). "Un goleador del fútbol chileno tiene nuevo club". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 December 2023.
External links
edit- Tobías Figueroa at Soccerway