Nicolás Aguirre (footballer)

Nicolás Diego Aguirre (Spanish pronunciation: [nikoˈlas aˈɣire]; born 27 June 1990) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Atlético Tucumán as a central midfielder.

Nicolás Aguirre

Personal information
Full name	Nicolás Diego Aguirre[1]
Date of birth	27 June 1990[1]
Place of birth	Chabás, Argentina[1]
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Club information
Current team	Atlético Tucumán
Number	19
Youth career
	Arsenal de Sarandí
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2015	Arsenal de Sarandí	109	(10)
2010–2011	→ Atlético Rafaela (loan)	27	(1)
2015–2018	Lanús	58	(8)
2018	Chongqing Lifan	5	(0)
2018–2019	Granada	16	(1)
2020–	Atlético Tucumán	4	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:09, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Chabás, Aguirre graduated from the youth setup of Arsenal de Sarandí and made his first team debut on 9 November 2008, in a 1–0 defeat against Boca Juniors.[2] On 29 March 2010, he scored his first goal for the club in a 1–0 victory against San Lorenzo. In July, he was loaned to second tier club Atlético Rafaela.[3]

After amassing more than 100 appearances for Arsenal, Aguirre moved to Lanús on 12 February 2015 as a replacement for the injured Sebastián Leto.[4] On 12 April, he scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 victory over Banfield.[5] In June 2016, he suffered a muscle injury in his leg, which ruled him out of play for 1 month.[6] With the signing of Miguel Almirón, his playing time became limited in the 2016 season.[7]

On 2 February 2018, Aguirre moved abroad for the first time and joined Chinese Super League club Chongqing Dangdai Lifan.[8]

On 8 July 2018, Aguirre joined Segunda División side Granada CF, a club also owned by Jiang Lizhang, for one year on a free transfer.[9] He left the club at the end of the season. He remained without club until 19 January 2020, where he signed a deal until June 2021 with Atlético Tucumán.[10]

Career statistics

As of match played on 19 May 2018

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Arsenal de Sarandí	2008–09[11]	Primera División	6	0			2[lower-alpha 1]	0	8	0
	2009–10[11]	Primera División	6	1			—		6	1
	2011–12[11]	Primera División	34	3	2	0	11[lower-alpha 2]	1	47	4
	2012–13[11]	Primera División	26	3	7	2	4[lower-alpha 3]	1	37	6
	2013–14[11]	Primera División	23	2	2	0	4[lower-alpha 3]	0	29	2
	2014[11]	Primera División	14	1	0	0	—		14	1
	Total		109	10	11	2	21	2	141	14
Atlético Rafaela (loan)	2010–11[11]	Primera B Nacional	27	1	0	0	—		27	1
Lanús	2015[11]	Primera División	22	6	4	0	3[lower-alpha 1]	1	29	7
	2016[11]	Primera División	13	1	2	1	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	16	2
	2016–17[11]	Primera División	19	1	1	0	—		20	1
	2017–18[11]	Primera División	4	0	1	0	10[lower-alpha 3]	1	15	1
	Total		58	8	8	1	14	2	80	11
Chongqing Lifan	2018[11]	Chinese Super League	5	0	1	0	—		6	0
Granada	2018–19[11]	Segunda División	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Career total			199	19	20	3	35	4	254	26

1. Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
2. Appearances in Copa Sudamericana and Copa Libertadores
3. Appearances in Copa Libertadores

References

1. "Nicolas Aguirre". BDFA. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
2. "Un golazo de Riquelme puso a Boca en lo más alto [A goal by Riquelme put Boca on the top]" (in Spanish). Infobae. 9 November 2008. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
3. ""Cambio todos mis goles por uno igual a ese" ["I change all my goals for one equal to that"]" (in Spanish). Ole. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
4. "Nicolás Aguirre, nuevo refuerzo de Lanús [Nicolás Aguirre, new reinforcement of Lanús]" (in Spanish). Goal. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
5. "Arias y Guidi, la esquina de la felicidad [Arias and Guidi, the corner of happiness]". Club Lanús. 12 April 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
6. "Que bajón, Bicho [What a downer, Bicho]" (in Spanish). Ole. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
7. "Un volante y un delantero, en la mira [A steering wheel and a forward, in the sight]" (in Spanish). El Dia. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
8. "Un futbolista chabasense se va al fútbol chino [A Chabasense footballer goes to Chinese football]" (in Spanish). Casil da Plus. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
9. "Nicolás Aguirre, nuevo jugador del Granada CF". Granada CF (in Spanish). 8 July 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
10. Nicolás Aguirre, refuerzo de lujo para Atlético Tucumán, tycsports.com, 19 January 2020
11. "N. Aguirre". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 March 2018.

External links

• Nicolás Aguirre at Soccerway