Tobías Figueroa

Tobías Figueroa
Figueroa with Unión Española in 2018
Personal information
Full name Tobías Nahuel Figueroa
Date of birth (1992-02-02) 2 February 1992 (age 32)
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

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]

Career

Figueroa 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

As of 8 May 2019.[1]
Club statistics
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
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Tobías Figueroa deja Belgrano y va a Almirante Brown por seis meses". Mundod Lavoz. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Tobías Figueroa profile". BDFA. 28 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Figueroa a la par del plantel". Crucero del Norte. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Belgrano oficializó la partida de dos de sus jugadores". Mundod Lavoz. 7 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Marcos Rivadero y Tobías Figueroa fueron cedidos a préstamo". Twitter. 7 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Tobías Figueroa se despide de Unión con emotivo mensaje". AS. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  9. ^ "Antofagasta oficializó a su nuevo goleador". CDF. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  10. ^ "الطائي يتعاقد مع المهاجم الأرجنتيني توبياس فيغيروا".
  11. ^ Sánchez, Francisco (30 December 2023). "Un goleador del fútbol chileno tiene nuevo club". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 December 2023.