Nicolás Diego Aguirre (Spanish pronunciation: [nikoˈlas aˈɣire]; born 27 June 1990) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Atlético de Rafaela as a midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicolás Diego Aguirre[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1990-06-27) 27 June 1990 (age 32)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Chabás, Argentina[1] | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Atlético Rafaela | ||
| 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) |
| 2020–2021 | Atlético Tucumán | 18 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Sport Recife | 0 | (0) |
| 2022– | Atlético Rafaela | 6 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:49, 16 June 2022 (UTC) | |||
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]
On 15 September 2021, Aguirre joined Brazilian club Sport Club do Recife.[11] After the move, the club made a mistake and didn't register him, so he couldn't play for the club for the rest of 2021.[12] In February 2021, Aguirre returned to his former club Atlético de Rafaela.[13]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Arsenal de Sarandí | 2008–09[14] | Primera División | 6 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10[14] | Primera División | 6 | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | ||||
| 2011–12[14] | Primera División | 34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 47 | 4 | |
| 2012–13[14] | Primera División | 26 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 37 | 6 | |
| 2013–14[14] | Primera División | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 29 | 2 | |
| 2014[14] | Primera División | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 1 | ||
| Total | 109 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 141 | 14 | ||
| Atlético Rafaela (loan) | 2010–11[14] | Primera B Nacional | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 27 | 1 | |
| Lanús | 2015[14] | Primera División | 22 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 29 | 7 |
| 2016[14] | Primera División | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 16 | 2 | |
| 2016–17[14] | Primera División | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 20 | 1 | ||
| 2017–18[14] | 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[14] | Chinese Super League | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| Granada | 2018–19[14] | Segunda División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 199 | 19 | 20 | 3 | 35 | 4 | 254 | 26 | ||
Atlético de Rafaela – current squad | |
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