Nicolás Alejandro Ibáñez (born 23 August 1994) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club Pachuca.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicolás Alejandro Ibáñez | ||
| Date of birth | (1994-08-23) 23 August 1994 (age 28) | ||
| Place of birth | Venado Tuerto, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward[2] | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Pachuca | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| 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– | Pachuca | 61 | (33) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:33, 31 October 2022 (UTC) | |||
Ibáñez's career began in the youth system of Lanús, prior to moving into senior football with Primera B Metropolitana team Comunicaciones in 2015.[1][3] In his fifth appearance, Ibáñez scored his first goal in a 4–2 defeat against Deportivo Merlo on 14 March.[1] Two weeks later, he received his first red card in a 1–1 draw with Almirante Brown on 27 March.[1] In total, he scored fifteen goals across his first two seasons in fifty-four appearances for Comunicaciones.[1]
On 1 August 2016, Argentine Primera División side Gimnasia y Esgrima loaned Ibáñez.[4] He scored on his Gimnasia y Esgrima debut during a win over Vélez Sarsfield.[1]
A year after joining the club, Gimnasia y Esgrima signed Ibáñez permanently after seven goals in thirty matches.[1] He scored two goals in the first match following in a 4–4 draw away to Defensa y Justicia.[1]
Nine appearances later, Ibáñez left Gimnasia y Esgrima in January 2018 as he joined Ascenso MX team Atlético San Luis.[5] He made his Mexican football debut on 19 January, coming on as a substitute for Pablo Olivera in a goalless draw against Tampico Madero.[1] Ibáñez made his 100th league appearance in a loss versus Celaya.[1] Ibañez scored his first goal for them on 20 February, in a 2–0 win against Zacatepec.[6]
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.[1][7] 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.[1][8]
On 5 June 2019, Atlético Madrid of La Liga, who hold an ownership stake in Atlético San Luis, announced the signing of Ibáñez; effective from July.[9] He was immediately loaned back to the Mexican side on 1 July.[10][11]
Ibáñez appeared for his Liga MX bow on 20 July 2019 in a home loss to UNAM.[1] 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.[1][12] Ibáñez scored fourteen goals across 2019–20, notably netting braces home and away against León.[1] He made his 200th career appearance on 6 November 2020 against Puebla.[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| 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[lower-alpha 1] | 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 | ||||
| Career total | 202 | 81 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 217 | 83 | ||
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