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Full name | Giovanni Pablo Simeone Baldini | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 5 July 1995 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Napoli | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
–2008 | Rayo Majadahonda | ||||||||||||||||
2008–2013 | River Plate | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2013–2016 | River Plate | 27 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | → Banfield (loan) | 34 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Genoa | 35 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2020 | Fiorentina | 74 | (20) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | → Cagliari (loan) | 37 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2022 | Cagliari | 34 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | → Hellas Verona (loan) | 35 | (17) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Hellas Verona | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | → Napoli (loan) | 25 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Napoli | 37 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2015 | Argentina U20 | 12 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
2016 | Argentina U23 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2018– | Argentina | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:26, 3 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 June 2023 |
Giovanni Pablo Simeone Baldini (Spanish pronunciation: [ɟʝoˈβani simeˈone]; born 5 July 1995) also known as Gio Simeone, or “El Cholito”, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Napoli and the Argentina national team.