Julián Illanes Minucci (born 10 March 1997) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a

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for Italian club

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on loan from

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Career

Illanes began his career with Instituto. He made his senior debut in a

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tie with

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on 23 July 2014, prior to featuring in

Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in English "National B Division", and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 37 tea ...

for the first time on the final day of the

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season during a victory away to

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on 6 December. Illanes scored his first professional goal in February 2016 against Estudiantes. On 18 January 2017,

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side

Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional football club based in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while the actual club was refounded in August 2002 fo ...

signed Illanes. In July 2018, Illanes was loaned to

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of the

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. His loan was terminated in January after not featuring. Illanes joined

on loan on 20 August 2019. On 23 September 2020, after scoring once (versus

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) in twenty-six games for Avellino, Illanes joined

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club

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on a season-long loan. He made his debut in a

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second round defeat to

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on 30 September. His loan was cancelled on 11 January 2021, after he had failed to make a league appearance for the club; appearing on the bench ten times. Illanes was immediately loaned back out by Fiorentina, as the centre-back agreed a return to Avellino of Serie C. On 19 July 2021, he joined

Pescara Pescara (; nap, label= Abruzzese, Pescàrë; nap, label= Pescarese, Piscàrë) is the capital city of the Province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 119,217 (2018) residents (and approxim ...

on a permanent basis. On 18 August 2022, Illanes returned to

once again. On 19 January 2023, he was loaned to

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until the end of the season. On 1 August 2023, Illanes was loaned to

with an option to buy.

Career statistics

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Illanes, Julian 1997 births Living people Footballers from Córdoba, Argentina Argentine men's footballers Men's association football defenders Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy Primera Nacional players Serie C players Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba footballers ACF Fiorentina players Argentinos Juniors footballers US Avellino 1912 players AC ChievoVerona players Delfino Pescara 1936 players Novara FC players Carrarese Calcio 1908 players