Nicolás Alejandro Ibáñez (born 23 August 1994) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Career

Comunicaciones

Ibáñez's career began in the youth system of

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, prior to moving into senior football with

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team

Comunicaciones Comunicaciones Fútbol Club S.A., better known as Comunicaciones F.C. or Comunicaciones, is a professional association football, football club based in Guatemala City. They compete in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala, Liga Nacional, th ...

in 2015. In his fifth appearance, Ibáñez scored his first goal in a 4–2 defeat against

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on 14 March. Two weeks later, he received his first red card in a 1–1 draw with

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on 27 March. In total, he scored fifteen goals across his first two seasons in fifty-four appearances for Comunicaciones.

Gimnasia y Esgrima

On 1 August 2016,

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side Gimnasia y Esgrima loaned Ibáñez. He scored on his Gimnasia y Esgrima debut during a win over Vélez Sarsfield. A year after joining the club, Gimnasia y Esgrima signed Ibáñez permanently after seven goals in thirty matches. He scored two goals in the first match following in a 4–4 draw away to

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Atlético San Luis

Nine appearances later, Ibáñez left Gimnasia y Esgrima in January 2018 as he joined

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team

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. He made his Mexican football debut on 19 January, coming on as a substitute for Pablo Olivera in a goalless draw against

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. Ibáñez made his 100th league appearance in a loss versus

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. Ibañez scored his first goal for them on 20 February, in a 2–0 win against

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. 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. He subsequently netted two in six in the play-offs, which the club won after beating

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over two legs to earn a spot in

while earning them their second consecutive title; he also ended the campaign as the division's top goalscorer.

Atlético de Madrid

On 5 June 2019,

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, who hold an ownership stake in Atlético San Luis, announced the signing of Ibáñez; effective from July. He was immediately loaned back to the Mexican side on 1 July.

Atlético San Luis loan

Ibáñez appeared for his

bow on 20 July 2019 in a home loss to

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. 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. Ibáñez scored fourteen goals across 2019–20, notably netting braces home and away against León. He made his 200th career appearance on 6 November 2020 against

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Pachuca

On 2021, he arrived to

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, and became a key player to the Apertura 2022 season Liga MX championship, finishing the regular season as top goal scorer of the League.

Tigres UANL

On 18 January 2023, Ibáñez joined

Career statistics

Honours

Atlético San Luis *

: Apertura 2018, Clausura 2019 Pachuca *

: Apertura 2022 Tigres UANL *

: Clausura 2023 *

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Individual *

Top Scorer: Apertura 2018, Clausura 2019 *

All-Star:

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Best XI: Clausura 2022 *

Golden Boot: Apertura 2022 *'' The Best of America'' Best Liga MX Player:

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References

External links

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Ascenso MX profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ibanez, Nicolas 1994 births Living people People from General López Department Argentine men's footballers Men's association football forwards Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Primera B Metropolitana players Argentine Primera División players Ascenso MX players Liga MX players Club Comunicaciones footballers Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers Atlético San Luis footballers Atlético Madrid footballers Footballers from Santa Fe Province 21st-century Argentine sportsmen