Gerónimo Poblete

Gerónimo Gastón Poblete (born 2 January 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Al-Wasl.^[1]

Gerónimo Poblete

Personal information
Full name	Gerónimo Gastón Poblete[1]
Date of birth	(1993-01-02) 2 January 1993 (age 31)[2][3]
Place of birth	Tupungato, Argentina
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[4]
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder[5]
Team information
Current team	Al Wasl
Number	20
Youth career
	Colón
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2017	Colón	102	(2)
2017–2020	Metz	26	(0)
2018–2019	→ San Lorenzo (loan)	12	(0)
2019–2020	→ San Lorenzo (loan)	19	(0)
2020	Metz II	2	(0)
2020–2021	Deportes La Serena	16	(0)
2021	Vélez Sarsfield	26	(0)
2022	Metalist Kharkiv	0	(0)
2022	→ Independiente (loan)	7	(0)
2022–	Al-Wasl	37	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:20, 1 October 2024 (UTC)

Career

Poblete started his senior career in 2011 with Argentine Primera División side Colón, he was an unused substitute four times during the 2011–12 season.^[1] He made his professional debut on 16 February 2014 in a game against Argentinos Juniors.^[3] In his next appearance versus Argentinos Juniors, in September 2014, Poblete scored his first goal for Colón in a 0–2 win.^[1] In total, Poblete made seventy-three appearances and scored two goals in his first six seasons with Colón, twenty of those appearances and one of those goals fell during the club's 2014 season in Primera B Nacional following relegation in 2013–14 to the country's second tier.^[1]

On 4 July 2017, after one hundred and seven appearances for Colón, Poblete departed to France to join Ligue 1 club Metz.^[1] He joined on a free transfer and signed a four-year contract.^[6] Poblete's Ligue 1 debut came on 5 August versus Guingamp, he played the full match in a 1–3 defeat.^[1][7] On 11 August 2018, San Lorenzo loaned Poblete.^[1] Twenty-two appearances followed in 2018–19.^[1] Poblete left San Lorenzo on 30 June 2019, but returned on a fresh loan deal on 21 July.^[8][9][10] He made another twenty-two appearances.^[1] Poblete returned to Metz in June 2020, subsequently featuring twice for their reserve team in Championnat National 2.^[1]

Poblete terminated his Metz contract on 29 October, prior to returning to South America with Chilean Primera División team Deportes La Serena.^[11] He made his debut on 15 November in a home win over Huachipato, which preceded fifteen further appearances in 2020 as the club finished fifteenth; avoiding the relegation play-off due to goal difference and relegation itself by one point.^[1] On 19 February 2021, Poblete went back to his homeland with Vélez Sarsfield.^[12][13]

Career statistics

As of 20 February 2021.^[1]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Colón	2011–12	Argentine Primera División	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
	2012–13		0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	0	0
	2013–14		11	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	11	0
	2014	Primera B Nacional	20	1	2	0	—		—		0	0	22	1
	2015	Argentine Primera División	28	0	1	0	—		—		0	0	29	0
	2016		14	1	1	0	—		—		0	0	15	1
	2016–17		29	0	1	0	—		—		0	0	30	0
	Total		102	2	5	0	—		0	0	0	0	107	2
Metz	2017–18	Ligue 1	25	0	2	0	2	0	—		0	0	29	0
	2018–19	Ligue 2	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	2019–20	Ligue 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	2020–21		0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	Total		26	0	2	0	2	0	—		0	0	30	0
San Lorenzo (loan)	2018–19	Argentine Primera División	12	0	2	0	1	0	7[a]	0	0	0	22	0
	2019–20		19	0	0	0	1	0	2[b]	0	0	0	22	0
	Total		31	0	2	0	2	0	9	0	0	0	44	0
Metz II	2020–21	National 2	2	0	—		—		—		0	0	2	0
Deportes La Serena	2020	Chilean Primera División	16	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	16	0
Vélez Sarsfield	2021	Argentine Primera División	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total			177	2	9	0	4	0	9	0	0	0	199	2

1. Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
2. Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores

References

1. "Gerónimo Poblete profile". Soccerway. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
2. "Perfil GERONIMO POBLETE". San Lorenzo. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
3. "Gerónimo Poblete profile". Club Atlético Colón. 22 April 2017. Archived from the original on 22 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
4. "Gerónimo Poblete". UAE Pro League. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
5. "Gerónimo Poblete". World Football. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
6. "Gerónimo Poblete, nouveau messin". FC Metz. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
7. "FC Metz : " on se battra jusqu'au bout ", assure Geronimo Poblete". Republicain Lorrain. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
8. "Casos por resolver". Vamos Ciclón. 2 July 2019. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
9. "Poblete prolonge son prêt en Argentine !". Metz. 21 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
10. "Transferts : Geronimo Poblete (Metz) à nouveau prêté à San Lorenzo". L'Équipe. 21 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
11. "GERONIMO POBLETE QUITTE LE FC METZ". Metz. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
12. "Poblete, nuevo refuerzo". Vélez Sarsfield. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
13. "Gerónimo Poblete y Santiago Cáseres ya son refuerzos de Vélez". Olé. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.

External links

• Gerónimo Poblete at Soccerway