Ezequiel Vidal (footballer, born 1995)

Ezequiel Vidal
Vidal playing for Delfín in 2016
Personal information
Full name Norberto Ezequiel Vidal
Date of birth (1995-08-02) 2 August 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team
 Punjab
Number 10
Youth career
Olimpo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2019 Olimpo 45 (3)
2015–2016 → Independiente (loan) 6 (0)
2016 → Delfín (loan) 20 (0)
2017 → Juventud (loan) 12 (1)
2019–2020 San Martín SJ 7 (1)
2020–2021 Alvarado 37 (5)
2022 Independiente Rivadavia 13 (1)
2022–2024 Persita Tangerang 60 (17)
2024– Punjab 13 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:53, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

Norberto Ezequiel Vidal (born 2 August 1995), also known as Pulga Vidal, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Indian Super League club Punjab.[1]

Career

Vidal started his Olimpo senior career in 2011, when he was an unused substitute for a Copa Argentina win against Central Norte on 30 November.[1] He was also an unused sub once during the 2011–12 Argentine Primera División, prior to making his professional debut in 2013–14 in a win away to San Lorenzo on 4 August 2013.[1][2] Two years later, after seven appearances for Olimpo, Vidal joined fellow Argentine Primera División team Independiente on loan.[1][3] He subsequently made eight appearances over two seasons, including his Independiente debut versus Nueva Chicago on 19 September 2015.[1]

He returned to Olimpo in July 2016 but was immediately loaned out again, to Ecuadorian Serie A side Delfín.[1][4] Twenty appearances followed as Delfín finished ninth overall.[1][5] Vidal then made six more appearances for Olimpo to end the 2016–17 season, before departing on loan in August 2017 to play for Juventud in the Uruguayan Primera División.[1] He scored in his twelfth and final appearance for Juventud, in a 2–5 defeat at home to Montevideo Wanderers on 3 December.[1] Juventud ended 2017 with relegation.[1]

In August 2024, Vidal joined Indian Super League club Punjab.[6]

Career statistics

As of 20 April 2024.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup[a] League Cup Continental[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Olimpo 2011–12 Argentine Primera División 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
2012–13 Primera B Nacional 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
2013–14 Argentine Primera División 1 0 0 0 — — 0 0 1 0
2014 5 0 0 0 — — 0 0 5 0
2015 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
2016 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
2016–17 6 0 0 0 — — 0 0 6 0
2017–18 11 0 0 0 — — 0 0 11 0
Total 23 0 0 0 — — 0 0 23 0
Independiente (loan) 2015 Argentine Primera División 5 0 0 0 — 2[c] 0 0 0 7 0
2016 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 6 0 0 0 — 2 0 0 0 8 0
Delfín (loan) 2016 Serie A 20 0 — — — 0 0 20 0
Juventud (loan) 2017 Uruguayan Primera División 12 1 — — — 0 0 12 1
San Martín SJ 2019–20 Primera Nacional 7 1 — — — 0 0 7 1
Alvarado 2020 Primera Nacional 7 2 1 0 — — 0 0 8 2
2021 Primera Nacional 30 3 — — — 0 0 30 3
Independiente Rivadavia 2022 Primera Nacional 13 1 1 0 — — 0 0 14 1
Persita Tangerang 2022–23 Liga 1 30 10 — — — 3[d] 0 33 10
2023–24 Liga 1 30 7 — — — 0 0 30 7
Career total 178 25 2 0 — 2 0 3 0 185 25
  1. ^ Includes the Copa Argentina
  2. ^ Includes the Copa Sudamericana
  3. ^ Two appearances in 2015 Copa Sudamericana
  4. ^ Three appearances in 2022 Indonesia President's Cup

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Ezequiel Vidal profile". Soccerway. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Ezequiel Vidal profile". BDFA. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Mi objetivo es que me compren". Olé. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Refuerzos habilitados". Delfín S.C. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Delfín derrotó a Independiente del Valle en Portoviejo". El Comercio. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Punjab FC rope in Ezequiel Vidal". www.indiansuperleague.com. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.