Tobías Zárate

Tobías Zárate
Personal information
Full name Tobías Joel Zárate
Date of birth (2000-07-07) 7 July 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Haedo, Argentina
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward[1]
Team information
Current team
 AEL
Number 32
Youth career
Vélez Sarsfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Vélez Sarsfield 3 (0)
2020–2021 → Famalicão (loan) 0 (0)
2021 → Deportivo Morón (loan) 32 (9)
2022 → Coquimbo Unido (loan) 5 (0)
2022 → Deportivo Morón (loan) 14 (1)
2023 → Arsenal de Sarandí (loan) 0 (0)
2023– AEL 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:30, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

Tobías Joel Zárate (born 7 July 2000) is an Argentine-born Chilean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Greek Super League 2 club AEL.[2]

Career

Zárate joined the youth system of Vélez Sarsfield at the age of seven.[3][4] He scored over fifty goals for their academy.[5] Zárate was promoted to their first-team squad for the start of 2020 under manager Gabriel Heinze, initially appearing as an unused substitute for Primera División matches with Gimnasia y Esgrima and Aldosivi towards the end of January. He made his senior debut on 4 February during a Copa Sudamericana first stage first leg encounter with Ecuador's Aucas, after replacing Lucas Robertone with eighteen minutes left. Zárate again featured off the bench in the second leg two weeks later. On 5 October 2020, Zárate was announced as a loan signing by Primeira Liga side Famalicão; initially penning terms until December 2021, having also extended his Vélez contract until June 2023.[6][7][8] He would only feature for the Portuguese club's U23s in Liga Revelação.[9] He made his reserve debut on 12 November against Leixões, before scoring twice in a 2–2 draw away to Académica on 5 December; his last league appearance came on 15 January 2021 versus Belenenses SAD.[9][10][11] Zárate returned to Vélez Sarsfield in February, before departing on loan to Primera Nacional with Deportivo Morón on 11 March.[12][13]

After a short term loaned at Coquimbo Unido in the Chilean Primera División, he returned to Deportivo Morón in June 2022.[14]

In 2023, he joined Arsenal de Sarandí on loan until December.[15]

Personal life

Zárate is the son of former footballer Rolando Zárate.[16] He is also the nephew of footballers Mauro, Sergio and Ariel.[16][17]

From his paternal line, he is of Chilean descent due to the fact that his grandfather, Juvenal, was born in Chuquicamata, Chile.[18]

Career statistics

As of 12 March 2021.[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vélez Sarsfield 2019–20 Primera División 3 0 0 0 1 0 2[a] 0 0 0 6 0
2020–21[nb 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021[nb 2] 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0
Famalicão (loan) 2020–21 Primeira Liga 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
Deportivo Morón (loan) 2021 Primera Nacional 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
Career total 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 0
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

Notes

  1. ^ Soccerway counts 2020 Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.
  2. ^ Soccerway counts 2021 Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.

References

  1. ^ a b "Tobías Zárate". World Football. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  2. ^ "ΑΕΛ: -παρουσίασε-επίσημα-τον-tobias-joel-zarate-imgsvid". crimsonscorer.gr. 11 August 2023.
  3. ^ "El debut de otro Zárate en Vélez: conocé a Tobías, hijo de 'Roly' y sobrino de Mauro". CNN. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Tobías, la nueva promesa de la dinastía Zárate que asoma en Vélez". TyC Sports. 26 December 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Destacado Fecha 7: Tobías Zárate". Vélez Sarsfield. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Liga Portugal: Tobías Zárate de Vélez Sarsfield al FC Famalicão". El Deportivo Hoy. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Tobías Zárate, de Vélez a Portugal". Olé. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Tobias Zarate assina pelo FC Famalicão". Famalicão. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Fc Famalicão Sad 1-2 Leixões Sc, Sad". FPF. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Académica Coimbra/Oaf Sduq 2-2 Fc Famalicão Sad". FPF. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Fc Famalicão Sad 1-1 B Sad". FPF. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Vélez preserva al juvenil Tobías Zárate". El Rincón del Fútbol. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  13. ^ "A horas del debut firmó un centrodelantero de Vélez". Solo Ascenso. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Tobías Zárate regresó a Argentina e hizo un reclamo contra Chile" (in Spanish). TNT Sports Chile. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  15. ^ @ArsenalOficial (2 January 2023). "¡Bienvenido, Tobías Zárate!" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 January 2022 – via Twitter.
  16. ^ a b "Vélez: Debutó otro Zárate en Vélez 32 años después". Marca. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  17. ^ "Mientras tanto, un sobrino de Mauro Zárate la rompe en Vélez". Bolavip. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  18. ^ "Rolando Zárate y nominación de su hermano a la "Roja": Jugará en honor a mi viejo | Emol.com". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2021. liderada por Juvenal Zárate, nacido en Chuquicamata,... "Mauro jugará por Chile en honor a mi viejo, el que está súper feliz."
  19. ^ "Ficha Estadistica de TOBIAS ZARATE". BDFA. Retrieved 12 March 2021.