Exequiel Zeballos

Exequiel Zeballos
Personal information
Full name Oscar Exequiel Zeballos
Date of birth (2002-04-24) 24 April 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth La Banda, Argentina[1]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger[3]
Team information
Current team
 Boca Juniors
Number 7
Youth career
Sarmiento (LB)
Los Dorados (TdRH)
2014–2020 Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Boca Juniors 61 (7)
International career
Argentina U16 3 (1)
2018–2019 Argentina U17 15 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:17, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

Oscar Exequiel Zeballos (born 24 April 2002) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Boca Juniors.[4]

Club career

Zeballos arrived at Boca Juniors in 2014, having had stints with Sarmiento de La Banda and Los Dorados de Termas de Río Hondo.[5][6] In 2018, Zeballos signed his first professional contract; becoming the youngest Boca player to do so.[7] The winger made the breakthrough into the first-team under Miguel Ángel Russo in 2020.[8][9] He was an unused substitute four times before making his senior bow, including for a Copa Libertadores group stage encounter with Caracas on 22 October.[4] In November, Zeballos made his debut in a Copa de la Liga Profesional victory at home to Newell's Old Boys on 29 November; after replacing Sebastián Villa.[4]

International career

Zeballos represented Argentina at U15 and U17 level.[10][11][12] He scored five goals at the 2017 South American U-15 Championship as they won the trophy.[10] Two years later, Zeballos netted a goal at both the South American U-17 Championship and FIFA U-17 World Cup across eleven total appearances.[4]He scored the sole goal that his team made in regular time for the Maradona Cup against Football club Barcelona.

Career statistics

As of 19 January 2023.[4]
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
Boca Juniors 2020–21[nb 1] Primera División 14 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 16 2
2022 Primera División 18 1 6 3 0 0 8 0 0 0 32 4
2023 Primera División 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1
Career total 32 2 6 3 0 0 9 0 3 2 50 7

Honours

Boca Juniors

Argentina U15[10]

Argentina U17[4]

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ "Exequiel Zeballos". World Football. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Exequiel Zaballos" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Quién es Zeballos, el pibe que pide pista en Boca". Olé. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Argentina - E. Zeballos". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Exequiel Zeballos se suma a la pretemporada de Boca". El Deportivo Hoy. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Exequiel Zeballos está cumpliendo su sueño: Boca y la selección". El Liberal. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  7. ^ "¿Quién es Exequiel Zeballos, la nueva joyita de Boca que podría debutar ante Lanús?". Goal. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Exequiel Zeballos no recibe oportunidades en Boca Juniors y mira los millones que podría perder el equipo Xeneize". El Futbolero. 28 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Boca podría hacer debutar a dos de sus 'joyas' ante Lanús". Bolavip. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  10. ^ a b c "Oscar Exequiel Zeballos, la nueva esperanza de Boca Juniors". Marca. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Primer contrato para el juvenil Zeballos". Boca Juniors. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  12. ^ "Cristian Medina y Exequiel Zeballos: ¿quiénes son las joyas que debutarían en Boca frente a Lanús?". La Nación. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.

External links

  • Media related to Exequiel Zeballos at Wikimedia Commons
  • Exequiel Zeballos at Soccerway
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