Tobías Figueroa
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Figueroa with Unión Española in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tobías Nahuel Figueroa | ||
| Date of birth | 2 February 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | La Granja, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Belgrano | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2019 | Belgrano | 16 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Almirante Brown (loan) | 20 | (3) |
| 2014 | → Crucero del Norte (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2015 | → Sarmiento de Junín (loan) | 20 | (3) |
| 2016–2017 | → Guillermo Brown (loan) | 59 | (27) |
| 2018 | → Unión Española (loan) | 29 | (14) |
| 2019–2025 | Deportes Antofagasta | 105 | (43) |
| 2022 | → Al-Tai (loan) | 12 | (5) |
| 2023 | → Curicó Unido (loan) | 25 | (1) |
| 2024 | → Deportes Copiapó (loan) | 24 | (4) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 November 2025 | |||
Tobías Nahuel Figueroa (born 2 February 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker.[1]
Figueroa made his professional debut with Belgrano in the Argentine Primera División, he played the final few minutes in a 2–0 win against Atlético Tucumán on 2 May 2011.[1] That was one of six appearances to come in his first four seasons.[1] In January 2014, Figueroa joined Almirante Brown in Primera B Nacional.[2] He made his debut against Banfield, before scoring his first career goal in his following match versus Villa San Carlos.[1] In total, Figueroa scored three goals in twenty games in 2013–14 as they were relegated.[1][3] Figueroa completed a loan move to fellow Primera B Nacional team Crucero del Norte in August 2014.[4]
One goal in thirteen appearances followed as Crucero were promoted to the 2015 Argentine Primera División.[1] 2015 saw him leave Belgrano on a temporary basis for a third occasion, this time by joining Primera División side Sarmiento.[1] His first goal for Sarmiento came on 21 March, against former team Crucero del Norte.[1] He returned to Belgrano in December after twenty matches and three goals for the Junín-based outfit.[1] On 16 January 2016, Figueroa signed for Primera B Nacional club Guillermo Brown on a two-season loan.[1] He went onto score twenty-seven goals in fifty-nine fixtures for the second tier side.[1][5]
In January 2018, Figueroa left Argentine football to join Unión Española of the Chilean Primera División on loan.[6][7] He scored on his debut by getting the winning goal in an away win at the Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos versus Universidad de Chile on 4 February.[1] He followed that with a hat-trick in a 4–4 draw with Curicó Unido on 26 February.[1] His loan with Unión Española ended at the end of November, having scored fourteen times for them.[1][8] Figueroa sealed a return to Chile with Deportes Antofagasta on 24 January 2019.[9]
On 22 January 2022, Figueroa joined on loan to Saudi Arabian club Al-Tai.[10] The next season, he was loaned to Curicó Unido. For the 2024 season, he was loaned again to Deportes Copiapó.[11] Back to Deportes Antofagasta, he left them at the end of the 2025 season.[12]