# Ezequiel Vidal (footballer, born 1995)

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.

## 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. 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. Two years later, after seven appearances for Olimpo, Vidal joined fellow Argentine Primera División team Independiente on loan. He subsequently made eight appearances over two seasons, including his Independiente debut versus Nueva Chicago on 19 September 2015.
He returned to Olimpo in July 2016 but was immediately loaned out again, to Ecuadorian Serie A side Delfín. Twenty appearances followed as Delfín finished ninth overall. 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. He scored in his twelfth and final appearance for Juventud, in a 2–5 defeat at home to Montevideo Wanderers on 3 December. Juventud ended 2017 with relegation.
In August 2024, Vidal joined Indian Super League club Punjab.

## Career statistics

    As of 20 April 2024.
Club statistics :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | 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 |
| Olimpo | 2012–13 | Primera B Nacional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Olimpo | 2013–14 | Argentine Primera División | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Olimpo | 2014 | Argentine Primera División | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Olimpo | 2015 | Argentine Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Olimpo | 2016 | Argentine Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Olimpo | 2016–17 | Argentine Primera División | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Olimpo | 2017–18 | Argentine Primera División | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Olimpo | Total | Total | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| Independiente (loan) | 2015 | Argentine Primera División | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Independiente (loan) | 2016 | Argentine Primera División | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Independiente (loan) | Total | 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 |
| Alvarado | 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 | 0 | 33 | 10 |
| Persita Tangerang | 2023–24 | Liga 1 | 30 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 30 | 7 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 178 | 25 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 185 | 25 |
* ↑ Includes the Copa Argentina
* ↑ Includes the Copa Sudamericana
* ↑ Two appearances in 2015 Copa Sudamericana
* ↑ Three appearances in 2022 Indonesia President's Cup