Giovanni Simeone

**Giovanni Pablo Simeone Baldini** (; born 5 July 1995) also known as **Gio Simeone**, or “**El Cholito**”, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Napoli and the Argentina national team.

He is the son of Diego Simeone.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|River Plate|2013–14|Argentine Primera División|17|2|2|0|0|0|0|0|19|2|
|2014|Argentine Primera División|7|0|0|0|4|2|0|0|11|2|||
|2015|Argentine Primera División|3|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|3|0|||
|rowspan="3"|Banfield (loan)|2015|Argentine Primera División|18|7|1|0|—|0|0|19|7||
|2016|Argentine Primera División|16|5|1|0|0|0|—|17|5||||
|rowspan="3"|Genoa|2016–17|Serie A|35|12|1|1|—|—|36|13|||
|2017–18|Serie A|0|0|1|1|—|—|1|1|||||
|rowspan="3"|Fiorentina|2017–18|Serie A|38|14|2|0|—|—|40|14|||
|2018–19|Serie A|36|6|4|2|—|—|40|8|||||
|Cagliari (loan)|2019–20|Serie A|37|12|0|0|—|—|37|12||||
|rowspan="3"|Cagliari|2020–21|Serie A|33|6|0|0|—|—|33|6|||
|2021–22|Serie A|1|0|1|0|—|—|2|0|||||
|Hellas Verona (loan)|2021–22|Serie A|35|17|0|0|—|—|35|17||||
|Napoli (loan)|2022–23|Serie A|25|4|1|1|7|4|—|33|9|||
|rowspan="3"|Napoli|2023–24|Serie A|28|1|1|0|6|1|2|1|37|3|
|2024–25|Serie A|30|1|3|1|—|—|33|2|||||
|Torino (loan)|2025–26|Serie A|6|2|2|0|—|—|8|2||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|Argentina|2018|5|1|
|2023|1|0|||

- _Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Simeone goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|class="unsortable" scope="col"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|1|7 September 2018|Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States||align="center"|3–0|align="center"|3–0|Friendly|||||||

## Honours

**River Plate**
- Argentine Primera División: 2014 Final
- Copa Campeonato: 2014
- Copa Sudamericana: 2014

**Napoli**
- Serie A: 2022–23, 2024–25

**Argentina U20**
- South American Youth Football Championship: 2015

**Individual**
- South American Youth Football Championship Top Goalscorer: 2015
- Serie A Player of the Month: October 2021

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Giovanni Simeone
- **image**: Giovanni Simeone 2016-17.jpg
- **caption**: Simeone with Genoa CFC, Genoa in 2017
- **full name**: Giovanni Pablo Simeone Baldini
- **birth place**: Buenos Aires, Argentina
- **height**: 1.81 m
- **position**: Striker (association football), Striker
- **currentclub**: Torino FC, Torino
(on loan from SSC Napoli, Napoli)
- **clubnumber**: 18
- **youthyears1**: –2008
- **youthclubs1**: CF Rayo Majadahonda, Rayo Majadahonda
- **youthyears2**: 2008–2013
- **youthclubs2**: Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate
- **years1**: 2013–2016
- **clubs1**: Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate
- **caps1**: 27
- **goals1**: 2
- **years2**: 2015–2016
- **clubs2**: → Club Atlético Banfield, Banfield (loan)
- **caps2**: 34
- **goals2**: 12
- **years3**: 2016–2017
- **clubs3**: Genoa CFC, Genoa
- **caps3**: 35
- **goals3**: 12
- **years4**: 2017–2020
- **clubs4**: ACF Fiorentina, Fiorentina
- **caps4**: 74
- **goals4**: 20
- **years5**: 2019–2020
- **clubs5**: → Cagliari Calcio, Cagliari (loan)
- **caps5**: 37
- **goals5**: 12
- **years6**: 2020–2022
- **clubs6**: Cagliari Calcio, Cagliari
- **caps6**: 34
- **goals6**: 6
- **years7**: 2021–2022
- **clubs7**: → Hellas Verona FC, Hellas Verona (loan)
- **caps7**: 35
- **goals7**: 17
- **years8**: 2022–2023
- **clubs8**: Hellas Verona FC, Hellas Verona
- **caps8**: 0
- **goals8**: 0
- **years9**: 2022–2023
- **clubs9**: → SSC Napoli, Napoli (loan)
- **caps9**: 25
- **goals9**: 4
- **years10**: 2023–
- **clubs10**: SSC Napoli, Napoli
- **caps10**: 58
- **goals10**: 2
- **years11**: 2025–
- **clubs11**: → Torino FC, Torino (loan)
- **caps11**: 6
- **goals11**: 2
- **nationalyears1**: 2015
- **nationalteam1**: Argentina national under-20 football team, Argentina U20
- **nationalcaps1**: 12
- **nationalgoals1**: 10
- **nationalyears2**: 2016
- **nationalteam2**: Argentina national under-23 football team, Argentina U23
- **nationalcaps2**: 3
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2018–
- **nationalteam3**: Argentina national football team, Argentina
- **nationalcaps3**: 6
- **nationalgoals3**: 1
- **club-update**: 16:31, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 19 June 2023