Exequiel Zeballos
Personal information
Full name Oscar Exequiel Zeballos
Date of birth (2002-04-24) 24 April 2002
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
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Boca Juniors 2020–21[nb 1] Primera División 14100001011162
2022 Primera División 18163008000324
2023 Primera División 000000002121
Career total 32263009032507

    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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "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. 1 2 3 "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.
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