 Vidal playing for Delfín in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Norberto Ezequiel Vidal | ||
| Date of birth | (1995-08-02) 2 August 1995 (age 29) | ||
| Place of birth | Bahía Blanca, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, winger | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | Punjab | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Olimpo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2019 | Olimpo | 45 | (3) |
| 2015–2016 | → Independiente (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Delfín (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Juventud (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | San Martín SJ | 7 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | Alvarado | 37 | (5) |
| 2022 | Independiente Rivadavia | 13 | (1) |
| 2022–2024 | Persita Tangerang | 60 | (17) |
| 2024– | Punjab | 15 | (5) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:53, 29 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
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 | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 2012–13 | Primera B Nacional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | Argentine Primera División | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2017–18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||||
| 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 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |||
| 2023–24 | Liga 1 | 30 | 7 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 30 | 7 | ||||
| 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
References
- ^ "Ezequiel Vidal profile". Soccerway. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- "Ezequiel Vidal profile". BDFA. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- "Mi objetivo es que me compren". Olé. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- "Refuerzos habilitados". Delfín S.C. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- "Delfín derrotó a Independiente del Valle en Portoviejo". El Comercio. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- "Punjab FC rope in Ezequiel Vidal". www.indiansuperleague.com. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
External links
- Ezequiel Vidal at Soccerway
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Bahía Blanca
- Argentine men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador
- Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay
- Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia
- Expatriate men's footballers in India
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in India
- Argentine Primera División players
- Primera Nacional players
- Ecuadorian Serie A players
- Uruguayan Primera División players
- Liga 1 (Indonesia) players
- Club Olimpo footballers
- Club Atlético Independiente footballers
- Delfín S.C. footballers
- Juventud de Las Piedras players
- San Martín de San Juan footballers
- Club Atlético Alvarado players
- Independiente Rivadavia footballers
- Persita Tangerang players
- Punjab FC players
- Indian Super League players
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen