| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jorge Nicolás Figal | ||
| Date of birth | (1994-04-03)3 April 1994 (age 31) | ||
| Place of birth | América, Argentina | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Boca Juniors | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2019 | Independiente | 82 | (2) |
| 2016 | →Olimpo (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| 2020–2022 | Inter Miami | 46 | (1) |
| 2022– | Boca Juniors | 74 | (4) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:55, 10 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
Jorge Nicolás Figal (born 3 April 1994) is an Argentine professionalfootballer who plays as acentre-back forBoca Juniors.
Figal's career began with then-Primera B Nacional side Independiente in 2014, with his debut for the first-team coming on 4 May againstGimnasia de Jujuy; a match Independiente lost 1–0.[1][2] Figal made five more appearances in all competitions in his first season with the club as they were promoted into thePrimera División. His top division debut came on 10 August 2014 in a 3–0 home victory versusAtlético de Rafaela. Eighteen more appearances came in the rest of 2014 and in the following season, 2015, before he was loaned out to Primera División clubOlimpo in February 2016.[1] Figal scored his first pro goal againstRosario Central on 2 April.[1]
He returned to Independiente in June ahead of2016–17, a campaign that saw him net his first goal for the team in; versusArsenal de Sarandí on 23 April 2017.[1][2] Sixty-nine total appearances came in the three seasons following his loan away.[1] After being a part of Independiente's2017 Copa Sudamericana winning squad, Figal appeared at the following year'sSuruga Bank Championship; which they also won, following a win in Japan overCerezo Osaka.[1]
On 30 January 2020, Figal joinedMajor League Soccer expansion sideInter Miami CF.[3]
In August 2019, Figal received asenior call-up fromLionel Scaloni for friendlies in the succeeding September againstChile andMexico in the United States.[4]
On 14 September 2017, Figal was banned from football for nine months after failing a drugs test, testing positive fordiuretic.[5][6] The ban was backdated, meaning he was unavailable for selection until 4 January 2018; six months after the announcement.[5][6] He returned to action on 24 January, playing the full ninety minutes in a draw with Rosario Central.[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Independiente | 2013–14 | Primera B Nacional | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2014 | Primera División | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2015 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 5[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |||
| 2017–18 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6[b] | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 24 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
| 2019–20 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | — | 18 | 1 | |||
| Total | 82 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 115 | 3 | ||
| Olimpo (loan) | 2016 | Primera División | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||
| Inter Miami | 2020 | Major League Soccer | 21 | 0 | — | — | — | 1[e] | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 119 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 154 | 4 | ||
Independiente[1]
Boca Juniors