Giuliano Simeone has long ceased to be Cholo’s son to become a key footballer at Atlético. So much so that he … Colchonero club has rewarded the 23-year-old Argentine international with a long-term contract that will last until 2030, with a termination clause as a shield that amounts to 500 million. He thus becomes a banner of the mattress entity, key to the current stability and future growth of the club, just like Julián Álvarez, despite his alarming current state, Álex Baena or Pablo Barrios.
After consummating the departures of Gallagher, Raspadori and previously Javi Galán and waiting for winter reinforcements that the squad needs and Cholo demands, this is Mateu Alemany’s first big move since his arrival to Atlético’s sports management. If he fulfills the contract he has just signed, Giuliano Simeone will surpass his father in seasons at Atlético as a footballer, since Diego Pablo was in the first team from 1994 to 1997 and then in a second stage between 2003 and 2005.
The Simeone surname has always had a special echo at Atlético de Madrid. However, Giuliano has shown that his prominence is not solely due to family inheritance. Beyond the obvious emotional connection with the red and white bench, Giuliano has earned the respect of the locker room and the fans on his own merits. His intensity, his tactical discipline and his commitment to the shield fit perfectly with the identity that his father has been imposing on the team for more than a decade.
Three goals and seven assists
Trained at River Plate, he arrived at the Madrid club in 2019 to join the youth ranks. His progression was meteoric: after two fruitful assignments at Zaragoza and Alavés, he returned to the Metropolitano with the question of whether or not it would benefit him to play under his father’s orders. But with the passing of the games and after the merits achieved on the pitch, he has achieved enough honors to carve out a definitive place in the first team.
In his second season under Diego Pablo Simeone, Giuliano has become an indispensable player. His deployment on the right wing, his ability to sacrifice in defense and his offensive growth have consolidated him as one of the great assets of the squad. So far this season he has participated in 27 games (18 in the League, 6 in the Champions League, two in the Copa del Rey and one in the Spanish Super Cup, in which he has scored three goals and provided seven assists. In the Champions League he was the main protagonist in the last match played against Union Saint-Gilloise, which helped him to be chosen as the MVP of the match.
The Argentine is the third player with the most minutes played so far this season with 2,069. In addition, he is the team’s top assister since he broke into the first team with 16 assists. These numbers lead him to become the third player with the most goals generated this season (10), surpassed only by Julián Álvarez and Griezmann.
