Joaquín Varela (footballer, born 1997) should not be confused with Joaquín Varela (footballer, born 1998).
| Joaquín Varela | |
| Fullname: | Héctor Joaquín Varela |
| Birth Date: | 25 March 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Catamarca, Argentina |
| Height: | 1.90 m |
| Position: | Centre-back |
| Currentclub: | Deportivo Riestra |
| Clubnumber: | 35 |
| Youthyears1: | 2006 |
| Youthclubs1: | Villa Cubas de Catamarca |
| Youthyears2: | 2006–2008 |
| Youthclubs2: | San Lorenzo |
| Youthyears3: | 2008–2014 |
| Youthclubs3: | Proyecto Crecer |
| Youthyears4: | 2014–2017 |
| Youthclubs4: | Newell's Old Boys |
| Years1: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs1: | Newell's Old Boys |
| Caps1: | 10 |
| Goals1: | 2 |
| Years2: | 2018–2020 |
| Caps2: | 16 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2020–2022 |
| Clubs3: | San Martín de Tucumán |
| Caps3: | 4 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2021 |
| Clubs4: | → San Antonio FC (loan) |
| Caps4: | 17 |
| Goals4: | 2 |
| Years5: | 2022 |
| Clubs5: | → Gimnasia Mendoza (loan) |
| Caps5: | 17 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 2023 |
| Clubs6: | Almagro |
| Caps6: | 22 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2024– |
| Clubs7: | Deportivo Riestra |
| Caps7: | 0 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 12:06, 1 May 2024 (UTC) |
Héctor Joaquín Varela (born 25 March 1997) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Deportivo Riestra.[1]
Varela played for Villa Cubas de Catamarca to start his youth career in 2006, though was signed by San Lorenzo soon after.[2] Two years later, Varela was selected for Proyecto Crecer; a project partly supported by Bordeaux.[3] Varela then joined Newell's Old Boys in 2014.[2] He made his senior debut on 10 December 2017 during a loss away to Rosario Central, which preceded Varela scoring his first goal versus Arsenal de Sarandí on 27 February 2018; a 92nd-minute winner in a 2–1 home victory.[1] [4] He made nine further appearances, whilst netting another goal in April against Atlético Tucumán; which was also scored in additional time.[1]
On 2 August 2018, fellow Argentine Primera División side Godoy Cruz signed Varela.[1] [5] [6] His first appearance came against his former employers on 27 August.[1]
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| Club | Season | League | Cup[7] | League Cup | Continental[8] | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Newell's Old Boys | 2017–18 | Primera División | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[9] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | ||
| Godoy Cruz | 2018–19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | ||||