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Exequiel Zeballos

Oscar Exequiel "El Changuito" Zeballos (born 24 April 2002) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Boca Juniors.[4]

Exequiel Zeballos
Personal information
Full name Oscar Exequiel Zeballos
Date of birth (2002-04-24) 24 April 2002 (age 24)
Place of birth La Banda, Argentina[1]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position Winger[3]
Team information
Current team
 Boca Juniors
Number 7
Youth career
Sarmiento (La Banda)
Los Dorados (TdRH)
2014–2020 Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Boca Juniors 104 (13)
International career
Argentina U16 3 (1)
2018–2019 Argentina U17 15 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:57, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Club career

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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

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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

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As of 28 May 2026.[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Boca Juniors 2021 Primera División 141201[b]0—171
2022 183318[b]000294
2023 142205[b]000212
2024 201312[c]0—252
2025 305111[b]03[d]0356
2026 81005[b]0—131
Career total 104131132203014016
  1. ↑ Includes Copa Argentina
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  3. ↑ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  4. ↑ Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup

Honours

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Notes

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    References

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    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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