Giovanni Zarfino
Personal information
Full name Jorge Giovanni Zarfino Calandria
Date of birth (1991-10-08) 8 October 1991
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sporting Gijón
Number 18
Youth career
Boston River
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Boston River 95 (17)
2015–2017 Danubio 49 (3)
2017–2021 Extremadura 97 (12)
2020–2021 → Tenerife (loan) 22 (1)
2021–2022 Alcorcón 29 (7)
2022– Sporting Gijón 27 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 March 2023

Jorge Giovanni Zarfino Calandria (born 8 October 1991) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Spanish club Sporting de Gijón.

Club career

Born in Montevideo, Zarfino was a Boston River youth graduate. He made his senior debut on 12 October 2013, starting in a 0–0 home draw against Cerrito for the Uruguayan Segunda División championship.

Zarfino scored his first senior goal on 26 October 2013, netting the first in a 2–1 away win against Tacuarembó. On 30 June 2015, after featuring regularly, he moved to Primera División side Danubio.[1]

Zarfino made his debut for Danubio on 11 August 2015, starting in a 0–1 Copa Sudamericana away loss against Universidad Católica.[2] Five days later he made his first appearance in the main category, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 win at Juventud de Las Piedras.

On 12 July 2017 Zarfino moved abroad for the first time in his career, after agreeing to a one-year loan deal with Argentine Primera División side Newell's Old Boys.[3] However, the deal was cancelled by Danubio and he signed for Spanish Segunda División B side Extremadura UD on 5 August.[4][5]

Zarfino helped in Extremadura's first-ever promotion to Segunda División in his first season, scoring three goals only in the play-offs, and was a regular starter afterwards. On 6 August 2020, after suffering relegation, he joined fellow second division side CD Tenerife on a one-year loan deal.[6]

On 31 August 2021, free agent Zarfino signed a one-year deal with AD Alcorcón, still in the Spanish second division.[7] On 8 July of the following year, after suffering relegation, he moved to fellow league team Sporting de Gijón on a two-year contract.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Giovanni Zarfino a Danubio" [Giovanni Zarfino to Danubio] (in Spanish). El Ascenso. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Danubio perdió ante la Universidad Católica" [Danubio lost against Universidad Católica] (in Spanish). El Diario. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Giovanni Zarfino llega para reforzar el mediocampo leproso" [Giovanni Zarfino arrives to bolster the midfield leproso] (in Spanish). Newell's Old Boys. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "El papelón de Zarfino, el fallido refuerzo de Newells" [The botch of Zarfino, the failed addition of Newells] (in Spanish). Diario Popular. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "El mediocentro Giovanni Zarfino ya es del Extremadura" [The central midfielder Giovanni Zarfino already is of Extremadura] (in Spanish). Hoy. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Giovanni Zarfino y el CD Tenerife se comprometen para la 20/21" [Giovanni Zarfino and CD Tenerife agree deal for the 20/21 season] (in Spanish). CD Tenerife. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  7. ↑ "Gio Zarfino es nuevo jugador de la AD Alcorcón" [Gio Zarfino is the new player of AD Alcorcón] (in Spanish). AD Alcorcón. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "Gio Zarfino es nuevo jugador del Real Sporting" [Gio Zarfino is the new player of Real Sporting] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
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