Giovanni Zarfino

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Zarfino and the second or maternal family name is Calandria.
Giovanni Zarfino
Personal information
Full name Jorge Giovanni Zarfino Calandria
Date of birth (1991-10-08) 8 October 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
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)
2022–2024 Sporting Gijón 30 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 June 2024

Jorge Giovanni Zarfino Calandria (born 8 October 1991) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a central midfielder.

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. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. 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. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.