Renzo Malanca

Renzo Malanca

Personal information
Full name	Renzo Mariano Malanca[1]
Date of birth	(2003-05-06) 6 May 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth	Guaymallén, Argentina
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back[1]
Team information
Current team	Huachipato
Number	22
Youth career
	Club Leonardo Murialdo
2015–2020	Independiente Rivadavia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2022	Independiente Rivadavia	24	(0)
2022–	Huachipato	41	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 September 2024

Renzo Mariano Malanca (born 6 May 2003) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Huachipato.[2]

Career

Malanca switched Club Leonardo Murialdo for Independiente Rivadavia in 2015.[3] He signed his first professional contract at the age of sixteen on 9 October 2019, becoming the youngest ever player to do so for the club.[4][5] In the succeeding February, Malanca appeared on the first-team's subs bench for a Primera B Nacional fixture away to Ferro Carril Oeste; though wasn't substituted on by manager Matías Minich.[2] The latter was replaced by Marcelo Straccia midway through the year, with the new coach selecting Malanca to start for his senior debut, aged seventeen, on 3 January 2021 against Alvarado.[2]

Personal life

In October 2020, Malanca and two other teammates showed possible symptoms of COVID-19 amid the pandemic.[6] They were separated from the main squad, with a player testing positive soon after; though their identity wasn't revealed by Independiente Rivadavia.[6]

Career statistics

As of 5 January 2021.[2][7]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Independiente Rivadavia	2019–20	Primera B Nacional	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
	2020		1	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	1	0
Career total			1	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	1	0

References

1. "Renzo Malanca". World Football. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
2. "Argentina - R. Malanca". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
3. "Con sus 17 años Renzo Malanca es una de la grandes promesas de la Lepra". Diario Uno. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
4. "Renzo Malanca, defensor central categoría 2003, firmó su primer contrato profesional con nuestra institución, por los próximos 36 meses". Independiente Rivadavia. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
5. "La Lepra, con una joya de la cantera azul". Los Andes. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
6. "Un nuevo caso de coronavirus en Independiente Rivadavia". ArgFC. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
7. "Ficha Estadistica de RENZO MALANCA". BDFA. Retrieved 5 January 2021.

External links

• Renzo Malanca at Soccerway