Facundo Zabala

Facundo Zabala
Personal information
Full name Facundo Gabriel Zabala
Date of birth (1999-01-02) 2 January 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Rosario, Argentina
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
Olimpia
Number 30
Youth career
2018–2019 Rosario Central
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Alajuelense 57 (2)
2021–2022 APOEL 44 (3)
2022–2023 Venezia 1 (0)
2023Olimpia (loan) 39 (2)
2024– Olimpia 16 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 December 2023

Facundo Gabriel Zabala (born 2 January 1999) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Paraguayan Primera División club Olimpia.

Career

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In 2017, Zabala almost signed for Italian Serie A side Catania Calcio but the transfer never happened.[1]

For the second half of 2018–19, he signed for Alajuelense in the Costa Rican top flight from the youth academy of Argentine top flight club Rosario Central.[2]

APOEL

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For the second half of the season he joined APOEL making his debut in a 3–1 win against Nea Salamina. He scored his first goal for Apoel in a 1–0 win against rivals AC Omonia sending APOEL to the semi-finals of the cup.

Venezia

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On 1 July 2022, Zabala signed a contract with Italian club Venezia for three seasons, with an option for a fourth.[3] On 10 January 2023, he was loaned to Olimpia in Paraguay until 31 December 2023, with an option to buy.[4] On 8 December 2023, Venezia announced that Olimpia exercised their option to make the transfer permanent, effective in January 2024.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Zabala: "Lo que soñé en Central lo vivo en Costa Rica" lacapital.com.ar
  2. ^ La historia de Facundo Zabala, el argentino que le dio vida a Alajuelense por su banda izquierda nacion.com (Archived)
  3. ^ "FACUNDO ZABALA JOINS VENEZIA FC". Venezia. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  4. ^ "FACUNDO ZABALA ON LOAN TO CLUB OLIMPIA". Venezia F.C. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  5. ^ "CLUB OLIMPIA EXERCISES THE OPTION TO PURCHASE ZABALA". Venezia. 8 December 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
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