Jorge Giovanni Zarfino Calandria (born 8 October 1991) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Spanish club Sporting de Gijón.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jorge Giovanni Zarfino Calandria | ||
| Date of birth | 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 | 30 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 June 2024 | |||
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
External links
- Giovanni Zarfino at BDFutbol
- Giovanni Zarfino at Soccerway