Esteban Orfano

Esteban Gabriel Orfano (born 13 January 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right midfielder.[1]

Esteban Orfano
Personal information
Full name Esteban Gabriel Orfano
Date of birth (1992-01-13) 13 January 1992
Place of birth San Justo, Argentina
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Right midfielder[2]
Club information
Current team
 Royal Pari
Number -
Youth career
Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2016 Boca Juniors 2 (0)
2012 → Villarreal B (loan) 2 (0)
2013–2014 → Douglas Haig (loan) 23 (2)
2014–2015 → Patronato (loan) 56 (4)
2016 → Atlético de Rafaela (loan) 11 (1)
2016–2017 Instituto 36 (6)
2017–2018 Aldosivi 18 (0)
2018–2019 Nueva Chicago 21 (3)
2019–2020 Wilstermann 32 (4)
2021– Royal Pari 0 (0)
National team
Argentina U15
2009 Argentina U17 9 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:31, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Orfano started his career with Boca Juniors, notably featuring for their youth team at the 2011 U-20 Copa Libertadores in Peru; netting once across six matches.[1][3] He was promoted into their senior squad during the 2010–11 Primera División, making two appearances against All Boys and Lanús under manager Julio César Falcioni.[1][4] In January 2012, Orfano completed a loan move to Spain's Villarreal B.[1][5] His debut arrived in a 0–3 defeat to Alcorcón in February, before featuring versus Alcoyano in a campaign which culminated with relegation from the Segunda División.[1]

July 2013 saw Orfano loaned to Douglas Haig.[1] After scoring his first two senior goals for Douglas Haig across 2013–14 in Primera B Nacional, Orfano joined fellow second tier team Patronato in July 2014.[1] He remained for two seasons as they secured eighth and second place finishes, with the latter securing promotion to the Primera División.[1] Orfano departed Patronato soon after, but stayed in the top-flight by agreeing a loan contract with Atlético de Rafaela.[1] One goal in eleven followed.[1] On 18 July 2016, Orfano left Boca permanently for Instituto.[1] He participated thirty-six times and scored six in 2016–17.[1]

Further stints in the ranks of Aldosivi, where he won promotion, and Nueva Chicago occurred between 2017 and 2018.[1] His first goal for Nueva Chicago came on 28 September 2018 in an encounter with ex-club Atlético de Rafaela.[1] Orfano scored a total of three times for them in 2018–19 as they reached the promotion play-offs.[1] In July 2019, Orfano headed off to Bolivia with Wilstermann.[6][7] He'd remain for a season and a half, netting goals against Real Potosí, Oriente Petrolero, Royal Pari and Aurora - all on home soil.[1] He also featured eight times in the Copa Libertadores.[1] He was released at the end of 2020.[1][8]

International career

Orfano represented Argentina at U17 level.[1] He won four caps at the 2009 FIFA World Cup in Nigeria, scoring against the hosts on the way to leaving the competition at the round of sixteen stage.[1] At the beginning of that year, Orfano was selected as part of their squad for the South American U-17 Championship and made five appearances.[3][9] He had previous experience with the U15s.[9][10]

Career statistics
As of 3 January 2021.[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Boca Juniors 2010–11 Argentine Primera División 2000—000020
2011–12 0000—000000
2012–13 0000—000000
2013–14 0000—000000
2014 0000—000000
2015 0000—000000
2016 0000—000000
Total 2000—000020
Villarreal B (loan) 2011–12 Segunda División 20———0020
Douglas Haig (loan) 2013–14 Primera B Nacional 23210——00242
Patronato (loan) 2014 17100——00171
2015 39310——4[lower-alpha 1]0443
Total 56410——40614
Atlético de Rafaela (loan) 2016 Argentine Primera División 11100——00111
Instituto 2016–17 Primera B Nacional 36620——00386
Aldosivi 2017–18 18010——1[lower-alpha 1]0200
Nueva Chicago 2018–19 21300——2[lower-alpha 1]1234
Wilstermann 2019 Bolivian Primera División 172——0000172
2020 152——8[lower-alpha 2]000232
Total 324——8000404
Career total 2012050—807122121
  1. Appearance(s) in the Primera B Nacional play-offs
  2. Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores

Honours
Aldosivi[1]

References
  1. "Argentina - E. Orfano". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  2. "Esteban Orfano". World Football. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  3. "Ficha Estadistica de ESTEBAN ORFANO". BDFA. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  4. "Esteban Orfano, el refuerzo de Instituto que aprendió de los mejores en Boca". Mundo D - La Voz. 23 July 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  5. "Altas y bajas del Villarreal B". Villarreal B. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  6. "Orfano pasó el examen médico y ya es de Wilstermann". Goal. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  7. "Orfano pasó el reconocimiento y podrá estar ante Bolivar". BeSoccer. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  8. "Wilstermann logra la continuidad de Villarroel". Eju. 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  9. "Firmó su contrato Esteban Orfano". Marca Deportiva. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  10. "Esteban Orfano es la nueva incorporación de Aldosivi". El Marplatense. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
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