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]
Team information
Current team
 Royal Pari
Number 31
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)
International career
Argentina U15
2009 Argentina U17 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:31, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

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

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. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in the Primera B Nacional play-offs
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores

Honours

Aldosivi[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 "Argentina - E. Orfano". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  2. ↑ "Esteban Orfano". World Football. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  3. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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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