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