Antonio Sanabria

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Sanabria and the second or maternal family name is Ayala.
Antonio Sanabria
Personal information
Full name Arnaldo Antonio Sanabria Ayala
Date of birth (1996-03-04) 4 March 1996
Place of birth San Lorenzo, Paraguay
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Betis
Number 9
Youth career
2004–2007 Cerro Porteño
2007–2009 La Blanca Subur
2009–2013 Barcelona
2014–2015 Roma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Barcelona B 10 (3)
2014 Sassuolo 2 (0)
2014–2016 Roma 2 (0)
2015–2016 → Sporting Gijón (loan) 30 (11)
2016– Betis 2 (0)
National team‡
2012–2013 Paraguay U17 8 (6)
2013–2015 Paraguay U20 9 (0)
2013– Paraguay 8 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 July 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 June 2016

Arnaldo Antonio Sanabria Ayala (born 4 March 1996), also known as Tony Sanabria, is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Real Betis as a striker.

Club career

Barcelona

Born in San Lorenzo, Paraguay, Sanabria started his career in futsal, later moving to football. He joined Cerro Porteño's youth academy in 2004.[1] In 2007, he and his parents moved to Spain, and he joined a local club from Sitges, called La Blanca Subur CF.

Sanabria joined FC Barcelona's youth academy in 2009, aged 13.[2] A year later, he moved to La Masia's facilities. In September 2012, still a youth, he was called up by manager Tito Vilanova to train with first team.[3]

In August 2013, Sanabria was promoted to FC Barcelona B in Segunda División.[4] On 29 September he made his professional debut, playing the last 22 minutes in a 0–1 home loss against RCD Mallorca.[5]

On 20 November 2013, Sanabria rejected a contract extension from Barça.[6] Three days later he scored his first professional goal, but in a 1–2 home loss against UD Las Palmas.[7] He was linked to Roma and others which faced fierce competition to sign him in January.[8]

Sassuolo

On 29 January 2014, Sanabria joined fellow Serie A side Sassuolo, for a €4.5 million fee, plus €7.5 million bonuses "dependent on the player’s performance and his future value".[9] The deal was later clarified and he would join Roma in July, as the Giallorossi already reached the foreign quota.[10]

Sanabria made his Serie A debut on 23 March, replacing Davide Biondini in a 0–1 loss at Udinese.[11]

Roma

Sanabria officially joined Roma in July 2014 for €4.926 million[12] (including €2.5 million from Roma via Sassuolo to Barcelona). Roma also took the contractual responsibility from Sassuolo, to pay Barcelona up to an additional €7 million for bonuses.[13] As well as being a member of the first team squad, Sanabria also featured for the Roma Primavera squad in the 2014–15 UEFA Youth League,[14] scoring two goals in the 3–2 defeat against Bayern Munich on 5 November 2014.[15]

On 8 February 2015, Sanabria made his first team debut for Roma, replacing Francesco Totti after 62 minutes, in the 2–1 Serie A victory against Cagliari.[16]

Sporting de Gijón (loan)

On 11 August he returned to Spain, after agreeing to a one-year loan deal with La Liga side Sporting de Gijón.[17] Sanabria made his La Liga debut on 23 August 2015, starting in a 0–0 home draw against Real Madrid.[18] He scored his first goals in the category on 23 September, netting a brace in a 3–2 away win against Deportivo de La Coruña.[19]

Sanabria scored a hat-trick in a 3–1 home success over UD Las Palmas on 6 December 2015. He added another on 22 January of the following year, in a 5–1 routing of Real Sociedad.

Betis

On 15 July 2016, Sanabria signed a five-year deal with Real Betis for a fee of €7.5 million, with Roma retaining a 50% clause on the following transfer and a re-buy clause.[20]

International career

After playing for both under-17 and under-20 levels, Sanabria made his full squad debut on 14 August 2013, in a 3–3 draw against Germany.[21] Sanabria was selected as part of Paraguay's Copa America Centenario roster, where he made two appearances. He came on as a substitute in the second group stage match against Colombia, as well as started in the final group stage match against the United States.

Career statistics

Club

As of 3 October 2016
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Barcelona B 2013–14 103—103
Total 103—103
Sassuolo 2013–14 20—20
Total 20—20
Roma 2014–15 200000—20
Total 200000—20
Sporting Gijón 2015–16 301110—3111
Total 301110—3111
Real Betis 2016–17 2000—20
Total 2000—20
Career totals 44141000004514

International

As of 11 June 2016
Paraguay
YearAppsGoals
201330
201420
201500
201630
Total80

Honours

Barcelona

References

  1. ↑ Con ustedes, el paraguayo Antonio Sanabria, futuro crack del Barcelona (With you, Paraguayan Antonio Sanabria, Barcelona's future star); Pasión Libertadores, 6 April 2013 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Un paraguayo en La Masia (A Paraguayan in La Masia); abc, 13 January 2010 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Toni Sanabria, el yacaré del gol (Toni Sanabria, goal's alligator); El Mundo Deportivo, 7 March 2013 (Spanish)
  4. ↑ La fuerza de la juventud (The strength of youth); Sport, 13 August 2013 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ El Mallorca asalta el Miniestadi (Mallorca assaults Mini Estadi); Marca, 29 September 2013 (Spanish)
  6. ↑ Sanabria no renovará con el Barça (Sanabria will not renew with Barça); Diario Gol, 20 November 2013 (Spanish)
  7. ↑ Los grancanarios llaman a la puerta del ascenso directo (The Gran Canarians calls to direct promotion places); Marca, 23 November 2013 (Spanish)
  8. ↑ Se acerca a Italia (Approaching Italy); Fichajes, 12 December 2013 (Spanish)
  9. ↑ FC Barcelona and US Sassuolo agree to terms for Tonny Sanabria; Barcelona's official website, 29 January 2014
  10. ↑ ¿Por qué la Roma ‘ha utilizado’ al Sassuolo para fichar a Sanabria? (Why Roma 'used' Sassuolo to sign Sanabria?); Marcador Int, 30 January 2014 (Spanish)
  11. ↑ Udinese 1–0 Sassuolo; Football Italia, 23 March 2014
  12. ↑ U.S. Sassuolo Calcio S.r.l. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 31 December 2014 (in Itlaian), PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
  13. ↑ "OPERAZIONI DI MERCATO SANABRIA AYALA ARNALDO ANTONIO" (PDF) (in Italian). A.S. Roma. 24 July 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  14. ↑ http://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2014/09/17/europe/uefa-youth-league/roma-u19/pfk-cska-moskva-under-19/1939701/
  15. ↑ "BAYERN MÜNCHEN U19 VS. ROMA U19 3 – 2". soccerway.com. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  16. ↑ "Cagliari vs. Roma 8 February 2015 – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  17. ↑ "Antonio Sanabria in prestito allo Sporting Gijon" [Antonio Sanabria on loan at Sporting Gijón] (in Italian). Roma's official website. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  18. ↑ "El Madrid sigue seco" [Madrid is still dry] (in Spanish). Marca. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  19. ↑ "El Sporting se estrena en Riazor" [Sporting debuts in Riazor] (in Spanish). Marca. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  20. ↑ "Antonio Sanabria, seventh signing for Real Betis". Real Betis. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  21. ↑ GERMANY VS. PARAGUAY 3 – 3; Global Sports Media, 14 August 2013
  22. ↑ "First Youth League title goes Barcelona's way". UEFA.com. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.

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