Facundo Zabala

Facundo Zabala
Zabala in 2020
Personal information
Full name Facundo Gabriel Zabala
Date of birth (1999-01-02) 2 January 1999 (age 27)
Place of birth Rosario, Argentina
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Independiente
Number 22
Youth career
2018–2019 Rosario Central
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Alajuelense 57 (2)
2021–2022 APOEL 44 (3)
2022–2023 Venezia 1 (0)
2023 → Olimpia (loan) 39 (2)
2024–2025 Olimpia 51 (1)
2025 → Al Ain (loan) 0 (0)
2025– Independiente 26 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:46, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

Facundo Gabriel Zabala (born 2 January 1999) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Independiente.

Career

In 2017, Zabala almost signed for Italian Serie A side Catania Calcio but the transfer never happened.

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.

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. On 10 January 2023, he was loaned to Olimpia in Paraguay until 31 December 2023, with an option to buy. On 8 December 2023, Venezia announced that Olimpia exercised their option to make the transfer permanent, effective in January 2024.

References

  1. ↑ "Il Venezia pesca ancora. Dall'Apoel arriva il terzino Zabala". tuttomercadoweb.com (in Italian). Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  2. ↑ Zabala: "Lo que soñé en Central lo vivo en Costa Rica" lacapital.com.ar
  3. ↑ La historia de Facundo Zabala, el argentino que le dio vida a Alajuelense por su banda izquierda[link removed] nacion.com (Archived)
  4. ↑ "FACUNDO ZABALA JOINS VENEZIA FC". Venezia. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "FACUNDO ZABALA ON LOAN TO CLUB OLIMPIA". Venezia F.C. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "CLUB OLIMPIA EXERCISES THE OPTION TO PURCHASE ZABALA". Venezia. 8 December 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2024.