| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Facundo Gabriel Zabala | ||
| Date of birth | 2 January 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Rosario, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Olimpia | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| 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– | Olimpia | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 December 2023 | |||
Facundo Gabriel Zabala (born 2 January 1999) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Paraguayan Primera División club Olimpia.
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]
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.
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]