Personal information | |||
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Full name | Juan Sebastián Sforza | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 14 February 2002||
Place of birth | Coronel Domínguez, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder[3] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | CR Vasco da Gama | ||
Number | 13 | ||
Youth career | |||
Santa Teresita | |||
Unión de Álvarez | |||
Sarmiento | |||
Fundación Messi | |||
2015–2020 | Newell's Old Boys | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020– | Newell's Old Boys | 43 | (2) |
International career | |||
Argentina U15 | |||
2018–2019 | Argentina U17 | 13 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:54, 26 April 2022 (UTC) |
Juan Sebastián Sforza (born 14 February 2002) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Vasco da Gama.[1][4]
Sforza began his career at the age of eight with Santa Teresita, before moving over to Unión de Álvarez and then Sarmiento.[3][5][4] He soon penned terms with Fundación Messi, an academy set up by Lionel Messi; Lionel's brother, Matías, became one of Sforza's agents in 2019.[3][6] In 2015, Sforza joined Newell's Old Boys.[7] He progressed through their academy for the next five years, notably captaining their reserves.[3] Sforza signed his first professional contract on 13 March 2019.[8] His breakthrough into the first-team wouldn't arrive for another twelve months, though would do so in late-2020 under manager Frank Darío Kudelka.[7]
Sforza's senior debut arrived on 19 December 2020 in a Copa de la Liga Profesional win away to Godoy Cruz, as the midfielder replaced Julián Fernández with four minutes remaining.[1] He had previously been an unused substitute five times in that competition.[1] His first career goal arrived soon after during a victory over Central Córdoba on 28 December.[1]
Sforza represented Argentina at U15 and U17 level; as captain of both.[3] He was a part of the squad that won the 2017 South American U-15 Championship on home soil, as he netted goals against invitees Czech Republic and, in the semi-finals, Peru.[3] After appearing for the U17s in a friendly with the United States in 2018, the midfielder was selected by Pablo Aimar in 2019 for the South American U-17 Championship in Peru and FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil.[1][3] He scored once, versus Uruguay, in eight appearances at the former as they won the trophy, before featuring four times at latter as they reached the round of sixteen.[1]
Born in Argentina, Sforza is of Italian descent.[9]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Newell's Old Boys | 2020–21[nb 1] | Primera División | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
Career total | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |