| Emiliano Franco | |
| Fullname: | Emiliano Franco Pola |
| Birth Date: | 21 October 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Zaragoza, España.[1] |
| Position: | Attacking midfielder[2] |
| Years1: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs1: | Newell's Old Boys |
| Caps1: | 2 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs2: | Douglas Haig |
| Caps2: | 20 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2018–2019 |
| Caps3: | 18 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2019 |
| Clubs4: | Huracán Las Heras |
| Caps4: | 2 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2020 |
| Clubs5: | AD Oliveirense |
| Caps5: | 4 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs6: | Ibiza |
| Caps6: | 15 |
| Goals6: | 3 |
| Years7: | 2021 |
| Clubs7: | UE Sant Julià |
| Caps7: | 6 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2022 |
| Clubs8: | Tepatitlán F.C. |
| Caps8: | 27 |
| Goals8: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 14:50, 21 March 2021 (UTC) |
Emiliano Franco Pola (born 21 October 1994) he is a Spanish soccer player with Argentine nationality; professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Tepatitlán F.C. of the Liga de Expansión MX of México.[3]
Franco started his career with Newell's Old Boys.[1] He made his professional debut with the club during the 2016 Argentine Primera División season, playing the final thirty-two minutes of a 2–0 defeat to Temperley on 15 May 2016.[1] He made one further appearance a week later against Atlético Tucumán.[1] On 27 August 2017, Franco joined Torneo Federal A side Douglas Haig.[1] [4] His first appearance arrived on 4 October versus Gimnasia y Esgrima.[1] [5] Ahead of the 2018–19 Torneo Federal A, Franco was signed by Defensores de Belgrano.[1] After eighteen appearances, Franco then spent 2019–20 with Huracán Las Heras.[1]
In 2020, Franco switched Argentina for Portugal after agreeing terms with AD Oliveirense.[6] He made his debut in a Campeonato de Portugal defeat to Marítimo B on 9 February, which preceded three further appearances before the season's curtailment due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The succeeding September saw Franco move to Spain with Tercera División team Ibiza.[7] He scored his first senior goal on debut against Manacor on 10 January.[8] His next goal arrived on 21 March versus Felanitx.[9]
He is the son of former Argentina international footballer Darío Franco.[10] Franco became stranded in Portugal during the COVID-19 pandemic, having also not been paid since his arrival.[6] He managed to return to his homeland in May after the Associação de Emergência Humanitária intervened.[11]
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| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Newell's Old Boys | 2016 | Primera División | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Douglas Haig | 2017–18 | Torneo Federal A | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |||
| Defensores de Belgrano | 2018–19 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||||
| Huracán Las Heras | 2019–20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| AD Oliveirense | 2019–20 | Campeonato de Portugal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Ibiza | 2020–21 | Tercera División | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 54 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 60 | 2 | ||||