| Esteban Orfano | |
| Fullname: | Esteban Gabriel Orfano |
| Birth Date: | 13 January 1992 |
| Birth Place: | San Justo, Argentina |
| Height: | 1.72 m |
| Position: | Right midfielder[1] |
| Currentclub: | Royal Pari |
| Clubnumber: | 31 |
| Youthclubs1: | Boca Juniors |
| Years1: | 2011–2016 |
| Clubs1: | Boca Juniors |
| Caps1: | 2 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2012 |
| Clubs2: | → Villarreal B (loan) |
| Caps2: | 2 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2013–2014 |
| Clubs3: | → Douglas Haig (loan) |
| Caps3: | 23 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Years4: | 2014–2015 |
| Clubs4: | → Patronato (loan) |
| Caps4: | 56 |
| Goals4: | 4 |
| Years5: | 2016 |
| Clubs5: | → Atlético de Rafaela (loan) |
| Caps5: | 11 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs6: | Instituto |
| Caps6: | 36 |
| Goals6: | 6 |
| Years7: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs7: | Aldosivi |
| Caps7: | 18 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs8: | Nueva Chicago |
| Caps8: | 21 |
| Goals8: | 3 |
| Years9: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs9: | Wilstermann |
| Caps9: | 32 |
| Goals9: | 4 |
| Years10: | 2021– |
| Clubs10: | Royal Pari |
| Caps10: | 0 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Nationalteam1: | Argentina U15 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2009 |
| Nationalteam2: | Argentina U17 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 19:31, 3 January 2021 (UTC) |
Esteban Gabriel Orfano (born 13 January 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right midfielder.[2]
Orfano started his career with Boca Juniors, notably featuring for their youth team at the 2011 U-20 Copa Libertadores in Peru; netting once across six matches.[2] [3] He was promoted into their senior squad during the 2010–11 Primera División, making two appearances against All Boys and Lanús under manager Julio César Falcioni.[2] [4] In January 2012, Orfano completed a loan move to Spain's Villarreal B.[2] [5] His debut arrived in a 0–3 defeat to Alcorcón in February, before featuring versus Alcoyano in a campaign which culminated with relegation from the Segunda División.[2]
July 2013 saw Orfano loaned to Douglas Haig.[2] After scoring his first two senior goals for Douglas Haig across 2013–14 in Primera B Nacional, Orfano joined fellow second tier team Patronato in July 2014.[2] He remained for two seasons as they secured eighth and second-place finishes, with the latter securing promotion to the Primera División.[2] Orfano departed Patronato soon after, but stayed in the top-flight by agreeing a loan contract with Atlético de Rafaela.[2] One goal in eleven followed.[2] On 18 July 2016, Orfano left Boca permanently for Instituto.[2] He participated thirty-six times and scored six in 2016–17.[2]
Further stints in the ranks of Aldosivi, where he won promotion, and Nueva Chicago occurred between 2017 and 2018.[2] His first goal for Nueva Chicago came on 28 September 2018 in an encounter with ex-club Atlético de Rafaela.[2] Orfano scored a total of three times for them in 2018–19 as they reached the promotion play-offs.[2] In July 2019, Orfano headed off to Bolivia with Wilstermann.[6] [7] He'd remain for a season and a half, netting goals against Real Potosí, Oriente Petrolero, Royal Pari and Aurora - all on home soil.[2] He also featured eight times in the Copa Libertadores.[2] He was released at the end of 2020.[2] [8]
Orfano represented Argentina at U17 level.[2] He won four caps at the 2009 FIFA World Cup in Nigeria, scoring against the hosts on the way to leaving the competition at the round of sixteen stage.[2] At the beginning of that year, Orfano was selected as part of their squad for the South American U-17 Championship and made five appearances.[3] [9] He had previous experience with the U15s.[9] [10]
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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 | |||
| Boca Juniors | 2010–11 | Argentine Primera División | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2012–13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2013–14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Villarreal B (loan) | 2011–12 | Segunda División | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Douglas Haig (loan) | 2013–14 | Primera B Nacional | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | |||
| Patronato (loan) | 2014 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||||
| 2015 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 4[11] | 0 | 44 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 56 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 61 | 4 | |||||
| Atlético de Rafaela (loan) | 2016 | Argentine Primera División | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |||
| Instituto | 2016–17 | Primera B Nacional | 36 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 38 | 6 | |||
| Aldosivi | 2017–18 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||||
| Nueva Chicago | 2018–19 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 23 | 4 | ||||
| Wilstermann | 2019 | Bolivian Primera División | 17 | 2 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | |||
| 2020 | 15 | 2 | — | — | 8[12] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 32 | 4 | — | — | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 4 | |||||
| Career total | 201 | 20 | 5 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 221 | 21 | ||||