Personal information | |||
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Full name | Favian Antonio Loyola [1] | ||
Date of birth | May 18, 2005 | ||
Place of birth | Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, United States | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Orlando City | ||
Number | 95 | ||
Youth career | |||
2021–2022 | Orlando City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022– | Orlando City B | 39 | (8) |
2023– | Orlando City | 1 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2022– | United States U19 | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 15, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of September 27, 2022 |
Favian Antonio Loyola (born May 18, 2005) is an Chilean American soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Orlando City. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Born at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, Loyola's family moved to Florida where he joined the Orlando City SC academy. [6] In 2021, he was part of the under-17 academy team coached by Javi Carrillo that won the MLS Next U17 National Championship title. [7] He continued with the academy to begin the 2022 season before being elevated to the professional Orlando City B side for the inaugural 2022 MLS Next Pro season. He made his professional debut on June 19, 2022, as a 69th-minute substitute in a 6–1 defeat to Columbus Crew 2. He scored his first goals on July 17, a brace in a 4–3 victory over Chicago Fire FC II. In total, Loyola scored six goals in 11 appearances during the 2022 season. [8] He was also named MVP at the 2022 MLS Next All-Star Game. [9]
On December 2, 2022, Loyola signed a three-year MLS homegrown contract with the Orlando City first team ahead of the 2023 season. [10] On July 1, 2023, he debuted for the senior side when he came on as a substitution for Facundo Torres in a 3–1 victory over Chicago Fire. [11]
In April 2022, Loyola was named to a United States under-19 training camp by Marko Mitrović for the first time. [12] In June 2022, he was part of the under-19 squad that traveled to Spain for friendlies against England and Norway. [13] He was recalled to the squad in September 2022 for the Slovenia Nations Cup to face Malta, Croatia and Scotland. [14] Loyola would start in the squad that would win the tournament following a 2–1 victory over Croatia. [9]
Born to a Chilean father and an Italian mother, he has an older brother, Donovan, who is also a player [15] currently signed with Chilean side Universidad Católica until 2023. [16]
Club | Season | League | National cup | Playoffs | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Orlando City B | 2022 | MLS Next Pro | 11 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 6 | ||||
2023 | 20 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 20 | 2 | ||||||
2024 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||||
Total | 39 | 8 | — | — | — | — | 39 | 8 | ||||||
Orlando City | 2023 | Major League Soccer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
Career total | 40 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 40 | 8 |
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