| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Esteban Gabriel Orfano | ||
| Date of birth | 13 January 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | San Justo, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) [1] | ||
| Position(s) | Right midfielder [2] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Boca Unidos | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Boca Juniors | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2016 | Boca Juniors | 2 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Villarreal B (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | → Douglas Haig (loan) | 23 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | → Patronato (loan) | 56 | (4) |
| 2016 | → Atlético de Rafaela (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Instituto | 36 | (6) |
| 2017–2018 | Aldosivi | 18 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Nueva Chicago | 21 | (3) |
| 2019–2020 | Wilstermann | 32 | (4) |
| 2021–2023 | Royal Pari | 69 | (14) |
| 2024 | Ciudad Nueva | ||
| 2025– | Boca Unidos | ||
| International career | |||
| Argentina U15 | |||
| 2009 | Argentina U17 | 9 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:59, 11 June 2025 (UTC) | |||
Esteban Gabriel Orfano (born 13 January 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right midfielder for Boca Unidos. [1]
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. [1] [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. [1] [4] In January 2012, Orfano completed a loan move to Spain's Villarreal B. [1] [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. [1]
July 2013 saw Orfano loaned to Douglas Haig. [1] 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. [1] He remained for two seasons as they secured eighth and second-place finishes, with the latter securing promotion to the Primera División. [1] Orfano departed Patronato soon after, but stayed in the top-flight by agreeing a loan contract with Atlético de Rafaela. [1] One goal in eleven followed. [1] On 18 July 2016, Orfano left Boca permanently for Instituto. [1] He participated thirty-six times and scored six in 2016–17. [1]
Further stints in the ranks of Aldosivi, where he won promotion, and Nueva Chicago occurred between 2017 and 2018. [1] His first goal for Nueva Chicago came on 28 September 2018 in an encounter with ex-club Atlético de Rafaela. [1] Orfano scored a total of three times for them in 2018–19 as they reached the promotion play-offs. [1] 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. [1] He also featured eight times in the Copa Libertadores. [1] He was released at the end of 2020. [1] [8]
Orfano represented Argentina at U17 level. [1] 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. [1] 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]
| 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 [a] | 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 [a] | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||
| Nueva Chicago | 2018–19 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 [a] | 1 | 23 | 4 | |||
| Wilstermann | 2019 | Bolivian Primera División | 17 | 2 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||
| 2020 | 15 | 2 | — | — | 8 [b] | 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 | |||