Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jonathan Maximiliano Sabbatini Perfecto [1] | ||
Date of birth | 31 March 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Paysandú, Uruguay | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Bellinzona | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2008 | Liverpool Montevideo | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2009 | Virtus Lanciano | 7 | (0) |
2009–2012 | Chieti | 88 | (19) |
2012–2024 | Lugano | 379 | (44) |
2024– | Bellinzona | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 November 2024 |
Jonathan Maximiliano Sabbatini Perfecto (born 31 March 1988) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swiss Challenge League side Bellinzona. [1]
Sabbatini joined Lugano on 27 August 2012 and played his first match in the Swiss Cup on 15 September 2012, [2] a 4–0 win against FC Olten. Lugano at the time were playing in the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of Swiss football. In his third season at the club, he helped Lugano achieve promotion in 2015, comfortably winning the Challenge League. From 2016 onward, he captained the squad.
On 2 May 2021, he played his 300th match for the bianconeri. [3] On 6 May 2022, at the end of his tenth season at the Cornaredo, he decided to extend his contract for a further season. [2] The agreement includes a further year as the club's scout. On 17 May 2023, he took an option to extend his contract at Lugano for a further twelfth season. [4]
On 23 June 2024, FC Lugano announced Sabbatini's departure. [5] He decided to not end his playing career and rejected the club's offer of a non-playing position.
On 5 September 2024, Sabbatini signed with Bellinzona. [6]
Sabbatini was born in Uruguay and is of Italian descent, and holds an Italian passport. [7]
Club | Season | Competition | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | Europe | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Virtus Lanciano | 2008–09 | Serie C1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |
Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |||
Chieti | 2009–10 | Serie D | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | 23 | 5 | |
2010–11 | Serie C2 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | 29 | 4 | ||
2011–12 | Serie C2 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 0 | – | 36 | 10 | ||
Total | 88 | 19 | 0 | 0 | – | 88 | 19 | |||
Lugano | 2012–13 | Swiss Challenge League | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 26 | 2 | |
2013–14 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 1 | – | 34 | 7 | |||
2014–15 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 0 | – | 33 | 6 | |||
2015–16 | Swiss Super League | 33 | 6 | 5 | 1 | – | 38 | 7 | ||
2016–17 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 30 | 3 | |||
2017–18 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 43 | 5 | ||
2018–19 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 1 | – | 38 | 6 | |||
2019–20 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
2020–21 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 32 | 0 | |||
2021–22 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 1 | – | 39 | 5 | |||
2022–23 | 35 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 42 | 4 | ||
2023–24 | 36 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 48 | 5 | ||
Total | 378 | 44 | 39 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 434 | 51 | ||
Career total | 473 | 63 | 39 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 529 | 70 |
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