Juan Brunetta (footballer)

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Juan Brunetta
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Brunetta with Tigres UANL in 2025
Personal information
Full name Juan Francisco Brunetta
Date of birth (1997-05-12) 12 May 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth Laboulaye, Argentina
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position Attacking midfielder [1]
Team information
Current team
 Tigres UANL
Number 11
Youth career
2006–2009 Boca Juniors
2009–2012 Estudiantes
2012–2016 Arsenal de Sarandí
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2017 Arsenal de Sarandí 26 (6)
2017–2019 Belgrano 36 (4)
2019–2023 Godoy Cruz 23 (6)
2020–2022 → Parma (loan) 40 (5)
2022–2023 → Santos Laguna (loan) 16 (4)
2023 Santos Laguna 38 (15)
2024– Tigres UANL 38 (15)
International career
2020–2021 Argentina U23 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 December 2024

Juan Francisco Brunetta (born 12 May 1997) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Liga MX club Tigres UANL. [2]

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Club career

Brunetta's youth career started with Boca Juniors, he remained there between 2006 and 2009 when he joined the ranks of Estudiantes and subsequently Arsenal de Sarandí. [3] He was promoted into the first-team squad of the latter for the 2016–17 Argentine Primera División season. [2] He made his Arsenal debut on 13 September in a home loss to Atlético Tucumán. [2] Four matches later, versus Banfield, Brunetta scored his first career goal. [2] [4] Brunetta signed a new three-year contract with Arsenal in January 2017. [5] However, in August, Brunetta joined Belgrano. [2] [6] His first match came in the Copa Argentina against Defensores de Belgrano. [2]

On 15 June 2019, having suffered relegation with Belgrano, Brunetta was announced as a new signing for Godoy Cruz ahead of 2019–20. [7] [8] He scored six goals, including braces over Gimnasia y Esgrima and Patronato, across twenty-three total appearances for the club. [2] On 3 October 2020, Brunetta headed to Italian football after he was loaned to Serie A's Parma for an initial two-year term. [9] The deal included an obligation to buy, which would come into effect at the conclusion of the loan as the attacking midfielder agreed a contract until 2025. [9] He scored twice on his first start, netting against Cosenza in the Coppa Italia fourth round on 25 November. [2]

On 23 June 2022, Brunetta was loaned to Santos Laguna for a season, with an option to buy. [10]

International career

Brunetta was selected by Julio Olarticoechea for Argentina U20s training in July 2016. [3]

Career statistics

As of match played 9 May 2021 [2] [4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Arsenal de Sarandí 2016–17 Argentine Primera División 23400—4 [a] 200276
Belgrano 2017–18 Argentine Primera División13130——00161
2018–19 2121100—00223
Total3434100—00384
Godoy Cruz 2019–20 Argentine Primera División19610102 [b] 000236
2020–21 000000—0000
Total19610102000236
Parma (loan) 2020–21 Serie A 10122——00113
Career total8614731062009919
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores

Honours

Argentina U23 [2]

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "Juan Brunetta". World Football. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Juan Brunetta profile". Soccerway. 10 December 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  3. 1 2 ""¡Ni mi mamá me creía!"". Diario Olé. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Juan Brunetta profile". ESPN FC. 10 December 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Grondona arrancó un nuevo período al frente de Arsenal". Diario Popular. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Llega Juan Brunetta, el nuevo refuerzo de Belgrano". Mundod Lavoz. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "¡Bienvenido, Juan Brunetta, al único grande del oeste argentino!". Godoy Cruz. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  8. ↑ "Juan Brunetta, el quinto elemento del mercado de pases de Godoy Cruz". Los Andes. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  9. 1 2 "Juan Francisco Is a Parma Calcio Player". Parma. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  10. ↑ "JUAN BRUNETTA SE SUMARÁ DE MANERA OFICIAL A LAS FILAS DE SANTOS LAGUNA" (in Spanish). Santos Laguna. 23 June 2022. Archived from the original on 24 June 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  11. 1 2 https://espndeportes.espn.com/futbol/mexico/nota/_/id/13853311/liga-mx-quienes-fueron-los-ganadores-del-balon-de-oro
  12. ↑ https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/liga-mx-roster-for-2024-mls-all-star-game
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