Antonio Sanabria

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Antonio Sanabria

Arnaldo Antonio Sanabria Ayala (born 4 March 1996), also known as Tony Sanabria, is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Torino[3] and the Paraguay national team.

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Antonio Sanabria
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Sanabria with Torino in 2023
Personal information
Full name Arnaldo Antonio Sanabria Ayala[1]
Date of birth (1996-03-04) 4 March 1996 (age 29)
Place of birth San Lorenzo, Paraguay
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Torino
Number 9
Youth career
2004–2007 Cerro Porteño
2007–2009 La Blanca Subur
2009–2013 Barcelona
2014 Roma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Barcelona B 10 (3)
2014 Sassuolo 2 (0)
2014–2016 Roma 2 (0)
2015–2016Sporting Gijón (loan) 30 (11)
2016–2021 Betis 70 (17)
2019–2020Genoa (loan) 39 (9)
2021– Torino 132 (30)
International career
2012–2013 Paraguay U17 8 (6)
2013–2015 Paraguay U20 9 (0)
2013– Paraguay 36 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:31, 2 March 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:28, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
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Club career

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Barcelona

Born in San Lorenzo, Paraguay, Sanabria started his career in futsal, later moving to football. He joined Cerro Porteño's youth academy in 2004.[4] In 2007, he and his parents moved to Spain, and he joined a local club from Sitges, called La Blanca Subur CF.

Sanabria joined FC Barcelona's youth academy in 2009, aged 13.[5] A year later, he moved to La Masia's facilities. In September 2012, still a youth, he was called up by manager Tito Vilanova to train with first team.[6]

In August 2013, Sanabria was promoted to FC Barcelona B in Segunda División.[7] On 29 September he made his professional debut, playing the last 22 minutes in a 0–1 home loss against RCD Mallorca.[8]

On 20 November 2013, Sanabria rejected a contract extension from Barça.[9] Three days later he scored his first professional goal, in a 1–2 home loss against UD Las Palmas.[10] He was linked to Roma and others which faced fierce competition to sign him in January.[11]

Sassuolo

On 29 January 2014, Sanabria joined fellow Serie A side Sassuolo, for a €4.5 million fee, plus €7.5 million bonuses "dependent on the player’s performance and his future value".[12] The deal was later clarified and he would join Roma in July, as the Giallorossi already reached the foreign quota.[13]

Sanabria made his Serie A debut on 23 March, replacing Davide Biondini in a 0–1 loss at Udinese.[14]

Roma

Sanabria officially joined Roma in July 2014 for €4.926 million[15] (including €2.5 million from Roma via Sassuolo to Barcelona). Roma also took the contractual responsibility from Sassuolo, to pay Barcelona up to an additional €7 million for bonuses.[16] As well as being a member of the first team squad, Sanabria also featured for the Roma Primavera squad in the 2014–15 UEFA Youth League,[17] scoring two goals in the 3–2 defeat against Bayern Munich on 5 November 2014.[18]

On 8 February 2015, Sanabria made his first team debut for Roma, replacing Francesco Totti after 62 minutes, in the 2–1 Serie A victory against Cagliari.[19]

Sporting Gijón (loan)

On 11 August 2015, Sanabria returned to Spain after agreeing to a one-year loan deal with La Liga side Sporting Gijón.[20] He made his league debut on 23 August, starting in a 0–0 home draw against Real Madrid.[21] Sanabria scored his first La Liga goals in on 23 September, netting a brace in a 3–2 away win against Deportivo La Coruña.[22]

Sanabria scored a hat-trick in Sporting's 3–1 home success over Las Palmas on 6 December 2015. He added another on 22 January of the following year, coming in a 5–1 route of Real Sociedad.

Betis

On 15 July 2016, Sanabria signed a five-year deal with Real Betis for a fee of €7.5 million,[23] with Roma retaining a 50% clause on the following transfer and a re-buy clause.[24]

On 20 September 2017 he scored the winning goal in Real Betis' 1–0 win over Real Madrid. It was Betis' first win at the Bernabeu since October 1998, when Finidi George scored in another 1–0 victory.

Genoa

On 26 January 2019, Sanabria signed for Serie A club Genoa on loan until 30 June 2020.[25]

Torino

On 31 January 2021, Sanabria signed a four-year contract with fellow Serie A club Torino.[3]

On 4 January 2024, Sanabria extended his contract with Torino until 30 June 2026.[26]

International career

Sanabria played for both the under-17 and under-20 Paraguay teams.

In 2013, Sanabria was called up to the Paraguay national team for two qualification matches for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, against Bolivia and Argentina to make an official appearance for the national team, in the case that Spain wanted to nationalize him.[27]

He made his full squad debut on 14 August 2013, in a 3–3 draw against Germany.[28] Sanabria was selected as part of Paraguay's Copa America Centenario squad, where he made two appearances. He came on as a substitute in the second group stage match against Colombia, as well as started in the final group stage match against the United States.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 2 March 2025[29]
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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Barcelona B 2013–14 Segunda División 103103
Sassuolo 2013–14 Serie A 2020
Roma 2014–15 Serie A 2020
Sporting Gijón (loan) 2015–16 La Liga 3011103111
Real Betis 2016–17 La Liga 22421245
2017–18 La Liga 17800178
2018–19 La Liga 152325[b]2236
2020–21 La Liga 16341204
Total 701794528423
Genoa (loan) 2018–19 Serie A 15300153
2019–20 Serie A 24600246
Total 3990000399
Torino 2020–21 Serie A 14500145
2021–22 Serie A 29600296
2022–23 Serie A 3312303612
2023–24 Serie A 35520375
2024–25 Serie A 21210222
Total 13230600013830
Career total 285701645230676
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  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 20 March 2025[30]
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Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Paraguay 201330
201420
201630
201721
201820
201950
202040
202151
202220
202341
202433
202510
Total366
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Scores and results list Paraguay's goal tally first.[30]
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List of international goals scored by Antonio Sanabria
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.5 October 2017Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia Colombia2–12–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.5 September 2021Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay Colombia1–01–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.17 October 2023Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay Bolivia1–01–02026 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.15 October 2024Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay Venezuela1–12–1
5.2–1
6.14 November 2024Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay Argentina1–12–1
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Honours

Club

Barcelona

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