Personal information | |||
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Full name | Franco Maximiliano Lefiñir | ||
Date of birth | (1988-10-23) 23 October 1988 (age 36) | ||
Place of birth | Bahía Blanca, Argentina | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Huracán de White | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2012 | Tiro Federal BB [es] | ||
2012–2013 | Racing de Trelew | 27 | (4) |
2013–2018 | Tiro Federal BB [es] | 90 | (12) |
2018–2020 | Olimpo | 28 | (0) |
2020–2023 | Liniers BB | 58 | (3) |
2024– | Huracán de White | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 March 2024 |
Franco Maximiliano Lefiñir (born 23 October 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Huracán de White.
Career
Tiro Federal de Bahía Blanca gave Lefiñir his start in senior football in 2007, with the midfielder featuring for the Torneo Argentino C club as they suffered 2009 relegation. 2012 saw Lefiñir join Racing de Trelew in Torneo Argentino B, remaining for one season whilst making twenty-seven appearances and scoring four goals. He returned to Tiro Federal ahead of the 2013–14 campaign, with the club now in the fourth tier. In the succeeding season, Tiro Federal were promoted to Torneo Federal A. His first goals at that level arrived on 22 May 2015 during a match away to General Belgrano, netting a brace in a 0–3 victory. Three further goals came.
In 2016, having netted another double away to General Belgrano, Tiro Federal were relegated to Torneo Federal B. Two years later, in June 2018, Lefiñir completed a move to Primera B Nacional's Olimpo. He made his professional debut against Sarmiento on 26 August.
After playing for Liniers de Bahía Blanca from 2020 to 2023, Lefiñir signed with Huracán de White for the 2024 season.
Personal life
His father is Chilean.
His surname, Lefiñir, comes from "lefi gürü" in Mapuche language what means "running fox".
In May 2016, Lefiñir was hospitalised due to carbon monoxide poisoning. He was discharged soon after, having not lost consciousness during the incident.
Career statistics
- As of 4 March 2019.
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Racing de Trelew | 2012–13 | Torneo Argentino B | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 | |
Tiro Federal | 2015 | Torneo Federal A | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5 | |
2016 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | |||
Total | 37 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 37 | 7 | |||
Olimpo | 2018–19 | Primera B Nacional | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
Career total | 76 | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 76 | 11 |
References
- ^ "Argentina - M. Lefiñir". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ "Ficha Estadistica de FRANCO LEFINIR". BDFA. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- "Los siete planteles del ascenso". La Nueva. 14 April 2007. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ "Para el campeón Tiro Federal, el peor resultado no es el 2 a 0". La Nueva. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- @ZonaFutboleraOk (24 January 2024). "🏆 #LigadelSur" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2024 – via Twitter.
- "Franco Lefiñir es un volante de contención". www.instagram.com (in Spanish). futchile_oficial. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- "Diccionario de apellidos Mapuche (Grafemario Azümchefe)". Fundación Aitue (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ "Un jugador de Tiro Federal y su sobrino, intoxicados con monóxido". La Brújula 24. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- "Dos intoxicados con monóxido de carbono". La Nueva. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
External links
- Franco Lefiñir at Soccerway
- Franco Lefiñir at BDFA (in Spanish)
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Argentine sportspeople of Chilean descent
- Footballers from Bahía Blanca
- Argentine people of Mapuche descent
- Mapuche sportspeople
- Argentine men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Racing de Trelew players
- Club Olimpo footballers
- Liniers de Bahía Blanca players
- Club Atlético Huracán de Ingeniero White players
- Torneo Argentino C players
- Torneo Argentino B players
- Torneo Federal A players
- Primera Nacional players
- Indigenous sportspeople of the Americas
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen