Cristian Agustín Fontana (born 11 June 1996) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a centre-forward for

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Career

Banfield

Fontana started his career in the youth system of Banfield. He made his debut for the

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team on 25 October 2014 in a defeat away to Vélez Sarsfield, after replacing Santiago Salcedo with twenty-two minutes remaining. Two further appearances off the bench arrived in the subsequent

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and

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campaigns, before the forward made his first start on 10 September 2016 versus Colón. Fontana netted a brace during a 4–4 away draw against Tigre on 8 February 2019, before scoring again just over a week later at home to River Plate. He scored once in 2019–20, prior to netting five times at the

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. On 8 February 2021, Fontana was sent to train with the reserves until his contract expiry date of 30 June 2021 due to contractual disagreements with Banfield; who claimed that he and his agent, Rubén Contini, had gone back on their word from many months prior to sign a contract extension, in turn asking for greater financial incentives. Fontana responded soon after, stating he had never officially agreed to extend his contract and that it was Banfield who ended negotiations.

River Plate

On 18 February 2021, having been out in the cold with Banfield, Fontana completed a transfer to River Plate for a fee worth $1,500,000. To gain some experience, after only playing 440 minutes in 15 games for River plate, Fontana was loaned out to

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in January 2022 for the rest of the year.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fontana, Agustin 1996 births Living people Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Footballers from Lomas de Zamora Argentine men's footballers Men's association football forwards Argentine Primera División players Club Atlético Banfield footballers Club Atlético River Plate footballers Defensa y Justicia footballers Club Atlético Sarmiento footballers