Cristian Exequiel Zabala (born 4 March 1998) is an Argentine professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

Independiente del Valle Club de Alto Rendimiento Especializado Independiente del Valle, known simply as Independiente del Valle, is a professional football club based in Sangolquí, Ecuador, that currently plays in the Ecuadorian Serie A. Founded in 1958, the club play ...

Career

Zabala began with

Quilmes Quilmes () is a city on the coast of the Río de la Plata, Rio de la Plata, in the , on the south east of the Greater Buenos Aires. The city was founded in 1666 and it is the seat of the Quilmes Partido, eponymous county. With a population of 230 ...

. He made his professional debut against

Atlético de Rafaela Asociación Mutual Social y Deportiva Atlético de Rafaela, known simply as Atlético de Rafaela, is an Argentine sports club based in the city of Rafaela, in Santa Fe Province. The club is mostly known for its professional football team, that co ...

on 27 August 2018, coming off the substitutes bench after seventy-eight minutes in place of Augusto Max. After another sub appearance versus Los Andes in the succeeding September, Zabala's first start in senior football arrived during a 1–1 draw away to

Villa Dálmine Club Villa Dálmine is an Argentine football club from Campana, Buenos Aires Province. The team currently plays in Primera B Nacional, the second level of the Argentine football league system. Due to a financial crisis, the club was named "Club A ...

on 20 October. On 26 October 2020, Zabala joined Tigre.Cristian Zabala nuevo refuerzo de Tigre
tycsports.com, 26 October 2020

Career statistics

References

External links

* 1998 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Province Argentine men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Primera Nacional players Argentine Primera División players Quilmes Atlético Club footballers Club Atlético Tigre footballers {{Argentina-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub