Gianluca Alfenoni (born 20 January 1996) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a

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for

Deportivo Español Club Social, Deportivo y Cultural Español de la República Argentina (commonly referred to as Deportivo Español) is an Argentine sports club from the Parque Avellaneda district of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, wh ...

Career

Alfenoni's career began with

Defensores Unidos Club Atlético Defensores Unidos (simply known as Defensores Unidos) is an Argentine football club from the Villa Fox district of Zárate, Buenos Aires Zárate is a port city in the northeast of the . It lies on the western shore of the Par ...

. He scored three goals in eighty-one matches for the club in

Primera C Metropolitana The Primera C Metropolitana is one of the two professional leagues that form the fourth level of the Argentine football league system. Primera C Metropolitana is made up of 20 clubs mainly from the city of Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area (Gr ...

, across six seasons from 2013. They won promotion in 2017–18 to

Primera B Metropolitana Primera B Metropolitana is one of two professional leagues that form the third level of the Argentine football league system. The division is made up of 17 clubs mainly from the city of Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area, Greater Buenos Aires. ...

, with Alfenoni's tier three debut arriving on 19 November 2018 versus

; replacing

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after eighty-one minutes, with his first start at that level coming in the succeeding March against

Colegiales Colegiales is a ''barrio'' or district in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is located between ''Alvarez Thomas av.'', ''Forest av.'', ''De los Incas av.'', ''Virrey del Pino st.'', ''Cabildo av.'', ''Jorge Newbery st.'', ''Crámer st.'' and ''Dorrego ...

. Alfenoni announced his departure at the conclusion of the 2018–19 campaign, having spent a total of sixteen years with them. Alfenoni completed a move to Deportivo Español in June 2019.

Career statistics

Honours

;Defensores Unidos *

: 2017–18

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alfenoni, Gianluca 1996 births Living people People from Zárate, Buenos Aires Argentine footballers Association football midfielders Primera C Metropolitana players Primera B Metropolitana players Defensores Unidos footballers Deportivo Español footballers Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province