Sergio Schiaffino Pérez (born 18 September 1992) is a Mexican professional gridiron football defensive back for the

Dinos de Saltillo Dinos de Saltillo (English: ''Saltillo Dinos'') are an American football team based in Saltillo, Mexico. The Dinos compete in the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional, the top American football league in Mexico. The team plays its home games at ...

of the

Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional The Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (Professional American Football League), commonly known simply as LFA, is a professional american football spring league in Mexico, founded in 2016. Starting with four teams, the LFA has since expanded t ...

(LFA).

Early life

Schiaffino was born in Monterrey, Nuevo León on 18 September 1992. He started playing

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

in 1998 in his hometown with Club Águilas and later joined Borregos Salvajes Monterrey youth teams until he was offered a scholarship to play college football with ITESM Monterrey.

College career

Schiaffino played college football with the

Borregos Salvajes Monterrey The Borregos Salvajes Monterrey (English: ''Monterrey Wild Rams'') team represents the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (variously Tec de Monterrey or ITESM) in the sport of American football. The Borregos Salvajes are one of ...

from 2012 to 2016 and majored in Industrial Engineering. Schiaffino was part of the Mexican team that won the

2016 World University American Football Championship The 2016 World University American Football Championship was an international college American football tournament that was held from June 1 to June 11, 2016 in Monterrey, Mexico, at Estadio Tecnológico. It was the 2nd World University Champions ...

Professional career

In 2017, Schiaffino was signed by the

Monterrey Steel The Monterrey Steel was a professional indoor football team and a charter member of the National Arena League (NAL) that played in the 2017 season. Based in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, the Steel played their home games at Arena Monterrey. The Ste ...

of the

National Arena League The National Arena League (NAL) is a professional indoor football league that began play in 2017. It consists of teams based on the East Coast of the United States. Teams' typical payroll budget is $600,000 per season, while players are paid $ ...

. He was named the 2017 season Defensive Rookie of the Year. Schiaffino was signed by the

of the

(LFA) ahead of the 2018 season. In 2019, Schiaffino was drafted by the

Winnipeg Blue Bombers The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a professional Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Blue Bombers compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West division. They play their home games at IG Fie ...

in the

2019 CFL–LFA Draft The 2019 CFL–LFA Draft took place on January 14, 2019. 27 players were chosen from an invited pool of 51 Mexican players: 34 from the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA) (a professional American football league) and 17 seniors from Mexi ...

and made it to the practice roster. In 2020, Schiaffino returned to the Dinos de Saltillo and played with the team for the 2020 season until it was cancelled due to the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identi ...

. After two seasons in the practice squad, Schiaffino made his CFL debut with the Blue Bombers in September 2021, becoming the first Mexican defensive back to play in the

CFL The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci ...

. In 2022, Schiaffino returned to play with the Dinos de Saltillo.

References

External links

Winnipeg Blue Bombers profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schiaffino, Sergio 1992 births Living people Mexican players of American football Mexican players of Canadian football American football defensive backs Monterrey Steel players Dinos de Saltillo players Winnipeg Blue Bombers players Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Canada Canadian football defensive backs Sportspeople from Monterrey Borregos Salvajes Monterrey players