Sebastián Carlos Cristóforo Pepe (born 23 August 1993) is a Uruguayan professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Central Córdoba SdE.

Club career

Born in

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, Cristóforo graduated in

Peñarol Club Atlético Peñarol (), more commonly referred to as Peñarol, is a Uruguayan professional football club based in Montevideo. The club currently competes in the Uruguayan Primera División, the highest tier in Uruguayan football. The nam ...

's youth setup, being promoted by his coach Diego Aguirre in May 2011, due to club's obligations in

2011 Copa Libertadores The 2011 Copa Libertadores de América (officially the 2011 Copa Santander Libertadores de América for sponsorship reasons) was the 52nd edition of the Copa Libertadores de América, South America's premier international club football tournamen ...

. He made his professional debut on 29 May 2011, in a 2–2 home draw against

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. Cristóforo scored his first professional goal on 29 February 2012, the last of a 4–1 home routing over Bella Vista. He soon earned a starting spot in the club, being a part of the team who won the 2012–13 season. On 11 August 2013, Cristóforo signed a five-year contract with

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. He made his

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debut on 14 September, starting in a 2–3 away loss against

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. Cristóforo finished the campaign with 12 appearances, suffering a severe knee injury in March 2014. On 27 August 2016, Cristóforo was loaned to

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for one year, with a buyout clause. He signed permanently for the side in the following year, after 19 league matches. On 31 August 2018, Cristóforo returned to Spain by signing with

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on a season-long loan. On 11 January 2020, he joined

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on loan with an obligation to purchase. On 5 October 2020, Cristóforo signed a one-year contract for

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side

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. On 15 January 2022, after spending six months as a

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, he signed a short-term deal with

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, still in the Spanish second division. On 16 July 2022, Peñarol announced the return of Cristóforo on a permanent deal until December 2023. On 14 January 2025, Cristóforo joined

club Central Córdoba SdE.

International career

In 2013 Cristóforo appeared with the under-20s in the year's

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in Turkey, being an important midfield unit as his country finished second.

Honours

Peñarol * Uruguayan First Division:

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runner-up:

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Sevilla *

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: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16

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