Esteban Orfano
Esteban Gabriel Orfano is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right midfielder for Boca Unidos.
Club career
Orfano started his career with Boca Juniors, notably featuring for their youth team at the 2011 U-20 Copa Libertadores in Peru; netting once across six matches. He was promoted into their senior squad during the 2010–11 Primera División, making two appearances against All Boys and Lanús under manager Julio César Falcioni. In January 2012, Orfano completed a loan move to Spain's Villarreal B. His debut arrived in a 0–3 defeat to Alcorcón in February, before featuring versus Alcoyano in a campaign which culminated with relegation from the Segunda División.July 2013 saw Orfano loaned to Douglas Haig. After scoring his first two senior goals for Douglas Haig across 2013–14 in Primera B Nacional, Orfano joined fellow second tier team Patronato in July 2014. He remained for two seasons as they secured eighth and second-place finishes, with the latter securing promotion to the Primera División. Orfano departed Patronato soon after, but stayed in the top-flight by agreeing a loan contract with Atlético de Rafaela. One goal in eleven followed. On 18 July 2016, Orfano left Boca permanently for Instituto. He participated thirty-six times and scored six in 2016–17.
Further stints in the ranks of Aldosivi, where he won promotion, and Nueva Chicago occurred between 2017 and 2018. His first goal for Nueva Chicago came on 28 September 2018 in an encounter with ex-club Atlético de Rafaela. Orfano scored a total of three times for them in 2018–19 as they reached the promotion play-offs. In July 2019, Orfano headed off to Bolivia with Wilstermann. He'd remain for a season and a half, netting goals against Real Potosí, Oriente Petrolero, Royal Pari and Aurora - all on home soil. He also featured eight times in the Copa Libertadores. He was released at the end of 2020.