:Francesco Serafino
{{short description|Italian-Argentine footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name= Francesco Serafino
|fullname=
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1997|9|17|df=yes}}
|birth_place= Rho, Italy{{TuttoCalciatori|Serafino_Francesco}}
|height= 1.72m
|position= Forward
|currentclub= Mexicali
|clubnumber= 7
| years1= 2015–2016
| clubs1= Huracán
| caps1= 3
| goals1= 0
| years2= 2017
| clubs2= Naxxar Lions
| caps2= 1
| goals2= 0
| years3= 2018
| years5= 2019–2020
| clubs5= Bangor City
| caps5= 27
| goals5= 12
| years6 = 2020–2021
| clubs6 = Sambenedettese
| caps6 = 4
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2021–2022
| clubs7 = Castiglione
| caps7 =
| goals7 =
| years8 = 2023
| clubs8 = CSD JJM
| caps8 =
| goals8 =
| years9 = 2023–2024
| clubs9 = Castrovillari
| caps9 = 6
| goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2024
| clubs10 = Sol de América
| caps10 = 0
| goals10 = 0
| years11 = 2024–
| clubs11 = Mexicali
| caps11 = 12
| goals11 = 1
| club-update = 21:49, 1 February 2025 (UTC)
}}
Francesco Serafino (born 17 September 1997) is an Italian footballer who plays for Liga Premier de México club Mexicali.
Career
Serafino was a youth player with Boca Juniors. In 2015, he signed for Huracán in the Uruguayan Segunda División. After that, he played for Naxxar Lions (Malta) before joining Bangor City (Wales) and scored 12 goals along with 10 assists during the 2019–20 season (Season closed in early March due to the Covid-19 pandemic). Francesco also played for Sambenedettese (2020–21).
Personal life
Francesco Serafino played as a child in various clubs in different countries to follow his father who was engaged as a musician in various countries of the world.
Reggina Calcio, Argentinos Juniors, As Roma Calcio, River Plate and Boca Juniors. As a child he played tournaments in Argentina, Spain and Italy.
Note a story related to Torino Calcio who hired him at the age of 17 but FIFA refused the membership because he came from a foreign federation as he was still a minor.
Not yet of age, he signed his first professional contract with Huracan Montevideo (Uruguay) in 2015.
References
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External links
- [https://archive.today/20200315132312/http://opinarnoesinformar.blogspot.com/2015/09/un-tano-en-la-b.html A tano in the B]
- [https://archive.today/20200315132321/https://www.spazionapoli.it/2016/02/05/esclusiva-francesco-serafino-italiano-boca-burocrazia-napoli/ EXCLUSIVE - The story of Francesco Serafino, the Italian ex Boca stopped by the bureaucracy: "I would have loved to play in Napoli, the team of my father's heart..."]
- [https://archive.today/20200315132750/https://www.goal.com/es-cl/news/4778/main/2014/07/28/4989383/francesco-serafino-un-italiano-en-boca-estoy-enamorado-de Francesco Serafino, an Italian in Boca: "I am in love with these colors"]
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Category:Sportspeople from Rho, Lombardy
Category:Italian men's footballers
Category:Italian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Malta
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Wales
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
Category:Italian expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay
Category:Italian expatriate sportspeople in Malta
Category:Italian expatriate sportspeople in Wales
Category:Italian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
Category:Naxxar Lions F.C. players
Category:US Triestina Calcio 1918 players
Category:Rimini FC 1912 players
Category:Bangor City F.C. players
Category:US Sambenedettese players
Category:Uruguayan Segunda División players
Category:Maltese Premier League players
Category:Men's association football midfielders