Sanabria, Antonio

Antonio began his career in futsal , from where he got into big football. In 2004, he joined the academy of the famous Paraguayan club Cerro Porteno ^[2] . In 2007, he moved with his parents to Spain, where he began to study in the modest club La Blanca Subur. As part of this team, he managed to score 70 goals in a season. After this achievement, the player began to look closely at Barcelona and Real Madrid .

Antonio joined the Barcelona Academy in 2009, at the age of thirteen ^[3] . After two seasons of adaptation, for the third Antonio became the team's top scorer in the Cadet A category, scoring 26 goals in 28 matches. Season 2012/13 Antonio spent in the category Souvenir A , passing the category Souvenir B. In 2012, he trained with the club’s main team ^[4] . In 2014, Antonio left the Catalan team.

On January 14, 2014, the media reported that Sanabria was joining Roma for 5 million euros ^[5] .

On January 29, 2014, the forward was leased from Roma to Sassuolo until the end of the 2013/14 season.

Since 2012, Antonio has been playing for the youth team of Paraguay, and since 2013 - for the “youth team”. On August 14, 2013, he made his debut for the national team of Paraguay in a friendly match against the German team ^[6] . He became the youngest player ever to be part of the Paraguayans, at the time of debut he was 17 years 5 months and 10 days. On September 7 of the same year, Antonio played for the national team in the qualifying match for the 2014 World Cup against the national team of Bolivia ^[7] .

Team Matches

According to the style of the game and the physical data, Antonio resembles Karim Benzema . Very agile, technical and fast. He plays well with his head ^[8] .

Father - Antonio Sanabria Sr., mother of Shirley. He has brothers Joel and Lucas, as well as sister Tamara. He considers his former idol Brazilian striker Ronaldo ^[8] .