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| Full name | Luis Francisco Balbo Vieira | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 28 March 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Sturm Graz | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 27 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | União da Madeira | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Porto | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2024 | Famalicão | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2026 | Fiorentina | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026 | Fiorentina | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Sturm Graz | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Portugal U16 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Venezuela U17 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Venezuela U20 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Venezuela U23 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Venezuela | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:03, 1 August 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:28, 27 March 2026 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Luis Francisco Balbo Vieira (born 28 March 2006) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a left-back for the Austrian Bundesliga club Sturm Graz. A former youth international for Portugal and Venezuela, he plays for the Venezuela national team.
Club career
[edit]Balbo is a youth product of the academies of the Portuguese clubs União da Madeira, Porto and Famalicão. On 30 January 2024, he joined the Italian club Fiorentina on a contract until 2028.[1]
International career
[edit]Balbo was born in Venezuela to Venezuelan parents, and is of Portuguese descent through a grandmother.[2] He moved to Portugal and holds dual Venezuelan and Portuguese citizenship.[3] He made an appearance for the Portugal U16s in 2022.[4] He played for the Venezuela U17s at the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup. He was also called up to the Venezuela U20s at the 2025 South American U-20 Championship.[5]
He was called up to the senior Venezuela national team for a set of friendlies in November 2025.[6] He debuted in a 1–0 win over Australia on 14 November 2025.[7]
Personal life
[edit]Luis Balbo has a brother, Luis Estefano, who is also a footballer but plays as a goalkeeper in Portugal.[2]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 1 August 2026
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Fiorentina | 2025–26 | Serie A | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
| Sturm Graz | 2026–27 | Austrian Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Career total | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
International
[edit]- As of match played 27 March 2026
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venezuela | 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit]Venezuela
- FIFA Series runner-up: 2026[8]
References
[edit]- ↑ Negri, Simone (30 January 2024). "Fiorentina, innesto per il futuro: preso Luis Balbo".
- 1 2 "🇻🇪 LUIS BALBO: MI SUEÑO SIEMPRE FUE REPRESENTAR A VENEZUELA | SOLOVENEX". 7 May 2023 – via YouTube.
- ↑ CV, Redazione (30 January 2024). "Fiorentina, rinforzo vinotinto per la Primavera: ecco Luis Balbo | Cantera Viola".
- ↑ "Luís Balbo". FPF.
- ↑ "Lista la Convocatoria de Venezuela Sub-20 para el Campeonato Sudamericano" [Venezuela U-20 call-up list for the South American Championship] (in Spanish). Balonazos. 20 January 2025.
- ↑ @SeleVinotinto (10 November 2025). "𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀: Fecha FIFA de noviembre" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 November 2025 – via X (formerly Twitter).
- ↑ Pegan, Martin (15 November 2025). "Venezuela 1-0 Australia: men's international football friendly – as it happened" – via www.theguardian.com.
- ↑ dearmas, Bloque. "FIFA Series: Uzbekistán vence a Venezuela por la tanda de penales". Meridiano.net (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 March 2026.
External links
[edit]- Luis Balbo at Soccerway
- 2006 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Ciudad Guayana
- Venezuelan men's footballers
- Venezuela men's international footballers
- Venezuela men's youth international footballers
- Portuguese men's footballers
- Portugal men's youth international footballers
- Venezuelan people of Portuguese descent
- Portuguese people of Venezuelan descent
- Men's association football full-backs
- Serie A players
- ACF Fiorentina players
- 21st-century Venezuelan sportsmen
- 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen
- Venezuelan expatriate men's footballers
- Venezuelan expatriates in Italy
- Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
- Portuguese expatriates in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy