Franco Watson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Franco Nahuel Watson | ||
| Date of birth | 25 July 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Córdoba, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lanús | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2021 | Instituto | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2023 | Instituto | 66 | (6) |
| 2023– | Lanús | 25 | (1) |
| 2024–2025 | → Huracán (loan) | 13 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:10, 6 June 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17:06, 20 March 2023 (UTC) | |||
Franco Nahuel Watson (born 25 July 2002) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for the Argentine Primera División club Lanús.
Club career
[edit]Watson is a youth product of Instituto, having joined at the age of 7 and working up their youth categories.[2] He started training with their senior team in 2019. He made his senior and professional debut with Instituto in a 2–1 Primera Nacional win over Quilmes on 4 January 2021.[3] On 22 April 2022, he signed a professional contract with the club.[4] He helped the club earn promotion to the 2023 Argentine Primera División.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Watson is of Italian descent through a grandfather from Palermo, and holds an Italian passport.[6] His father Sergio and older brother Nicolás are also footballers. He is one of 9 siblings.[7]
Honours
[edit]Lanús
References
[edit]- ↑ "Franco Watson Estadísticas, Noticias, Biografía". ESPN.
- ↑ "Mano a mano con Franco Watson: "Estoy muy contento con este presente"". La Nueva Mañana. 14 October 2022.
- ↑ "Con la mínima diferencia, Instituto venció a Quilmes por 2 a 1". infobae.
- ↑ "Instituto le renovó el contrato al juvenil Franco Watson". La Nueva Mañana. 22 April 2022.
- ↑ "Italia, chi è Franco Watson, l'oriundo argentino in orbita Under 21". Today.
- ↑ https://sportal.eu/2023/03/28/italy-mancini-targets-another-argentine-franco-watson/
- ↑ "Futbolista, hincha, y papá orgulloso". La Nueva Mañana. 26 March 2021.
External links
[edit]- Franco Watson at Soccerway
- Franco Watson at BDFA (in Spanish)
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Córdoba, Argentina
- Argentine men's footballers
- Argentine people of Italian descent
- Sportspeople of Italian descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba footballers
- Club Atlético Lanús footballers
- Club Atlético Huracán footballers
- Argentine Primera División players
- Primera Nacional players
- Copa Sudamericana–winning players
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen