Franco Pedro Augusto Baldassarra (born 29 September 1998) is an Argentine professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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for
Platense.
Career
Baldassarra joined
Platense from
Argentinos Juniors
Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its association football, football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was reco ...
in 2014.
He made the breakthrough into Platense's first-team in April 2019, as he made the bench for a
Primera B Nacional
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match with
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.
His senior debut arrived in that match, with Fernando Ruiz selecting him to replace
Marcelo Vega with twenty minutes left of an away draw; it was his only
2018–19 appearance.
Baldassarra's first match of
2019–20 saw him make his first start in a win over
Barracas Central
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on 29 October 2019.
Baldassarra netted his first senior goal on 27 January 2021 versus
Atlético de Rafaela
Asociación Mutual Social y Deportiva Atlético de Rafaela, known simply as Atlético de Rafaela, is an Argentine sports club based in the city of Rafaela, in Santa Fe Province. The club is mostly known for its professional football team, that com ...
in the semi-finals of the play-offs, which Platense went on to win.
Baldassarra made his
Primera División debut on 21 February away against ex-club Argentinos Juniors.
Career statistics
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Notes
Honours
Platense
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Argentine Primera División
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:
2025 Apertura
References
External links
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1998 births
Living people
Footballers from Tres de Febrero Partido
Argentine men's footballers
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Primera Nacional players
Argentine Primera División players
Super League Greece players
Club Atlético Platense footballers
Panetolikos F.C. players
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
21st-century Argentine sportsmen