Gianfranco Alberto Labarthe Tomé (born 20 September 1984 in

Lima Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive ...

) is a Peruvian

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who plays as a striker.

Career

He played briefly for English

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clubs

Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. They compete in , the third tier of English football league system, English football. Huddersfield Town we ...

and

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. He also had a trial at

Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1886, the club were inaugur ...

. He then moved back to

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

where he played for

Sport Boys The Sport Boys Association, commonly referred to as the Sport Boys or simply the Boys, is a Peruvian association football club based in the port city of Callao, founded on 28 July 1927. The club currently participate in the Peruvian Primera Divi ...

for three seasons before signing with Universitario. On 9 May 2015, he scored his first goal with

Deportivo Municipal Club Centro Deportivo Municipal, commonly known as Deportivo Municipal, is a Peruvian Association football, football club based in Lima, Peru. They are among Peru's most recognizable clubs and enjoy considerable popularity. The bulk of their succ ...

, an impressive right-footed volley against Universidad San Martín de Porres. On 30 June 2024, he declared his love for Huddersfield Town and mentioned that he "always hated Leeds and Bradford."

Honours

Club

Universitario de Deportes *

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* Torneo Descentralizado:

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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* 1984 births Living people Footballers from Lima Peruvian men's footballers 21st-century Peruvian sportsmen Peruvian expatriate men's footballers Peru men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Derby County F.C. players Coronel Bolognesi footballers Sport Boys footballers Club Universitario de Deportes footballers Club Deportivo Universidad de San Martín de Porres players Apollon Limassol FC players Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca footballers Deportivo Municipal footballers Cusco FC footballers Sport Huancayo footballers Academia Deportiva Cantolao players Deportivo Coopsol players English Football League players Peruvian Primera División players Cypriot First Division players Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in England Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus {{Peru-footy-forward-stub