Siro Maximiliano Darino (born September 1, 1976) is an Argentine professional football player. He also holds Italian citizenship.

Career

Born in

San Carlos de Bolívar San Carlos de Bolívar (or simply Bolívar) is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the administrative centre for Bolívar Partido. The Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria has a campus in Bolívar. San Carlos de Bolív ...

, Darino began playing football with

Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (; ''La Plata Gymnastics and Fencing Club''), also known simply as Gimnasia, is an Argentine professional sports club based in the city of La Plata, Buenos Aires Province. Founded in 1887 as "Club de Gimnasia ...

. He made his

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debut as a substitute against

Unión de Santa Fe Club Atlético Unión (; mostly known as Unión de Santa Fe ) is a sports club from Santa Fe, Argentina, Santa Fe, the capital city of the Santa Fe Province, in Argentina. The club was founded on 15 April 1907. Unión is mostly known for its asso ...

on 9 August 1998. After suffering a series of injuries, he was released by Gimnasia in June 2000. Darino moved to Spain to join

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side

Getafe CF Getafe Club de Fútbol S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Getafe, a city in the Community of Madrid. They compete in La Liga, the top tier of the Football in Spain, Spanish football. The team has pla ...

later in 2000. He made 36 league appearances as the club were relegated to the third-tier of Spanish football. The following season he played on loan in the

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

with

Hércules CF Hércules de Alicante Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team in Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded on 25 October 1922, it currently plays in Primera Federación and plays its home games ...

, appearing in 27 matches as the club failed to gain promotion. In the summer of 2002, Darino contemplated a move to a club in Italy's

Serie C The Serie C (), officially known as Serie C NOW for sponsorship purposes, is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing ...

but signed a one-year contract with

Universidad de Las Palmas CF Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1994 as Vegueta-Universidad, it was dissolved in 2011 due to insurmountable economic pr ...

with an option to renew. He made several appearances for Universidad de Las Palmas in the Segunda B.

References

1976 births Living people Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Argentine Primera División players Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers Getafe CF footballers Hércules CF players Universidad de Las Palmas CF footballers UD Las Palmas players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Argentine emigrants to Italy Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Buenos Aires Province 20th-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub