Cayetano Bartolomé "Tano" Bonnín Vásquez (born 30 June 1990) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for Italian

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club

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. Born in Spain, he represents the Dominican Republic national team.

Club career

Born in

Palma de Mallorca Palma (, ; ), also known as Palma de Mallorca (officially between 1983 and 1988, 2006–2008, and 2012–2016), is the capital and largest city of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is ...

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, Bonnín spent almost all of his youth football with local

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (, , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or RCD Mallorca, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Palma de Mallorca, ...

, his two spells with the club totalling 11 years. He made his senior debut with the reserves in the

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, finishing the 2009–10 season on loan to fellow league side

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. Bonnín signed with

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in the summer of 2010, being initially assigned to

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but only representing the third side in the

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. He continued playing in the Spanish lower leagues the following years, with

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. In February 2013, Bonnín became an

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sensation after clearing the ball with a

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against

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for the third division. On 3 September he joined

SD Noja Sociedad Deportiva Noja is a Spanish football team based in Noja, in the autonomous community of Cantabria. Founded in 1963, it plays in , holding home games at '' Estadio La Caseta'', with a capacity of 3,000 seats. History Founded in 1963, Noj ...

, but moved to

Villarreal CF C Villarreal Club de Fútbol "C" is the third team of Villarreal CF, a Spanish football team based in Villarreal, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 2002, and plays in , holding home games at ''Ciudad Deportiva Villarreal CF'', wit ...

on 25 October after being not allowed to play. On 8 July 2015, Bonnín joined

CA Osasuna Club Atlético Osasuna (, ''Osasuna Athletic Club''), or simply Osasuna, is a Spanish professional football club based in Pamplona, Navarre. It was founded on 24 October 1920 and plays in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football. The team's ...

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. He made his debut for the club on 30 August, coming on as a 46th-minute substitute for Miguel Flaño in a 1–0 home win against

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, and contributed 30 appearances –

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included – to help his team achieve promotion. Bonnín first appeared in

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on 10 September 2016, starting and being

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in a 5–2 loss at former side Real Madrid. The following 11 January, in the first minutes of the return match against the same opponent, he broke the

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and

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to his right leg after an unlucky challenge by

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; he made his comeback on 10 December that year, as a late replacement in a 1–0 defeat away to

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. In August 2018, at the end of his contract with Osasuna, Bonnín signed for

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for the upcoming third-tier campaign. On 11 June of the following year, he moved to

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one league above after agreeing to a two-year contract. He was one of several new signings discarded by incoming manager

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on 30 August, and resumed his career the following month on a deal of equal duration at

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in Romania's

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. Bonnín returned to Spain in September 2020, joining

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on a one-year deal with the option of one more. He was released when that option was not taken for financial reasons, but later agreed to an identical contract with the Segunda División RFEF club. On 19 January 2024, Bonnín signed a six-month contract with Italian

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club

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International career

Born to a Dominican mother, Bonnín made his international debut for the Dominican Republic national team on 24 March 2013, appearing in a 3–1 friendly win with

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. On 22 March 2018, in his first international match since his leg injury, he captained the nation in a 4–0 friendly victory over the Turks & Caicos Islands in

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. Bonnín scored his first international goal on 12 October 2018, by opening a 3–0 defeat of the

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International goals

(Dominican Republic score listed first, score column indicates score after each Bonnín goal)

References

External links

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