{{short description|Argentine footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Rafael Sangiovani | image = | fullname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|3|31|df=y}} | birth_place = Arteaga, Argentina | height = 1.68 m<ref name="WF1">{{Worldfootball.net|rafael-sangiovani|new_id=pe622477}}</ref> | position = Midfielder | currentclub = Metropolitanos | clubnumber = 5 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Rosario Central | years1 = 2020–2022 | clubs1 = Rosario Central | caps1 = 20 <!--see note--> | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2022 | clubs2 = → Villa Dálmine (loan) | caps2 = 25 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2023 | clubs3 = Independiente Rivadavia | caps3 = 6 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2024 | clubs4 = Brown de Adrogué | caps4 = 54 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2025 | clubs5 = Zamora | caps5 = 12 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2025 | clubs6 = Anzoategui | caps6 = 8 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2026– | clubs7 = Metropolitanos | caps7 = 5 | goals7 = 0 | club-update = 11 March 2026 }} '''Rafael Sangiovani''' (born 31 March 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Venezuelan club Metropolitanos.<ref name="SW1">{{Soccerway|rafael-sangiovani/684602}}</ref>
==Career== Sangiovani is a product of the Rosario Central youth system.<ref name="EC1">{{cite news|title=¿Firman contrato o no? La dirigencia de Central define el futuro de la categoría 99 canalla|url=https://www.elciudadanoweb.com/firman-contrato-o-no-la-dirigencia-de-central-define-el-futuro-de-la-categoria-99-canalla/|accessdate=5 December 2020|work=El Ciudadano|date=22 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="RC1">{{cite news|title=Una nueva pretemporada en marcha|url=http://www.rosariocentral.com/nota/30427-una-nueva-pretemporada-en-marcha/|accessdate=5 December 2020|work=Rosario Central|date=5 June 2019}}</ref> After signing his first professional contract in 2019, he was promoted into the first-team squad in late-2020 under manager Kily González.<ref name="LVDR1">{{cite news|title=Juveniles de Rosario Central que tienen contrato y todavía no debutaron en Primera|url=http://www.lavozderosario.com/juveniles-de-rosario-central-que-tienen-contrato-y-todavia-no-debutaron-en-primera-2/|accessdate=5 December 2020|work=La Voz de Rosario|date=20 July 2020}}</ref> Sangiovani made his senior debut in a 1–1 draw away from home against Banfield on 4 December 2020, featuring for eighty minutes before being replaced by Diego Zabala due to injury.<ref name="SW1"/><ref name="EC2">{{cite news|title=Rafael Sangiovani, que salió lesionado, fue la figura del Canalla en el empate 1-1 con Banfield|url=https://www.elciudadanoweb.com/rafael-sangiovani-que-salio-lesionado-fue-la-figura-del-canalla-en-el-empate-1-1-con-banfield/|accessdate=5 December 2020|work=El Ciudadano|date=4 December 2020}}</ref> In January 2022, Sangiovani joined Primera Nacional club Villa Dálmine on a one-year loan deal.<ref>[https://www.soloascenso.com.ar/notas/villa-dalmine/un-mediocampista-de-rosario-central-sera-refuerzo-del-viola/171159 Un mediocampista de Rosario Central será refuerzo del Viola], soloascenso.com.ar, 10 January 2022</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|22 December 2020}}.<ref name="SW1"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="1"|Rosario Central |2020–21{{#tag:ref|Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.|group="nb"}} |rowspan="1"|Primera División |3||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||3||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !3!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!0!!0!!3!!0 |} {{Reflist|group=lower-alpha}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sangiovani, Rafael}} Category:1998 births Category:People from Caseros Department Category:Footballers from Santa Fe Province Category:Living people Category:Argentine people of Italian descent Category:Sportspeople of Italian descent Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Argentine men's footballers Category:Rosario Central footballers Category:Villa Dálmine footballers Category:Independiente Rivadavia footballers Category:Club Atlético Brown footballers Category:Argentine Primera División players Category:Primera Nacional players Category:21st-century Argentine sportsmen