Darío Sarmiento
Personal information
Full name Darío Ariel Sarmiento[1]
Date of birth (2003-03-29) 29 March 2003
Place of birth Florencio Varela, Argentina
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger[3]
Team information
Current team
 Manchester City F.C. EDS and Academy
Youth career
Defensores de Bosques
Independiente
2009–2019 Estudiantes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Estudiantes 18 (0)
2021– Manchester City 0 (0)
2021–2022 → Girona (loan) 9 (0)
International career
Argentina U16 6 (4)
Argentina U17
2020–2022 Argentina U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 June 2023

Darío Ariel Sarmiento (born 29 March 2003) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Manchester City F.C. EDS and Academy

Club career

Estudiantes

Sarmiento joined Estudiantes in 2009, after spells with Defensores de Bosques and Independiente.[4][5] He made his debut in senior football at the age of sixteen, after manager Gabriel Milito promoted him into Estudiantes' first-team squad during the 2019–20 campaign.[6][7] After going unused on the substitute's bench for Primera División fixtures with Patronato and Arsenal de Sarandí in September, Sarmiento's bow arrived on 5 October 2019 in a goalless draw at home to Huracán; replacing Diego García after sixty-seven minutes to become the club's second youngest debutant.[8][9][10][11] Seven more appearances came in his breakthrough season.[2]

On 31 December 2020, Estudiantes vice president Martín Gorostegui confirmed that transfer negotiations were underway with Premier League club Manchester City for Sarmiento; two days after the player had renewed his contract through to 31 December 2021.[12][13][14]

Manchester City

On 30 April 2021, Estudiantes announced that Sarmiento would join Manchester City on 1 July,[15] for a reported initial fee of £5.2million.[16]

Girona (loan)

On 30 July 2021, Sarmiento was loaned to Spanish club Girona FC, also owned by the City Football Group, for one year.[17]

International career

Sarmiento regularly featured for the Argentina U16s, including at the Montaigu Tournament and Torneo de Desarrollo; winning both competitions.[18][19][20][21] He also appeared for the U17s under Pablo Aimar.[10][22][23] In December 2020, Sarmiento received a call-up from the U20s.[24]

Career statistics

As of 24 January 2021.[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Estudiantes 2019–20 Primera División 503000—0080
2020–21[nb 1] 900010—00100
Career total 1403010—00180

    Honours

    Argentina U16[19][20]

    Notes

    1. ↑ Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.

    References

    1. ↑ "2021/22 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
    2. 1 2 3 "Argentina - D. Sarmiento". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
    3. ↑ "¿Conflicto entre Milito y Aimar por Darío Sarmiento?". Marca. 10 October 2019. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
    4. ↑ "Darío Sarmiento, el enganche de Estudiantes que se destaca en la Sub 16". Estudiantes. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
    5. ↑ "El varelense Darío Sarmiento, elegido entre las grandes promesas del fútbol mundial". Varela Informa. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
    6. ↑ "Tres sueños de Primera en la pretemporada". Estudiantes. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
    7. ↑ "Ficha Estadistica de DARIO SARMIENTO". BDFA. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
    8. ↑ "Darío Sarmiento, el pibe que debutó y emocionó a todos". TNT Sports. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
    9. ↑ "Debutó en Estudiantes y lo festejó en el cole". Olé. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
    10. 1 2 "Estudiantes: el pibe Darío Sarmiento llegó, debutó y ¿ahora se va?". El Día. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
    11. ↑ "Debutó en primera con 16 años y en el colegio lo recibieron como un héroe". Mundo D - La Voz. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
    12. ↑ "Verón y Gorostegui en "Acá hay una escuela"". Estudiantes. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
    13. ↑ "Existe una negociación con el Man City por Darío Sarmiento". Estudiantes. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
    14. ↑ "Extensión del contrato de Darío Sarmiento". Estudiantes. 29 December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
    15. ↑ "Sarmiento al Manchester City" [Sarmiento to Manchester City] (in Spanish). Estudiantes de La Plata. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
    16. ↑ "Man City agree transfer deal for teenage Argentine star Dario Sarmiento". Manchester Evening News. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
    17. ↑ "El Girona FC incorpora l'extrem Darío Sarmiento" [Girona FC sign the winger Darío Sarmiento] (in Catalan). Girona FC. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
    18. ↑ "La Sub 16 campeona con Sarmiento como figura". Estudiantes. 11 February 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
    19. 1 2 "Sarmiento viajará a Francia con la Sub 16". Estudiantes. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
    20. 1 2 "Darío Sarmiento gritó campeón con la Sub 16 en Francia". Estudiantes. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
    21. ↑ "Tres jugadores de la séptima citados a la Sub 16". Estudiantes. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
    22. ↑ "Tres juveniles a la Sub 17". Estudiantes. 23 June 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
    23. ↑ "La Sub 17 suma minutos con los albirrojos". Estudiantes. 14 July 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
    24. ↑ "Ayala y Sarmiento, convocados al Sub 20". Estudiantes. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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