Emiliano Franco
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Emiliano Franco Pola | ||
| Date of birth | 21 October 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Zaragoza, Spain[1] | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder[2] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | Newell's Old Boys | 2 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Douglas Haig | 20 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Defensores de Belgrano | 18 | (0) |
| 2019 | Huracán Las Heras | 2 | (0) |
| 2020 | AD Oliveirense | 4 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Ibiza | 15 | (3) |
| 2021 | UE Sant Julià | 6 | (0) |
| 2022 | Tepatitlán | 27 | (1) |
| 2023 | Mitre | 9 | (0) |
| 2024 | San Telmo | 34 | (2) |
| 2025– | Deportivo Morón | 22 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:33, 4 August 2025 (UTC) | |||
Emiliano Franco Pola (born 21 October 1994) he is a Spanish-born Argentine football player. He plays as an attacking midfielder for Deportivo Morón.[1]
Franco started his career with Newell's Old Boys.[1] He made his professional debut with the club during the 2016 Argentine Primera División season, playing the final thirty-two minutes of a 2–0 defeat to Temperley on 15 May 2016.[1] He made one further appearance a week later against Atlético Tucumán.[1] On 27 August 2017, Franco joined Torneo Federal A side Douglas Haig.[1][3] His first appearance arrived on 4 October versus Gimnasia y Esgrima.[1][4] Ahead of the 2018–19 Torneo Federal A, Franco was signed by Defensores de Belgrano.[1] After eighteen appearances, Franco then spent 2019–20 with Huracán Las Heras.[1]
In 2020, Franco switched Argentina for Portugal after agreeing terms with AD Oliveirense.[5] He made his debut in a Campeonato de Portugal defeat to Marítimo B on 9 February, which preceded three further appearances before the season's curtailment due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The succeeding September saw Franco move to Spain with Tercera División team Ibiza.[6] He scored his first senior goal on debut against Manacor on 10 January.[7] His next goal arrived on 21 March versus Felanitx.[8]
Personal life
He is the son of former Argentina international footballer Darío Franco.[9] Franco became stranded in Portugal during the COVID-19 pandemic, having also not been paid since his arrival.[5] He managed to return to his homeland in May after the Associação de Emergência Humanitária intervened.[10]