Renzo Malanca
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 Malanca with Huachipato in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Renzo Mariano Malanca[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 6 May 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Guaymallén, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Huachipato | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Leonardo Murialdo | |||
| 2015–2020 | Independiente Rivadavia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2022 | Independiente Rivadavia | 24 | (0) |
| 2022– | Huachipato | 41 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 September 2024 | |||
Renzo Mariano Malanca (born 6 May 2003) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Huachipato.[2]
Malanca switched Club Leonardo Murialdo for Independiente Rivadavia in 2015.[3] He signed his first professional contract at the age of sixteen on 9 October 2019, becoming the youngest ever player to do so for the club.[4][5] In the succeeding February, Malanca appeared on the first-team's subs bench for a Primera B Nacional fixture away to Ferro Carril Oeste; though wasn't substituted on by manager Matías Minich.[2] The latter was replaced by Marcelo Straccia midway through the year, with the new coach selecting Malanca to start for his senior debut, aged seventeen, on 3 January 2021 against Alvarado.[2]
Personal life
In October 2020, Malanca and two other teammates showed possible symptoms of COVID-19 amid the pandemic.[6] They were separated from the main squad, with a player testing positive soon after; though their identity wasn't revealed by Independiente Rivadavia.[6]