Arnaldo Antonio Sanabria Ayala (born 4 March 1996), also known as Tony Sanabria, is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Cremonese and the Paraguay national team.
Born in San Lorenzo, Paraguay, Sanabria started his career in futsal, later moving to football. He joined Cerro Porteño's youth academy in 2004. In 2007, he and his parents moved to Spain, and he joined a local club from Sitges, called La Blanca Subur CF.
Sanabria joined Spanish club Barcelona's youth academy in 2009, aged 13. A year later, he moved to La Masia's facilities. In September 2012, still a youth, he was called up by manager Tito Vilanova to train with first team.
In August 2013, Sanabria was promoted to Barcelona B in Segunda División. On 29 September he made his professional debut, playing the last 22 minutes in a 0âÂÂ1 home loss against Mallorca.
On 20 November 2013, Sanabria rejected a contract extension from Barça. Three days later he scored his first professional goal, in a 1âÂÂ2 home loss against Las Palmas. He was linked to Italian club Roma and others which faced fierce competition to sign him in January.
On 29 January 2014, Sanabria joined fellow Serie A side Sassuolo, for a â¬4.5 million fee, plus â¬7.5 million bonuses "dependent on the playerâÂÂs performance and his future value". The deal was later clarified and he would join Roma in July, as the Giallorossi already reached the foreign quota.
Sanabria made his Serie A debut on 23 March, replacing Davide Biondini in a 0âÂÂ1 loss at Udinese.
Sanabria officially joined Roma in July 2014 for â¬4.926 million (including â¬2.5 million from Roma via Sassuolo to Barcelona). Roma also took the contractual responsibility from Sassuolo, to pay Barcelona up to an additional â¬7 million for bonuses. As well as being a member of the first team squad, Sanabria also featured for the Roma Primavera squad in the 2014âÂÂ15 UEFA Youth League, scoring two goals in the 3âÂÂ2 defeat against Bayern Munich on 5 November 2014.
On 8 February 2015, Sanabria made his first team debut for Roma, replacing Francesco Totti after 62 minutes, in the 2âÂÂ1 Serie A victory against Cagliari.
On 11 August 2015, Sanabria returned to Spain after agreeing to a one-year loan deal with La Liga side Sporting Gijón. He made his league debut on 23 August, starting in a 0âÂÂ0 home draw against Real Madrid. Sanabria scored his first La Liga goals in on 23 September, netting a brace in a 3âÂÂ2 away win against Deportivo La Coruña.
Sanabria scored a hat-trick in Sporting's 3âÂÂ1 home success over Las Palmas on 6 December 2015. He added another on 22 January of the following year, coming in a 5âÂÂ1 route of Real Sociedad.
On 15 July 2016, Sanabria signed a five-year deal with Real Betis for a fee of â¬7.5 million, with Roma retaining a 50% clause on the following transfer and a re-buy clause.
On 20 September 2017 he scored the winning goal in Real Betis' 1âÂÂ0 win over Real Madrid. It was Betis' first win at the Bernabeu since October 1998, when Finidi George scored in another 1âÂÂ0 victory.
On 26 January 2019, Sanabria signed for Serie A club Genoa on loan until 30 June 2020.
On 31 January 2021, Sanabria signed a four-year contract with fellow Serie A club Torino.
On 4 January 2024, Sanabria extended his contract with Torino until 30 June 2026.
On 21 August 2025, Sanabria joined Cremonese.
Sanabria played for both the under-17 and under-20 Paraguay teams.
In 2013, Sanabria was called up to the Paraguay national team for two qualification matches for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, against Bolivia and Argentina to make an official appearance for the national team, in the case that Spain wanted to nationalize him.
He made his full squad debut on 14 August 2013, in a 3âÂÂ3 draw against Germany. Sanabria was selected as part of Paraguay's Copa America Centenario squad, where he made two appearances. He came on as a substitute in the second group stage match against Colombia, as well as started in the final group stage match against the United States.
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