29 Facts About Jonathan Fabbro

Jonathan Fabbro was born on 16 January 1982 and is an Argentine-born Paraguayan convicted felon and a former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Jonathan Fabbro is the brother of former footballer Dario Fabbro.

When he hoped to make the step to the first-team at the age of 17, Jonathan Fabbro had the opportunity to trial with Spanish club Real Betis, where Carlos Griguol was the coach.

Jonathan Fabbro awakened the interest of Mallorca who did not doubt in signing him, there he played 5 games before returning to Argentina.

In 2002, Jonathan Fabbro returned from Spain's RCD Mallorca to join Boca Juniors Reserves and Academy.

Jonathan Fabbro then went on to play for the club's first-team in a match against Independiente.

Jonathan Fabbro would participate in three continental matches, scoring one goal against Colon de Santa Fe in the 2003 Copa Sudamericana.

Jonathan Fabbro was eclipsed by players such as Juan Roman Riquelme, Walter Gaitan and the Brazilian Iarley.

Jonathan Fabbro did not play much in the first-team, but was a starting player in the reserve-team.

In 2003, Jonathan Fabbro joined Colombian club Once Caldas, where he won the 2004 Copa Libertadores.

In December 2004, Jonathan Fabbro played against Porto in the Intercontinental Cup, finishing runners-up after losing in a penalty shoot-out.

In 2007, Jonathan Fabbro arrived at Guarani, where he became a club icon.

Jonathan Fabbro was chosen as the Best Player in the 2008 Apertura.

Jonathan Fabbro became a celebrity in Paraguay, and in 2010, he finished the procedure to acquire citizenship to play for the national team.

In January 2011, Jonathan Fabbro's representative claimed that he could continue at Guarani but with a better contract.

Jonathan Fabbro's representative indicated that Jonathan Fabbro felt good at Guarani but wanted to earn more.

In February 2011, Jonathan Fabbro paid a buy out clause of US$228,000 to Guarani to be able to transfer to Cerro Porteno.

Jonathan Fabbro gave Guarani US $150,000, which was what Guarani owed Jonathan Fabbro for the sale of his economic rights.

Jonathan Fabbro signed an agreement with Cerro Porteno for four years.

Jonathan Fabbro later confessed that Guarani's president never wanted to sell him.

In 2013, Jonathan Fabbro joined River Plate on a one-year loan by a special request from its coach Ramon Diaz.

Later, Jonathan Fabbro spoke on 90 Minutos on Fox Sports Argentina, telling that his stint at River Plate damaged him by losing ground at Cerro Porteno and his place in the national team during the FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

In 2010, Jonathan Fabbro obtained Paraguayan citizenship in order to play for the Paraguay national team.

In March 2010, Jonathan Fabbro completed the legal process of the Paraguayan naturalisation and awaited to be selected for the national team.

In 2010, following his Paraguayan naturalisation, ABC Color announced that Jonathan Fabbro was in the plans of Paraguay's national team coach Gerardo Martino.

In May 2015, Jonathan Fabbro was pre-selected in a list of 30 footballers by national team coach Ramon Diaz for the 2015 Copa America.

In September 2015, Jonathan Fabbro showed happy to return to train with the national team after not selected for the 2015 Copa America.

In 2010, Jonathan Fabbro accidentally hit with his car and killed a 23-year-old woman, Monica Beatriz Deppeller, who was taking her five-year-old son to school on her motorbike in Videla, Santa Fe, Argentina.

Jonathan Fabbro was eventually sued by the victim's family and had money docked from his wages to pay a compensation, but in 2012 he and his girlfriend Larissa Riquelme hit another motorcyclist during a car chase with Paraguayan police.