Franco Armani

Franco Armani: Biography in Details

Who is Franco Armani?

Franco Armani is a professional footballer who is known as a goalkeeper for Argentina’s national team and club River Plate.  He started playing football in 2003 when he was in a youth team called San Lorenzo de Almagro.

Franco Armani’s hobbies is a read, photography, learning, and traveling.

Franco Armani – Age, Parents, Siblings, Ethnicity, Education

The Argentinian goalkeeper was born on 16th October 1986 in Casilda, Santa Fe, Argentina. The 36-year-old goalkeeper has Argentine nationality, his religion is Christianity.  He has also applied for Colombian citizenship as he married a Colombian woman.

Franco Armani was born to their mother Analia Rimoldi whereas his father’s name is still unknown to the media. He is a single child and has no siblings.

As for his academics, his education is unknown as he has never revealed his education in public.

Franco Armani – Professional Life, Careers

Club Career

Armani left Deportivo Merlo back in 2010 to join Medellin’s Atletico Nacional. He was in the club for 8 seasons and became the first chosen, goalkeeper. On January 2018, Nacional was paid about $ 3 million to buy out Armani by River Plate.

Similarly, Franco Armani signed a three-year contract with Los Millonarios on 11th January 2018 which was renewed for a year in May 2018. Franco was playing with River Plate when he was sponsored by Burger King after being crowned as on the pitch after they won the match against Boca Junior.

International Career

Franco Armani applied for citizenship in Colombia as he married a Colombian, to play in their national team. However, Armani wanted to play World Cup from his home country Argentina. In June 2018, he was on the squad for Argentina’s national team for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. He made his International debut on 26th June 2018 in a group-stage match against Nigeria.

Franco Armani – Net worth, Salary

The Argentine footballer has approximately a Net Worth of $2.5 million in 2022.  Franco Armani earns around $19,230 per week at his current club River Plate.

Franco Armani – Rumors, Controversy

The only controversy he has been in is when he saved a penalty against Jonathan Galvan, it happened during the game Racing VS. River Plate. Otherwise, Franco has been staying away from any type of rumors or any type of controversy.

Franco Armani – Height, Weight

The 36-year-old goalkeeper, Franco Armani’s height is 6 feet 2 inches weighing around 85 kg.  He has a muscular body. Furthermore, talking about his eyes He has dark pair of brown eyes and brown hair.

Social Media

The goalkeeper for Argentina is in his social media accounts as he has an Instagram account Franco Armani joined in February 2017, @francoarmani34 has more than 1.7 million followers.

On the other hand, Franco Armani doesn’t use other social media like Twitter and Facebook.

Trivia

• In 2017, Armani won Copa Libertadores and the South American Champions League.
• He was born in Argentina.

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