Darío Ariel Sarmiento (born 29 March 2003) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Montevideo City Torque, on loan from English club Manchester City.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Darío Ariel Sarmiento[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2003-03-29) 29 March 2003 (age 19) | ||
| Place of birth | Florencio Varela, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger[3] | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team |
Montevideo City (on loan from Manchester City) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Defensores de Bosques | |||
| Independiente | |||
| 2009–2019 | Estudiantes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2021 | Estudiantes | 23 | (0) |
| 2021– | Manchester City | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Girona (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2022– | → Montevideo City (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| Argentina U16 | 6 | (4) | |
| Argentina U17 | |||
| 2020– | Argentina U20 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 November 2021 | |||
Sarmiento joined Estudiantes in 2009, after spells with Defensores de Bosques and Independiente.[4][5] He made his debut in senior football at the age of sixteen, after manager Gabriel Milito promoted him into Estudiantes' first-team squad during the 2019–20 campaign.[6][7] After going unused on the substitute's bench for Primera División fixtures with Patronato and Arsenal de Sarandí in September, Sarmiento's bow arrived on 5 October 2019 in a goalless draw at home to Huracán; replacing Diego García after sixty-seven minutes to become the club's second youngest debutant.[8][9][10][11] Seven more appearances came in his breakthrough season.[2]
On 31 December 2020, Estudiantes vice president Martín Gorostegui confirmed that transfer negotiations were underway with Premier League club Manchester City for Sarmiento; two days after the player had renewed his contract through to 31 December 2021.[12][13][14]
On 30 April 2021, Estudiantes announced that Sarmiento would join Manchester City on 1 July,[15] for a reported initial fee of £5.2million.[16]
On 30 July 2021, Sarmiento was loaned to Spanish club Girona FC, also owned by the City Football Group, for one year.[17]
Sarmiento regularly featured for the Argentina U16s, including at the Montaigu Tournament and Torneo de Desarrollo; winning both competitions.[18][19][20][21] He also appeared for the U17s under Pablo Aimar.[10][22][23] In December 2020, Sarmiento received a call-up from the U20s.[24]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Estudiantes | 2019–20 | Primera División | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2020–21[nb 1] | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||