Jonathan Fabbro

Fabbro commenced his football career at Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors and remained there for 9 years, going through all of the youth divisiones at the club.[4] When he hoped to make the step to the first-team at the age of 17, Fabbro had the opportunity to trial with Spanish club Real Betis, where Carlos Griguol was the coach. Fabbro awoke the interest of Mallorca who did not doubt in signing him, there he disputed 5 games before returning to Argentina.[4]

In 2002, Fabbro returned from Spain's RCD Mallorca to join Boca Juniors Reserves and Academy. On 5 May 2002, Fabbro debuted for the first-team of Boca Juniors in a 2–1 home victory against Velez Sarsfield, where he was coached by Óscar Tabárez. Fabbro then went on to play for the club's first-team in a match against Independiente. In 2003, Fabbro returned to play for the Boca Juniors first-team in four more matches, where he would score one goal against Rosario Central in a match which Boca Juniors lost 7-2 having fielded the majority of the first-team with youth-team players. Fabbro would also participate in three continental matches, scoring one goal against Colón de Santa Fé in the 2003 Copa Sudamericana. Fabbro was eclipsed by players such as Juan Roman Riquelme, Walter Gaitán and the Brazilian Iarley. He did not play much in the first-team, but was a starting player in the reserve-team.[4] With the arrival of Carlos Bianchi as coach at Boca Juniors, Fabbro lost game with the first-team. At Boca Juniors, Fabbro scored 2 goals in 9 games.[4] At Boca Juniors, Fabbro's other teammates included Roberto Abbondanzieri, Rolando Schiavi, Sebastian Battaglia, Carlos Tevez, Abel Balbo, Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Hungarian Róbert Waltner and Japanese Naohiro Takahara.[5][6]

In 2003, Fabbro joined Colombian club Once Caldas, where he won the 2004 Copa Libertadores.[4] In December 2004, Fabbro played against Porto in the Intercontinental Cup, finishing runners-up after losing in a penalty shoot-out.

In 2007, Fabbro arrived at Club Guaraní, where he converted into an idol. He was chosen as the Best Player and was also the Top Scorer in the 2008 Apertura. Fabbro lead the team to conquering the 2010 Apertura. Fabbro became a celebrity in Paraguay, and in 2010, he finished the procedure to acquire citizenship to play for the national team.[4] In January 2011, Fabbro's representative claimed that he could continue at Guaraní but with a better contract. By this point, Fabbro was in the interest of Cerro Porteño and Olimpia Asunción.[7] Fabbro's representative indicated that Fabbro felt good at Guaraní but wanted to earn more.[7]

In February 2011, Fabbro paid a buy out cost of US$228, 000.00 to Guaraní to be able to transfer to Cerro Porteño. Fabbro agreed to give away 12% of the transfer cost to Guaraní from his transfer to Cerro Porteño.[8] Fabbro too gifted Guaraní with US$150, 000.00, which was what Guaraní owed Fabbro for the sale of his economic rights. For all of this, Fabbro renounced so that he could be free and play at Cerro Porteño, even removing a labour lawsuit that he filed against Guaraní.[8] Fabbro signed an agreement with Cerro Porteño for four years.[9] He later confessed that Guaraní's president never wanted to sell him.[10]

In 2013, Fabbro joined River Plate on a one-year loan by a special request from its coach Ramon Diaz.[4] Later, Jonathan Fabbro spoke on 90 Minutos on Fox Sports Argentina, telling that his stint at River Plate damaged him by losing grounf at Cerro Porteño and his place in the narional team during the FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[11]

"I would have liked to have more minutes, been able to play more often, to see if I was at the level which River Plate represents. Equally, I am content and happy for having passed through such a big club." – Fabbro speaking about his stint at River Plate.[11]

In 2010, Fabbro accidently hit with his car and killed a 23-year-old woman, Mónica Beatriz Deppeller, who was taking her five-year-old son to school on her motorbike in Videla, Santa Fe, Argentina.[4][14] 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 hit another motorcyclist during a car chase with Paraguayan police.[15]

In 2017, Fabbro was accused of sexually abusing his 11-year-old goddaughter (daughter of his brother Darío) and another underage girl. In May 2018, the footballer was extradited from Mexico to Argentina by order of Interpol, and imprisoned.[16]

In 2019, Fabbro was found guilty of at least five counts of "severely outrageous sexual abuse" against his niece and goddaughter between 2015 and 2017. Jonathan Fabbro was officially sentenced to 14 years in jail.[17]