Facundo Buonanotte
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| Facundo Buonanotte | |
| Full Name | Facundo Valentín Buonanotte |
| Date of Birth | 23 December 2004 |
| Place of Birth | Pérez, Argentina |
| Position | Attacking midfielder Winger |
| Chelsea career | 2025 – |
| Debut | 13 September 2025 |
| Games (goals) | 1 (0) |
| Other clubs | Rosario Central Brighton & Hove Albion Leicester City (loan) |
Facundo Buonanotte is an Argentinian attacking midfielder or winger who joined Chelsea from Brighton & Hove Albion on a season-long loan in August 2025.
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Before Chelsea
Buonanotte came through Rosario Central’s youth academy, joining at age 10. He made his senior debut in early 2022, scored his first professional goal in July of that year, and quickly attracted attention for his creativity, technical skill, and dribbling ability. In January 2023 he moved to Brighton & Hove Albion, where he began integrating into Premier League football, making substitute appearances, contributing goals and assists, and showing flashes of promise in the attacking midfield / wing positions.
Seeking more regular first-team football, Buonanotte spent the 2024-25 season on loan at Leicester City. He featured in 31 Premier League games, scoring 5 goals and providing several assists, becoming an important attacking option through the final third. This spell helped him grow physical resilience, positional awareness, and match sharpness against Premier League opposition.
Chelsea career
Buonanotte joined Chelsea on loan ahead of the 2025-26 season.
Statistics
| Season | Prem | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| 2025-26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
- Correct as of 20 September 2025"
Goals
| # | Season | Date | Year | Competition | Opponent | Score | Result | Venue |
International
He has represented Argentina at youth levels (U20 etc.) and earned senior call-ups, making his international debut in 2023.
Honours
| Current Squad |
|---|
| 1 Sanchez • 2 Disasi • 3 Cucurella • 5 Badiashile • 7 Sterling • 8 Enzo • 10 Mudryk • 10 Madueke • 13 Bettinelli • 14 Chalobah • 15 Jackson • 16 Ugochukwu • 17 Chukwuemeka • 18 Nkunku • 20 Palmer • 21 Chilwell • 23 Gallagher • 24 James • 25 Caicedo • 26 Colwill • 27 Gusto • 28 Petrovic • 31 Casadei • 33 Fofana • 42 Gilchrist • 45 Lavia Manager: Enzo Maresca |
