the era of Carlo Zambrano he ended at Boca Juniors, although the club had initially offered him to extend his contract. Last Thursday, the Argentine press reported that after a heated argument between the two over the question of the holiday, coach Hugo Ibarra had decided to ‘drop’ the defender from the squad. For this reason, the auriazul team will seek a contract termination with “León”, who says goodbye with five titles in two seasons, but also with many reproaches for his performance.
Almost from the beginning of his career in Argentine football, Zambrano has been the target of questions from fans and sports media. Critics of the ‘Kaiser’ saw him as one of the main culprits for every goal Boca conceded and, in general, few were convinced of the two-tone defender’s level.
The Olé newspaper, for example, doubted that the Chalaco had never “shown a performance that corresponds to his background as a national player with a European past”. At the time of his arrival at the Boquense team, the defender joined the Peru team as a regular and with several years of experience in Europe.
This is how the Argentine newspaper summarized Zambrano’s passage through Boca Juniors. Photo: Ole
According to the aforementioned newspaper, the 33-year-old footballer has already removed his belongings from the Xeneize estate and would try to enforce the clause that stipulated his departure at the end of 2022, despite his contract expiring in June 2023.
Numbers by Carlos Zambrano at Boca Juniors
Since signing from Boca in January 2020, Zambrano has featured in a total of 62 games between Argentina’s First Division, Copa Argentina and Copa Libertadores. He scored two goals, was sent off twice and his five titles break down as follows: Argentine Super League 2019-20, League Cup 2019-20, League Cup 2020 and 2022 and Argentine Professional League 2022.