Sergio Schiaffino Pérez (born 18 September 1992) is a Mexican professional gridiron football defensive back for the Dinos de Saltillo of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA).
| No. 24 – Dinos de Saltillo | |
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| Position: | Defensive back |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | 18 September 1992 Monterrey, Nuevo León |
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Weight: | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College: | ITESM Monterrey |
| CFL draft: | 2019 LFA / round: 1 / pick: 8 |
| Career history | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
| Stats at CFL.ca | |
Early life
editSchiaffino was born in Monterrey, Nuevo León on 18 September 1992.[1] He started playing American football in 1998 in his hometown with Club Águilas and later joined Borregos Salvajes Monterrey youth teams until he was offered a scholarship to play college football with ITESM Monterrey.[2][3]
College career
editSchiaffino played college football with the Borregos Salvajes Monterrey from 2012 to 2016 and majored in Industrial Engineering.[4][3]
Schiaffino was part of the Mexican team that won the 2016 World University American Football Championship.
Professional career
editIn 2017, Schiaffino was signed by the Monterrey Steel of the National Arena League.[3] He was named the 2017 season Defensive Rookie of the Year.[5]
Schiaffino was signed by the Dinos de Saltillo of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA) ahead of the 2018 season.
In 2019, Schiaffino was drafted by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the 2019 CFL–LFA Draft and made it to the practice roster.[6]
In 2020, Schiaffino returned to the Dinos de Saltillo and played with the team for the 2020 season until it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]
After two seasons in the practice squad, Schiaffino made his CFL debut with the Blue Bombers in September 2021, becoming the first Mexican defensive back to play in the CFL.[8][9]
In 2022, Schiaffino returned to play with the Dinos de Saltillo.
References
edit- ^ "Sergio Schiaffino Perez". CFL.ca. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ "Sergio Schiaffino Pérez de Dinos de Saltillo logra título en Canadá". El Deportivo Saltillo (in Spanish). Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ a b c Barrera, Héctor (March 16, 2017). "Sergio debuta en el Monterrey Steel". El Norte (in Spanish). Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ "Sergio Schiaffino: el sueño de ser profesional". LFA.mx (in Spanish). May 23, 2020. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ "NAL Releases Releases 2017 Awards Steelhawks QB Warren Smith named League MVP". nationalarenaleague.com. July 10, 2017. Archived from the original on July 19, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ Tait, Ed (November 2, 2019). "First-Ever LCFA Draft features Bisons, former Bombers". bluebombers.com. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ "Coronavirus obliga a cancelar temporada 2020 de la LFA". ESPN.com.mx (in Spanish). April 30, 2020. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ Hamilton, Jeff (September 30, 2021). "Groundbreaking Bomber". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ Wyman, Ted (September 30, 2021). "BOMBSHELLS: Mexican DB Sergio Schiaffino Perez provides feel-good story for Bombers by making first CFL start". Winnipeg Sun. Retrieved April 26, 2022.