Junior Firpo

Junior Firpo is the kind of player I find quietly compelling, because his story complicates the usual football map. Born in Santo Domingo, he came up through the Dominican side of his identity yet built his career in Spanish football, eventually playing left-back at La Liga's Real Betis. What strikes me is the decision to represent the Dominican Republic on the international stage rather than chase a more conventional path. He moved to Spain with his family at six, and as a profile he reads as someone bridging two footballing worlds, which I think makes him worth following.

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Name (English)

Junior Firpo

Name (Japanese)

ジュニオル・フィルポ

Reading

じゅにおる・ふぃるぽ

Born

August 22, 1996 (age 30)

Origin

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Height

184 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rat

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/juniorfirpo3/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior%20Firpo
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9D
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48568974

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.