Orlando Gill

Orlando Gill
Personal information
Full name Orlando Daniel Gill Noldin
Date of birth (2000-06-11) 11 June 2000
Place of birth San Lorenzo, Paraguay
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)[1][note 1]
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 San Lorenzo
Number 12
Youth career
2012–2013 Club 13 de Junio
2013–2019 CS San Lorenzo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2023 CS San Lorenzo 3 (0)
2024 → San Lorenzo II (loan) 12 (0)
2024– San Lorenzo 50 (0)
International career‡
2019 Paraguay U20 1 (0)
2025– Paraguay 11 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:52, 4 June 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:23, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

Orlando Daniel Gill Noldin (born 11 June 2000; Spanish pronunciation: [oɾˈlando daˈnjel ˈxiʝ ˈnoldin]) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Argentine Primera División club San Lorenzo and the Paraguay national team.

Club career

Club Sportivo San Lorenzo

Orlando Daniel Gill Noldin was born in the Paraguayan city of San Lorenzo[2] on 11 June 2000;[1] his first steps into becoming a footballer were in a local youth club, Club 13 de Junio, where he played as a midfielder.[5][6][7] Later on, at age nineteen and as a goalkeeper, Gill gained a professional contract with his local club, CS San Lorenzo; nonetheless, he only disputed three matches at the club before being loaned out to San Lorenzo de Almagro in 2024.[8][2]

San Lorenzo de Almagro

Gill arrived at San Lorenzo to form part of its reserve team.[6] In his first season, he was noted for his performances during the campaign where the club finished as the reserve league's runners-up, which helped Gill to be considered as a candidate for the first-team.[5][3] His debut in the first-team came in the last game of the 2024 AFA Liga Profesional de Fútbol,[2] a 1–0 home loss against CA Tigre.[9]

In the following season's pre-season, Facundo Altamirano suffered an injury in a match versus Uruguay's Club Nacional de Football; and along with the lack of goalkeepers, led Gill to start in the following three matches,[10] where he kept a clean sheet in all three.[11] After this, San Lorenzo opted to acquire 50 percent of Gill's contract for 500,000, as he was playing without one. The rest was paid to his former team, CS San Lorenzo.[11] Gill impressed in his first matches of the league; he beat the club record of most clean sheets at the start of the season,[12] and at the end of the season's first half, conceded only twelve goals throughout nineteen matches.[3]

International career

Before debuting as professional, Gill was called up to the Paraguay U20s for the 2019 South American U-20 Championship.[13] Subsequently, Manager of the senior Paraguay national team, Gustavo Alfaro, was intrigued by Gill's playing in San Lorenzo. Because of this, Gill was called up to debut in a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification match over the Peru national team on 6 September 2025, where the Paraguayans won 1–0.[4]

On 1 June 2026, Gill was announced as part of the Paraguay squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[14][15] On 29 June 2026, Gill saved two penalties in a shootout against Germany and helped Paraguay advance to the round of 16.[16][7] He was also named Man of the Match in the Round of 16 clash against France, which ended in a 1–0 defeat after a penalty.[17] He was named to the 2026 FIFA World Cup Rising Stars Team of the Tournament by FIFA.[18]

Style of play

A left-footed goalkeeper,[2] Gill is known for his shot-stopping ability and consistency. He is particularly effective at making saves from close range and has been praised for his performances under pressure.[19]

Personal life

Gill had to sell his Paraguay U-20 jersey from the 2019 South American U-20 Championship along with his other football equipment to help cover medical expenses after his son was born prematurely and required intensive care.[20]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 May 2026
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sportivo San Lorenzo 2020 Paraguayan Primera División 20——20
San Lorenzo 2024 Argentine Primera División 10——10
2025 34020—360
2026 1501060220
Total 5003060590
Career total 5203060610

International

As of match played 4 July 2026
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Paraguay 202540
202670
Total110

Honours

Individual

Notes

  1. ↑ This is Gill's height as written by FIFA on their Squad Lists. Other sources, such as these, as stated that he is about 1.95 or 1.96 meters tall (6ft 5in):[2][3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 "FIFA World Cup 2026 Squad List" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). 15 June 2026. p. 34. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 June 2026. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Tossi, Franco (10 February 2026). "Orlando Gill: el arquero paraguayo de San Lorenzo que se inspira en Chilavert y mantiene la valla invicta en tres partidos del torneo Apertura". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 "Le dicen "el Courtois paraguayo", mide 1.96 y patea tiros libres: Orlando Gill, el arquero-héroe de San Lorenzo". Infobae (in Spanish). 19 May 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  4. 1 2 Arena, Matías (10 September 2025). "La transformación de Gill: de la apuesta de San Lorenzo al debut soñado en Paraguay". Olé.
  5. 1 2 "La dura historia de Orlando Gill, el arquero que alguna vez jugó en el medio y "vendió todo" para mantener a su familia". TyC Sports (in Spanish). 29 June 2026. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  6. 1 2 "De vender todo para salvar a su bebé a ser el héroe de Paraguay: la historia de Orlando Gill". Ámbito Financiero. 4 July 2026. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  7. 1 2 Collins, Ben (30 June 2026). "World Cup 2026: How Paraguay's Orlando Gill went from obscurity to penalty hero". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  8. ↑ Orlando Gill at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  9. ↑ Gorgazzi, Osvaldo José (2024). "Argentina 2023/24". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "Orlando Gill: "Me gustaría compartir plantel con Keylor Navas"". Olé (in Spanish). 17 January 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  11. 1 2 "Ni Keylor ni el holandés, San Lorenzo apuesta por Orlando Gill". Página 12 (in Spanish). 22 January 2026. ISSN 0329-1332. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  12. ↑ Maverino, Silvio (10 February 2025). "El histórico récord que alcanzó Orlando Gill en San Lorenzo". El Gráfico (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  13. ↑ "Los 23 albirrojos elegidos para el Sudamericano". Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol. 21 December 2018. Archived from the original on 23 February 2025.
  14. ↑ Paraguayan Football Association [@Albirroja] (1 June 2026). "¡Todo un país con ustedes! Esta es la lista final del profe Gustavo Alfaro para representar a Paraguay en la Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2026. ¡La Albirroja está de vuelta!" [An entire country stands with you! This is coach Gustavo Alfaro's final squad list to represent Paraguay at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. La Albirroja is back!] (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 June 2026 – via X (formerly Twitter).
  15. ↑ "Paraguay Announces Squad for 2026 FIFA World Cup". Heavy.com. 1 June 2026. Archived from the original on 1 June 2026. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  16. ↑ "Paraguay stun Germany on penalties as Brazil advance". FIFA. 29 June 2026.
  17. ↑ "Mbappe strikes again to send France through". FIFA. 5 July 2026.
  18. 1 2 "El arquero paraguayo de San Lorenzo Orlando Gill fue elegido por la FIFA en el equipo ideal de las revelaciones del Mundial". Perfil. 20 July 2026.
  19. ↑ Benson, Ryan; Jolly, Aryan (20 July 2026). "Bouaddi, Vite, Nakamura and the Breakout Players Who Could Be on the Move After Impressing at the 2026 World Cup". Opta Analyst.
  20. ↑ Clarke, Rachel; Zegarra, Gonzalo (7 July 2026). "He sold everything for his son. Now Paraguay's hero goalkeeper will get a treasured jersey back". CNN.
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