Denis Stracqualursi

Denis Stracqualursi

Personal information
Full name	Denis Andrés Stracqualursi
Date of birth	October 20, 1987 (1987-10-20) (age 24)
Place of birth	Rafaela, Argentina
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Everton (on loan from Tigre)
Number	11
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2007–2008	Unión de Sunchales	24	(11)
2008–2010	Gimnasia-LP	46	(6)
2010–	Tigre	35	(21)
2011–	→ Everton (loan)	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:54, 19 November 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Denis Andrés Stracqualursi (born 20 October 1987 in Rafaela) is an Argentine football striker who plays for Everton in the Premier League on loan from Tigre.

Career

Stracqualursi started his playing career in 2007 with Unión de Sunchales in the 3rd division of Argentine football. In 2008 he joined Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata, he scored his first goal for the club in a 1–0 win over Colón de Santa Fe.

On 3 February 2010 Stracqualursi scored 2 goals to help Gimnasia win the Clásico Platense 3–1, ending Estudiantes' run of five consecutive victories.^[1]

Stracqualursi joined Tigre for the 2010–11 Argentine Primera División season on a one year loan with the option to buy.^[2] While Gimnasia struggled to find the net, scoring only 13 goals in total during the 2010 Apertura tournament Straqualursi scored freely for Tigre. His 11th and last goal of the Apertura came in the postponed game with Independiente that was played on 6 February 2011.^[3] His tally of 11 goals made him the joint top scorer along Santiago Silva of Vélez Sársfield making him the first Tigre player ever to become top scorer in the Argentine Primera División.

Straqualursi continued his good goalscoring form in the Clausura tournament with nine goals in the first ten games including a hat-trick against Boca Juniors at the Bombonera on 17 April 2011 meaning that he had scored the same amount of goals as the whole Gimnasia team combined at that stage of the tournament. ^[4]

Everton

In August 2011 Stracqualursi signed a season-long loan deal with Premier League club Everton and was given squad number 11.^[5][6] Stracqualursi made his first appearance as a substitute in a home game against Wigan. He assisted in the third goal of a 3-1 victory. Stracqualursi made his first full start for Everton in a Carling Cup match at home to West Brom. Everton won the game 2-1.

Club career statistics

As of 17 September 2011

Club	Season	League			Cup			League Cup			Continental			Total
		Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
Tigre	2010–11	35	21	3	-			-			-			35	21	3
	Total	35	21	3	–			–			–			35	21	3
Everton (loan)	2011–12	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	-			3	0	1
	Total	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1
Career Total		37	21	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	21	4

Achievements

Individual

• Primera División top scorer: 1

2010 Apertura (shared with Santiago Silva)

References

1. ^ Denis Stracqualursi fue héroe en el clásico que ganó Gimnasia at La Opinion (Spanish)
2. ^ "Morel se va y llega Stracqua" (in Spanish). Olé. 2010-06-10. http://www.ole.com.ar/tigre/Morel-va-llega-Stracqua_0_277772297.html. Retrieved 2010-07-04. 
3. ^ Independiente 0-1 Tigre
4. ^ Fecha 10 Clausura 2011
5. ^ De Feo, Antonia (31st August 2011). "Straqualursi Joins Blues". Everton F.C.. http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/2011/08/31/stracqualursi-joins-blues. Retrieved September 05, 2011. 
6. ^ http://www.evertonfc.com/player-profile/denis-stracqualursi

External links

• (Spanish) ESPN statistics
• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics

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Name	Stracqualursi, Denis
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Date of birth	20 October 1987
Place of birth	Rafaela, Argentina
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