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Mauro Icardi Personal information Full name Mauro Emanuel Icardi Rivero Date of birth 16 February 1993 Place of birth Rosario, Argentina Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) Playing position Striker Club information Current club Sampdoria Number 99 Youth career 2001–2008 Vecindario 2008–2011 Barcelona Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2011 →Sampdoria (loan) 0 (0) 2011– Sampdoria 0 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 January 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).Mauro Emanuel Icardi Rivero Fonseca Nacimiento (born 16 February 1993 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a striker for Italian club Sampdoria. Icardi holds an Italian passport.
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Club career
Early career
Icardi was born in Rosario, and his family moved to Spain when he was 6. He began his football career with Vecindario. In Vecindario, he scored over 500 goals with the youth categories. In 2008, he was disputed by F.C. Barcelona and Real Madrid, after the offers from Valencia, Sevilla, Espanyol, Deportivo La Coruña, Arsenal and Liverpool. The Catalan club won the race for Icardi, signed with him until 2013.[1]
Barcelona
Icardi joined the Catalan club at the start of 2008-09 season and was included on U-17 team. He was promoted to the U-19 team the following season before joining Sampdoria on loan in January 2011.
Sampdoria
On 11 January 2011, Sampdoria confirmed Icardi had signed with the club[2] on loan[3] until the end of the season. After a successful six-month loan for Samp, socring 13 goals in 19 games with Primavera team, the Italian side utilised the option to buy Icardi for €400,000 in July 2011, signing a three-year deal.[4][5]
References
External links
- Mauro Icardi profile in ZeroZero
- Profile in TransferMarkt
- Player official website
U.C. Sampdoria – current squad 1 Da Costa · 3 Costa · 4 Padalino · 5 Accardi · 6 Volta · 7 Castellini · 9 Pozzi · 10 Foggia · 11 Koman · 14 Obiang · 16 Foti · 17 Palombo (c) · 18 Laczkó · 19 Fornaroli · 20 Romero · 21 Soriano · 22 Bertani · 23 Dessena · 25 Krstičić · 28 Gastaldello · 32 Maccarone · 33 Rispoli · 35 Rossini · 44 Fiorillo · 77 Semioli · 81 Bentivoglio · 88 Signori · 90 Piovaccari · 92 Tozzo · 99 Icardi · Coach: Iachini
Categories:- 1993 births
- Living people
- People from Rosario, Santa Fe
- Argentine footballers
- Association football forwards
- UD Vecindario footballers
- U.C. Sampdoria players
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