Germán Denis

Football player infobox
playername = Germán Denis


fullname = Germán Gustavo Denis
height = height|m=1.87
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|9|10
cityofbirth = Remedios de Escalada
countryofbirth = Argentina
currentclub = Napoli
clubnumber = 9
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1997-1999
2000
2000-2001
2002-2003
2003-2005
2005-2006
2006-2008
2008-
clubs = Talleres (RE)
Quilmes
Los Andes
Cesena
Arsenal de Sarandí
Colón
Independiente
Napoli
caps(goals) = 33 (25)
04 0(2)
28 (18)
29 0(3)
54 (13)
36 (11)
70 (37)
07 0(4)
pcupdate = 23 April 2008
nationalyears = 2007-present
nationalteam = Argentina
nationalcaps(goals) = 04 0(0)
pcupdate = 14 August 2008
ntupdate = 13 September 2008

Germán Gustavo Denis (born September 10 1981 Remedios de Escalada, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer playing for Napoli in Italy.

Footballing career

He began his career in 1997 playing for his local team Talleres de Remedios de Escalada in Primera B Metropolitana, which is the regionalised 3rd division of Argentine football.

In 2000 he moved to Primera newboys Club Atlético Los Andes, in Lomas de Zamora, but the club was relegated at the end of his first season, he continued playing for them in Primera B Nacional until he was signed by Italian Serie B side Cesena.

In 2003 made his return to Argentina and the Primera Division with Jorge Burruchaga's Arsenal de Sarandí. He played for them for 2 seasons before moving on to Colón.

In the summer of 2006 he rejoined former manager Jorge Burruchaga at Independiente.

After scoring 15 goals in the first 13 games of the Apertura 2007 tournament, Denis was called up to join the Argentinian national football team for the first two matches of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, against Chile and Venezuela. He made his debut with a brief substitute appearance against Venezuela on October 16 2007.

In June 2008 Independiente agreed to sell Denis to Italian team Napoli for a fee of 6.3 million euros.. [ [http://www.footballitaliano.tv/denis-promises-napoli-goals-1882/ Football Italiano] ]

On his first appearance for the club, he scored a hat-trick as Napoli ran out winners in a friendly against Austrian side Jennersdorf. Napoli beat Jennersdorf 10-0. Inacio Pia also scored a hat-trick, while Roberto De Zerbi, Michele Pazienza, Walter Gargano and Sam Dalla Bona rounded out the result.

Denis scored his first 'official' goal for Napoli against Vllaznia in the UEFA Cup, on August 14, 2008. He also scored once more in the UEFA Cup against Benfica.

References

External links

*es icon [http://www.futbolxxi.com/Futbolista.aspx?ID=12442&SEOFutbolista=Denis+German+Gustavo Argentine Primera statistics] at Futbol XXI
* [http://www.bdfa.com.ar/jugador2.asp?codigo=3879 Player profile at bdfa.com.ar]
* [http://caindependiente.com/cms/delanteros.php?id=152 Player profile at the Independiente website]
* [http://www.dailymotion.com/group/39938/video/x2yt05_30-71m-denis-independiente_sport Video of goal]