Mauro Icardi
Argentine footballer (born 1993) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mauro Emanuel Icardi Rivero (born 19 February 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker for Süper Lig club Galatasaray.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mauro Emanuel Icardi Rivero[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1993-02-19) 19 February 1993 (age 31)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Rosario, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Galatasaray | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2008 | Vecindario | ||
2008–2011 | Barcelona | ||
2011–2012 | Sampdoria | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2013 | Sampdoria | 33 | (11) |
2013–2020 | Inter Milan | 188 | (111) |
2019–2020 | → Paris Saint-Germain (loan) | 20 | (12) |
2020–2023 | Paris Saint-Germain | 44 | (11) |
2022–2023 | → Galatasaray (loan) | 24 | (22) |
2023– | Galatasaray | 34 | (25) |
International career‡ | |||
2012–2013 | Argentina U20 | 5 | (0) |
2013–2018 | Argentina | 8 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 March 2024 (UTC) |
Icardi began his footballing career at the youth teams of Vecindario and passed through La Masia, the youth system of La Liga club Barcelona, before moving to Serie A club Sampdoria to begin his professional career in 2012. After an impressive season, he joined Inter Milan in July 2013,[4] where he developed into one of the most prolific strikers in Europe. Icardi won the Capocannoniere in both the 2014–15 and 2017–18 seasons,[note 1] and was named the captain of Inter in 2015, at age 22.[5] Three years later, Icardi was integral for Inter reaching a place in the UEFA Champions League, their first time in six years.[6] He is the club's ninth-highest goalscorer of all time.[7] In 2019, Icardi signed for Paris Saint-Germain on an initial one-year loan deal,[8] where he won a domestic treble. He then joined the club permanently for €50 million. After a successful season on loan to Galatasaray where he led the side to a Süper Lig title, Icardi joined permanently in 2023 for a €10 million fee.[9]
Icardi made his senior debut for Argentina in October 2013. He played sparingly until 2018, earning eight caps and scoring once.