Franco Vázquez
Vázquez playing with Italy in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Franco Damián Vázquez | ||
| Date of birth | 22 February 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Tanti, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Sevilla | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2005 | Barrio Parque | ||
| 2005–2007 | Belgrano | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2011 | Belgrano | 95 | (15) |
| 2012–2016 | Palermo | 105 | (22) |
| 2012–2013 | → Rayo Vallecano (loan) | 18 | (3) |
| 2016– | Sevilla | 24 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015 | Italy | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:05, 17 March 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 June 2015 |
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Franco Damián Vázquez (born 22 February 1989) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Spanish club Sevilla FC.
He began his career with Argentine club Belgrano in 2007, before moving to Italian side Palermo in 2011. After a brief loan spell in Spain with Rayo Vallecano during the 2012–13 season, he made his breakthrough with the Sicilian club, earning a transfter to La Liga side Sevilla in 2016. Born in Argentina, Vázquez holds both Argentine and Italian nationality as his mother was born in Italy. He made his senior international debut for the Italy national football team in a friendly match in 2015; however, in 2016 he declared his wish to represent Argentina, his place of birth.
Vázquez was born to an Italian mother (born in Padua) and an Argentine father. Therefore, Vázquez holds both passports.
Nicknamed El Mudo (The Mute), due to his introversion in his youth, Vázquez started his career at Argentine club Belgrano, with whom he debuted in 2007 and then became a mainstay at the club, achieving interest from a number of Italian clubs (the first being Parma in 2010) as a consequence.
In August 2011 he was heavily linked with a move to Italian side Palermo as a replacement for fellow Argentine Javier Pastore; the move, effective from January 2012, was subsequently confirmed on 1 September 2011 with a bid of €4.53m being paid by the Sicilians as a result. He officially joined the Sicilians' squad on 29 December 2011. He debuted in Palermo on 8 January against Napoli, and made a total 14 appearances with no goals (mostly as a substitute).
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