Mauro Icardi
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Icardi playing for Internazionale in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Mauro Emanuel Icardi Rivero | ||
| Date of birth | 19 February 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Rosario, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Internazionale | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2008 | Vecindario | ||
| 2008–2011 | Barcelona | ||
| 2011–2012 | Sampdoria | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2013 | Sampdoria | 33 | (11) |
| 2013– | Internazionale | 117 | (67) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2012–2013 | Argentina U20 | 5 | (3) |
| 2013– | Argentina | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 March 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2013 |
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Mauro Emanuel Icardi Rivero (born 19 February 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker and serves as captain for Italian club Internazionale.
He started his career in the youth system at Barcelona before moving to Sampdoria, where he began his professional career. He joined Inter in 2013, and during the 2014–15 season, he was the joint winner of the Capocannoniere title, awarded to the top scorer in Serie A.
Icardi is also an international with Argentina having made his senior debut in October 2013.
Icardi was born in Rosario, Argentina and moved to Spain's Canary Islands when he was 6. He began his football career with Vecindario in Gran Canaria, and scored over 500 goals in their youth categories.
In 2007, he was disputed over by Barcelona and Real Madrid, after offers from Valencia, Sevilla, Espanyol, Deportivo La Coruña, Arsenal and Liverpool. Barcelona won the race for Icardi, and signed with them until 2013.
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