Álvaro Recoba
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Álvaro Alexander Recoba Rivero | ||
| Date of birth | 17 March 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking Midfielder, Forward, Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Danubio | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1995 | Danubio | 34 | (11) |
| 1996–1997 | Nacional | 33 | (17) |
| 1997–2008 | Internazionale | 175 | (53) |
| 1999 | → Venezia (loan) | 19 | (11) |
| 2007–2008 | → Torino (loan) | 22 | (1) |
| 2008–2010 | Panionios | 21 | (5) |
| 2010–2011 | Danubio | 31 | (11) |
| 2011–2015 | Nacional | 82 | (17) |
| Total | 488 | (144) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1995–2007 | Uruguay | 69 | (11) |
| 2016 | Uruguay (beach soccer) | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 14, 2015. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of October 16, 2016 |
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Álvaro Alexander Recoba Rivero (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈalβaɾo alekˈsander reˈkoβa riˈβeɾo]; born 17 March 1976; nickname "El Chino") is a Uruguayan former footballer, who last played for Primera División Uruguaya side Club Nacional de Football, as either a forward or midfielder. Although he began and ended his footballing career in his native country, he also played for several European clubs throughout his career, most notably Italian side Inter Milan, where he spent eleven seasons.
At international level, Recoba won 69 caps for the Uruguay national team between 1995 and 2007, participating at the 2002 World Cup and two Copa América tournaments.
Recoba started his career with Uruguay's Danubio. After several years in the Danubio youth teams, he appeared on the first team when he was 17 years old and played for two full seasons, 1994–95 and 1995-96. At the start of the 1996–97 season, Danubio agreed to transfer Recoba to Club Nacional de Futbol. The following season, Nacional agreed to send Recoba to Italy's Serie A club Internazionale.
Recoba made his debut for Internazionale on the same day as Ronaldo (31 August 1997), against Brescia in San Siro, scoring two goals in the last ten minutes of the match: one, a powerful 30-yard shot that flew past the keeper, the next, a free kick into the top corner after a Cristiano Doni foul. The goals allowed Internazionale to come back and win the match 2–1.
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