Ángelo Henríquez and Alex Ferguson in 2011
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Personal information | |||||||||
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Full name | Ángelo José Henríquez Iturra | ||||||||
Date of birth | 13 April 1994 | ||||||||
Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||
Playing position | Striker | ||||||||
Club information | |||||||||
Current team
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Dinamo Zagreb | ||||||||
Number | 9 | ||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||
2007–2011 | Universidad de Chile | ||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
2011–2012 | Universidad de Chile | 17 | (11) | ||||||
2012–2015 | Manchester United | 0 | (0) | ||||||
2013 | → Wigan Athletic (loan) | 4 | (1) | ||||||
2013–2014 | → Real Zaragoza (loan) | 25 | (6) | ||||||
2014–2015 | → Dinamo Zagreb (loan) | 25 | (21) | ||||||
2015– | Dinamo Zagreb | 45 | (9) | ||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||
2009 | Chile U15 | 4 | (2) | ||||||
2011 | Chile U17 | 7 | (4) | ||||||
2012–2014 | Chile U20 | 28 | (19) | ||||||
2012– | Chile | 9 | (2) | ||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 December 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 September 2015 |
Ángelo José Henríquez Iturra (pronounced: [ˈanʝelo enˈrikes]; born 13 April 1994) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a striker for Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb.
Henríquez began his career with Universidad de Chile before moving to English club Manchester United in 2012. After loan spells with Wigan Athletic, Real Zaragoza and Dinamo Zagreb, he joined Dinamo Zagreb on a permanent basis in July 2015.
A full international since 2012, Henríquez was part of the Chilean squad that won the 2015 Copa América.
Henríquez began his football career with Universidad de Chile in 2007 at the age of 13, taking up the sport after he had stopped playing tennis, the sport that he played until the age of 12. In 2009, Henríquez went on trial with Manchester United, who purchased the rights to sign Henríquez for €4 million at any point until 2014.
On 27 June 2011, Henríquez professionally started for the club in a Copa Chile match that Universidad de Chile beat Unión San Felipe 1–0 with a goal scored by Francisco Castro in the 80th minute. He failed to play in all the second semester, but was part of team directed by Jorge Sampaoli that was champion of Clausura Tournament and the Copa Sudamericana.