Dario Conca
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Darío Leonardo Conca | ||
| Date of birth | 11 May 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | General Pacheco, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Flamengo | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2000 | Tigre | ||
| 2000–2002 | River Plate | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2008 | River Plate | 14 | (2) |
| 2004–2006 | → Universidad Católica (loan) | 65 | (13) |
| 2006 | → Rosario Central (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Vasco da Gama (loan) | 30 | (6) |
| 2008 | → Fluminense (loan) | 30 | (4) |
| 2009–2011 | Fluminense | 81 | (17) |
| 2011–2013 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 65 | (33) |
| 2014 | Fluminense | 37 | (9) |
| 2015– | Shanghai SIPG | 46 | (13) |
| 2017– | → Flamengo (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002 | Argentina U20 | 9 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 12, 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of January 13, 2016 |
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Darío Leonardo Conca, commonly known as Darío Conca, (Spanish pronunciation: [daˈɾio ˈkoŋka]; born 11 May 1983) is an Argentine footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Série A club Flamengo on loan from Shanghai SIPG. Conca was elected for two consecutive years as the best player of Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 2009 and 2010. When Conca signed for Guangzhou Evergrande in 2011, he was made the third-highest paid player in the world, behind only Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona's Lionel Messi.
Conca started his career in Argentina's Primera B Nacional and made his debut for Tigre at the age of just 15. River Plate took him just a year later and Conca made the steady rise to River's first team. On 23 November 2003, under then Chilean manager Manuel Pellegrini, Conca made his first team debut in a 1–0 defeat to Chacarita Juniors.
In 2004, however, Conca was loaned to Chilean club Universidad Católica by new River manager Leonardo Astrada and in 2005 won his first title. In 2006, River loaned him out again, this time to Rosario Central where after some impressive displays, Vasco da Gama made a successful bid to bring him to Brazil on 5 January 2007, signing an initial one-year loan deal from River Plate. He made his Vasco debut and scored in friendly 4–0 win over Villa Rio on 14 January 2007.
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