Diego Laxalt
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diego Sebastián Laxalt Suárez | ||
| Date of birth | 7 February 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Genoa | ||
| Number | 93 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Defensor Sporting | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2013 | Defensor Sporting | 15 | (1) |
| 2013–2015 | Inter Milan | 0 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | → Bologna (loan) | 15 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | → Empoli (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Genoa (loan) | 35 | (3) |
| 2016– | Genoa | 15 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013 | Uruguay U20 | 16 | (1) |
| 2016– | Uruguay | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:42, 15 December 2015 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 September 2015 |
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Diego Sebastián Laxalt Suárez (born 7 February 1993 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan footballer who currently plays as a left or attacking midfielder for Genoa. He's a youth exponent from the Defensor Sporting. He passed through the youth ranks in July 2012.
Laxalt made his debut on 1 September 2012 in the 4-0 win against Montevideo Wanderers. On 24 February 2013, after the excellent performance in the South American Championship football Under-20, at 2013, he back on the field with the jersey of Violeta in the away game against Nacional, thanks to his goals, in 11th minute of play, the Defensor fighting for 1-0 win. He concludes his first football experience with 15 appearances and 1 goal scored.
Inter bought him in January 2013, with the deal completed in July 2013 for a transfer fee of £2,024,000. The new coach of Internazionale, Walter Mazzarri, however, did not include him in the pre-season retreat. He played a season on loan for Bologna F.C..
After returning from the loan, he was included in the pre-season retreat by Walter Mazzarri. On 13 August 2014, Empoli announced the purchase on loan of Diego Laxalt with Internazionale entitled to the right of a counter-purchase.
On 30 January 2015, Genoa signed the player on loan for 18 months with an optional purchase clause. He scored his first 2 goals for the Ligurian club on the 28 October 2015 away match against Torino, the second one being a 94th-minute equalizer to earn Genoa a 3-3 draw.
On 30 July 2016, Laxalt joined Genoa on a permanent deal.
He made his debut with Uruguay in the 2013 South American Youth Championship in Argentina, on 10 January 2013 takes the field for the first time in the 3–3 draw against Peru. Two days later comes the first mark in the competition, scoring at 6 'in the match won 3–2 against Brazil. January 18 tops, along with his companions, the group B qualifying for the Final Round, in second place behind Peru.
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