Ignacio Scocco
Scocco with UNAM Pumas in 2007
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ignacio Nacho Martín Scocco | ||
| Date of birth | 30 May 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Hughes, SF, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Newell's Old Boys | ||
| Number | 32 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2006 | Newell's Old Boys | 76 | (16) |
| 2006–2008 | UNAM | 53 | (18) |
| 2008–2011 | AEK Athens | 89 | (26) |
| 2011–2013 | Al Ain | 19 | (9) |
| 2012–2013 | → Newell's Old Boys (loan) | 33 | (24) |
| 2013–2014 | Internacional | 17 | (3) |
| 2014 | Sunderland | 6 | (0) |
| 2014– | Newell's Old Boys | 55 | (19) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004–2006 | Argentina U20 | 12 | (3) |
| 2012– | Argentina | 1 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 April 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 November 2012 |
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Ignacio "Nacho" Martín Scocco (Spanish pronunciation: [iɣˈnasjo (e)sˈkoko]; born 29 May 1985) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Newell's Old Boys.
The Newell's Old Boys youth program quickly picked this young man up, and he was just nineteen when he made his debut in the Argentine top flight against San Lorenzo. He scored 17 goals in 75 games and played alongside players such as Fernando Belluschi and Ariel Ortega in the championship winning team of Apertura 2004. He also scored a very important goal for Newell's Old Boys against Boca Juniors scoring in the 82nd minute making his club 1–0 up. In the summer of 2006 Scocco signed for Pumas UNAM for a fee of $3.5m, but Scocco stated to the newspaper «Reforma» that one day he will return to Newell's Old Boys.
"El Tucán", was a regular fixture in the Newell's Old Boys setup, and during the Clausura 2006 season he scored 9 goals in 18 games, but better was to come in the 2006 edition of the Libertadores where Newell's reached the knockout stage. Scocco’s 4 goals in just 5 starts were crucial to their campaign. Scocco wore the number 32 in the famous red and black shirts.
When Ricardo "Tuca" Ferretti took over Pumas UNAM, and his main strikers Joaquín Botero and Bruno Marioni left he was willing to sign Scocco for $3.5m.
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