Javier Pastore
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Pastore playing for Paris Saint-Germain in 2015
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| Full name | Javier Matías Pastore | ||||||||
| Date of birth | 20 June 1989 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Córdoba, Argentina | ||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||
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Current team
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Paris Saint-Germain | ||||||||
| Number | 10 | ||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||
| 2002–2007 | Talleres | ||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
| 2007–2008 | Talleres | 5 | (0) | ||||||
| 2008–2009 | Huracán | 31 | (8) | ||||||
| 2009–2011 | Palermo | 69 | (14) | ||||||
| 2011– | Paris Saint-Germain | 144 | (25) | ||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||
| 2010– | Argentina | 27 | (2) | ||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:11, 13 March 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2015 |
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Javier Matías Pastore (born 20 June 1989) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Argentina national team as an attacking midfielder.
Pastore began his career with Talleres and then Huracán in his native Argentina before moving to Serie A team Palermo in 2009 for a reported transfer fee of €4.7 million. In 2011, French Ligue 1 side Paris Saint-Germain bought him for a reported €39.8 million.
Pastore was born in Córdoba in an Italian-Argentine family originally from Volvera, Turin. He started his career in the youth system of the Argentine club Talleres, and slowly worked his way up to the first team. In 2007, he made his debut in the Argentine second division under the wing of manager Ricardo Gareca. In 2007, he only managed to play five games.
During the 2008 season, Pastore was loaned to Huracán of the Argentine Primera. He made his professional debut for Huracán on 24 May 2008 in a 1–0 loss with River Plate. In the 2009 Clausura championship, he established himself as a regular first team player for the club under the management of Ángel Cappa. This was his breakthrough tournament, where his side narrowly missed out on the championship title. His performance against River Plate was particularly lauded where he opened the scoring with a 25-yard shot and then scored again with a piece of individual brilliance helping Huracán win 4–0 in the club's biggest win against River Plate in over 60 years. He ended up as the team's top scorer with seven goals and three assists. Pastore and teammate Matías De Federico were integral to Huracán's title challenge that season.
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