Juan Pablo Sorín
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| Full name | Juan Pablo Sorín | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 5 May 1976 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position |
Left back Left midfielder |
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| Youth career | |||||||||||||||
| 1992–1994 | Argentinos Juniors | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Argentinos Juniors | 20 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Juventus | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 1996–1999 | River Plate | 78 | (11) | ||||||||||||
| 2000–2004 | Cruzeiro | 41 | (6) | ||||||||||||
| 2002 | → Lazio (loan) | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2003 | → Barcelona (loan) | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | → Paris Saint-Germain (loan) | 21 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Villarreal | 41 | (7) | ||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Hamburger SV | 24 | (4) | ||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Cruzeiro | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| Total | 249 | (31) | |||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Argentina U20 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 1995–2006 | Argentina | 76 | (12) | ||||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Juan Pablo Sorín (born 5 May 1976) is an Argentine former footballer and current sports broadcaster, who played as a left back or left midfielder. He had a successful club career in his native Argentina with River Plate, in Brazil with Cruzeiro, and with various teams in Europe, including Barcelona, Lazio, Paris Saint-Germain and Villarreal. He was the captain of Argentina national team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He currently works as an analyst for ESPN Brasil.
Juampi, as he is known in Argentina, began his career playing in the lower-reaches of the Argentine league for Argentinos Juniors, a Buenos Aires football club. He broke into the first team in 1994 and in 1995–96 after he captained the Argentina Under-20 Side who won the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship played in Qatar his contract was bought by Juventus of Italy but he did not fit in an already established first team so soon returned to Argentina.
Sorín played for River Plate in the second half of 1996, and revived his career, winning three Apertura championships (1996, 1997 and 1999), one Clausura championship (1997), one Copa Libertadores de América in 1996 and a Supercopa Sudamericana in 1997.
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