Mauro Boselli
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 22 May 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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León | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2003 | Boca Juniors | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2008 | Boca Juniors | 33 | (8) |
| 2005–2006 | → Málaga B (loan) | 32 | (5) |
| 2008–2010 | Estudiantes | 57 | (32) |
| 2010–2013 | Wigan Athletic | 15 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Genoa (loan) | 7 | (2) |
| 2011–2012 | → Estudiantes (loan) | 29 | (11) |
| 2013 | → Palermo (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2013– | León | 133 | (76) |
| National team | |||
| Argentina U-20 | 12 | (0) | |
| 2009–2011 | Argentina | 4 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 april 2017. |
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Mauro Boselli (born 22 May 1985) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker for León. Boselli began his career at Argentine First Division clubs Boca Juniors and Estudiantes before moving to England in 2010 to join Wigan Athletic. He has also made four appearances for the Argentina national team.
His style of play has been described by Roberto Martínez as "a clever player and natural finisher ... who can create havoc in the penalty area."
Boselli made his debut for Boca Juniors in a 7–2 defeat to Rosario Central on 6 July 2003, for the last fixture of the 2003 Clausura. He subsequently spent the 2005–06 season on loan at Málaga B in the Spanish Segunda División. After returning to Boca Juniors, Boselli struggled to become a regular in the first team, being behind Martín Palermo and Argentina World Cup player Rodrigo Palacio in the coaches' consideration.
In July 2008, Estudiantes de La Plata bought 50% of Boselli's transfer rights from Boca, allowing the forward to move to the La Plata outfit. In Estudiantes, Boselli started strongly with 8 goals in 15 league games during his first tournament, the 2008 Apertura. In 2009, he won the Copa Libertadores with Estudiantes. During the competition, Boselli scored 8 goals, finishing as the overall top scorer of the tournament. He also helped the team by scoring the winning goal in the tournament's final against Cruzeiro, in Belo Horizonte. In total, Mauro Boselli scored 49 goals at Estudiantes de la Plata since June 2008. He hit 32 goals in the Argentine Primera División and a further 17 goals in international cups: 12 in the Copa Libertadores, four in the Copa Sudamericana and one in the FIFA Club World Cup.
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