Pablo Piatti
Piatti playing for Valencia in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Pablo Daniel Piatti | ||
| Date of birth | 31 March 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Ucacha, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Espanyol (on loan from Valencia) | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2003 | Jorge Newbery | ||
| 2003–2006 | Estudiantes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2008 | Estudiantes | 49 | (12) |
| 2008–2011 | Almería | 101 | (20) |
| 2011– | Valencia | 110 | (15) |
| 2016– | → Espanyol (loan) | 28 | (10) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007 | Argentina U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2011– | Argentina | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 June 2011 |
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Pablo Daniel Piatti (born 31 March 1989) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Spanish club RCD Espanyol on loan from Valencia CF. He operates mainly as a left winger, but can also play as a forward.
Born in Ucacha, Córdoba, Piatti was a product of Estudiantes de La Plata's youth ranks. He made the headlines when coach Diego Simeone gave him his first opportunity against Newell's Old Boys on 18 November 2006, as the player was just 17. He scored the winning goal (2–1) deep into injury time, and became one of the heroes of Estudiantes' championship-winning team.
Piatti made the side's starting eleven in the 2007 Clausura tournament, alongside José Luis Calderón, José Sosa and Juan Sebastián Verón.
After making 60 appearances in all competitions for Estudiantes in two years, he was sold to UD Almería in Spain for an undisclosed fee. Initially an undisputed starter, notably netting in a 1–1 home tie against Real Madrid, he struggled after the arrival, midway through his first season, of Mexican coach Hugo Sánchez.
In the 2009–10 campaign, without the presence of striker Álvaro Negredo, Piatti was much more depended upon in goalscoring matters and netted seven times in 35 matches, joint-second in the team, as it finished in 13th position. On 23 September 2009 he opened and closed the scoresheet in a 2–2 draw at Atlético Madrid and, in the second La Liga match between the two teams, netted a last-minute winner (1–0).
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