Fernando Forestieri

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Fernando Forestieri
Personal information
Full name	Fernando Martín Forestieri
Date of birth	January 15, 1990 (1990-01-15) (age 18)
Place of birth	Rosario, Argentina
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	wing, forward
Club information
Current club	Siena
Number	30
Youth clubs
2003 2003-2005	Newell's Old Boys Boca Juniors
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2006-2007 2007-	Genoa Siena	1 (1) 17 (1)
National team2
2006-2007 2007-	Italy U-17 Italy U-19	8 (5) 9 (3)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 18, 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of May 31, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Fernando Martín Forestieri (born January 15, 1990 in Rosario) is an Italo-Argentinian footballer who currently plays for A.C. Siena. He is nicknamed El Topa.

[edit] Biography

Forestieri was born in Rosario, from parents originally from Messina, Sicily. His career began in 2003 with Newell's Old Boys but in 2003, when he was just 13, Boca Juniors bought him for $50,000. In Buenos Aires, Forestieri became well-known for his way of playing, which was compared with Lionel Messi's.

In January 2006, at the age of 16, Genoa signed Forestieri on a five-year contract; Boca tried to keep the young player, but failed to do so.^[1] In March, Boca contested the regularity of the transfer and, refusing a €300,000 indemnification from Genoa, the Argentine club submitted the case to the Argentine Football Association.^[2]

That summer he played some friendly matches with Genoa, and in one of them Torino president Urbano Cairo saw Forestieri in action and offered 500,000 € for him, but Genoa refused.^[3] On 8 November 2006, Forestieri made his official debut with Genoa in a lost Coppa Italia match against Empoli.^[4]

Forestieri has been capped by Italy national under-17, and under-19 football team, after refusing the calling of the Argentina U-17.^[5] The young player decided to play for the Azzurri because the dream of his family was to live and work in Italy, and because, as he stated in an interview to Corriere dello Sport, they think that in Argentina life is too hard and dangerous, in fact Ezequiel, Fernando's brother, is still alive "thanks to a miracle", after someone shot him in the stomach during an armed robbery.

Forestieri made his Serie B league debut on January 13, 2007, on an away match lost 2-1 to Pescara Calcio, by scoring the Genoa goal. He then played as a regular with the Genoa Primavera youth team that won the 2007 International Viareggio trophy.

On July 25, 2007 Siena announced that they had signed the 17-year-old player from Genoa in a co-ownership bid.^[6] He made his Serie A debut on September 26, coming off the bench in a match against Atalanta.

On January 13 he scored his first Serie A goal after being brought on as a substitute against Inter Milan in a 3-2 loss.

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Persondata
NAME	Forestieri, Fernando Martín
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Forestieri, Fernando
SHORT DESCRIPTION	footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1990-1-15
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rosario, Argentina
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH