Ángel di María
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| Full name | Ángel Fabián di María | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 14 February 1988 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rosario, Argentina | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Winger | |||||||||||
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| Current club | Real Madrid | |||||||||||
| Number | 22 | |||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||
| 2001–2005 | Rosario Central | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Rosario Central | 35 | (6) | |||||||||
| 2007–2010 | Benfica | 76 | (7) | |||||||||
| 2010– | Real Madrid | 1 | (0) | |||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||
| – | Argentina U20 | 13 | (3) | |||||||||
| 2008 | Argentina U23 | 6 | (2) | |||||||||
| 2008– | Argentina | 14 | (2) | |||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:51, 5 May 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Ángel Fabián di María (born 14 February 1988 in Rosario, Argentina) is an Argentine footballer who currently plays as a left winger for Spanish club Real Madrid in the Spanish Liga.[2] Di María also holds an Italian passport.[3]
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Club career
Rosario Central
Di María started his professional football career in 2005 when he made his debut for Rosario Central. In January 2007, he had an opportunity to play in the Russian Premier League when Rubin Kazan offered him a contract. At first, he agreed, but soon afterwards, he changed his mind and turned down the offer.[4] After putting up a remarkable performance in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, playing for Argentina, di María caught the eye of several European teams and in the end, Benfica signed him.
Benfica
Ángel di María was transferred to Portuguese side Benfica in July 2007. Benfica paid Rosario Central €6 million for 80% of his sports rights. Later, in August 2008, the Portuguese club paid an extra €2 million for the remaining 20%, setting his transfer at a final value of €8 million.
So highly regarded was di María by Benfica that team president Luís Filipe Vieira, when presenting the young Argentine, told the club's supporters he had bought the perfect replacement for Benfica's departing captain, Simão, a talismanic figure for Benfica for over five seasons.
During the first months of his tenure in Lisbon, di María showed that he was not in the least weighed down by the expectations, and the fans quickly took to the exciting talent.
Di María signed a new deal with Benfica in October 2009, adding three more years to his current deal, which will last until 30 June 2015 with a €40 million minimum fee release.[5] Later that month, he was backed by Diego Maradona to become "Argentina's next superstar."[6]
On 27 February 2010, di María scored his first hat trick in a classic 4–0 win against Leixões. The next day, he made the headlines as "Magic Tri María" of all sports newspaper in Portugal.[7]
Real Madrid
On 28 June 2010, Real Madrid C.F. posted on their website that they had come to terms with S.L. Benfica and said that Ángel di María will sign a six year contract. The transfer fee was a total of €25 million plus €11 million on incentives, as announced by the Portuguese Stock Exchange regulating entity.[8] On 7 July 2010 di María arrived to Madrid directly from Buenos Aires,[9] and passed the medical test on 8 July.[10]
He made his debut on 4 August 2010 in a friendly match against Club América which Real Madrid won 2–3.[11] On 22 August, di María scored his first goal in another friendly against Hércules, which Real Madrid won 1–3.[12] In the last match of preseason, 24 August, after an individual play described as "magic moment", he opened the score of the 2–0 win against Peñarol, for Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu.[13] His league debut came on 29 August, in a 0–0 draw against Mallorca.[14]
International career
In 2007, di María was picked to play for the Argentina Under-20 squad. He was capped for the 2007 South American Youth Championship in Paraguay. In 2007, he was called up for the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada. They went on to win the tournament with di María scoring three goals in the process.
On 28 January 2008, di María and some of his U-20 teammates were called up for the Argentina squad for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He scored the extra-time game-winning goal on a pass from Lionel Messi in the 105th minute of his team's 2–1 quarter-final win over the Netherlands.
On 23 August, in perhaps the best moment of his career so far, di María scored the game-winner, a chip over the keeper from the edge of the area in the 57th minute of Argentina's 1–0 victory against Nigeria to capture their second straight Olympic Gold Medal in the final game of the Olympic tournament.[15]
On 24 May 2010, he scored his first goal for Argentina in a friendly against Canada. Di María was chosen as one of the 23 players for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. On 11 Aug 2010, he scored the first ever international goal at Dublin's new Aviva Stadium in a friendly against Ireland with Argentina winning 0-1.[16]
Honours
Club
- Portuguese Liga: 2009–10
- Portuguese League Cup: 2008–09, 2009–10
Country
- FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2007
- Summer Olympics: 2008
Career statistics
- Last update on 11/08/2010
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rosario Central | 2005-06 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2006-07 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||
| 2007-08 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | ||
| Total | 35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 39 | 6 | ||
| Benfica | 2007–08 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 45 | 1 |
| 2008–09 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 4 | |
| 2009–10 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 45 | 10 | |
| Total | 76 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 30 | 6 | 125 | 15 | |
| Real Madrid | 2010–11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 112 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 34 | 6 | 165 | 21 | |
International
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References
- ↑ Ángel Di María stats
- ↑ "Di Maria: PLAYER PROFILE". Real Madrid C.F. official website. July 2010. http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1193041476158/1330008104630/jugador/Jugador/Di_Maria.htm. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
- ↑ Ángel Di María - Transfermarkt.de
- ↑ "Kurban Berdyev's press conference" (in Russian). FC Rubn official website. 24 January 2007. http://www.rubin-kazan.ru/press-conferences/e092510adcb44c179ed1842ee50bf15e.html. Retrieved 2 April 2008.
- ↑ "Di Maria e a renovação: “É uma motivação mais.”" (in Portuguese). SL Benfica. 2 October 2009. http://www.slbenfica.pt/Informacao/Futebol/Noticias/noticiasfutebol_futdimariadec_021009_51868.asp. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
- ↑ "Maradona hails di María". Ontheminute.com, 28 October 2009. http://www.ontheminute.com/news/news.php?news=18542. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
- ↑ "10 things you need to know about Liverpool target Angel De Maria". Mirror Football. 17 September 2009. http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/blogs/mirror-football-blog/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-Liverpool-target-Angel-De-Maria-article161043.html. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
- ↑ "Official announcement" (in Portuguese). CMVM - Portuguese Securities Market Commission. 28 June 2010. http://web3.cmvm.pt/english/sdi2004/emitentes/docs/FR29179.pdf. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
- ↑ "Di Maria arrives in Madrid". Real Madrid C.F. official website. 7 July 2010. http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1330008824404/noticia/Noticia/Di_Maria_arrives_in_Madrid.htm. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
- ↑ "Di Maria passes physical". Real Madrid C.F. official website. 8 July 2010. http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1330008912924/noticia/Noticia/Di_Maria_passes_physical.htm. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
- ↑ The Whites win first preseason match realmadrid.com, 5 August 2010.
- ↑ Hercules v Real Madrid - Goal.com Goal.com, 23 August 2010.
- ↑ Real Madrid 2-0 Penarol: Hosts Win Sixth Successive Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu - Goal.com Goal.com, 25 August 2010.
- ↑ Report: Mallorca v Real Madrid - Spanish Primera División - ESPN Soccernet soccernet.espn.com, 30 August 2010.
- ↑ "The world game". The world game. http://www.theworldgame.com.au. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
- ↑ "Republic of Ireland 0-1 Argentina". RTE Sport. 2010-08-11. http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2010/0811/argentina.html. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
External links
- Argentine Primera statistics (Spanish)
- Career details at Irish Times
- Angel Di Maria PortuGOAL profile
- Ángel di María at National-Football-Teams.com
- ESPN Profile
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